"God gave me my money. I believe the power to make money is a gift from God . to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind. Having been endowed with the gift I possess, I believe it is my duty to make money and still more money and to use the money I make for the good of my fellow man according to the dictates of my conscience."

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Source : Quoted in Peter Collier and David Horowitz, The Rockefellers, an American Dynasty (1976)

John D. Rockefeller

#Money Quotes #Believe Quotes #Men Quotes

“The Twenties have this sort of attitude where you never know whats around the corner.”
“The government of the United States is a definite government, confined to specified objects. It is not like the state governments, whose powers are more general. Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government.”
“God shows us in Christ what he would have to do if he were to punish us for our sins.”
“Life is too short for cuisine minceur and for diets. Dietetic meals are like an opera without the orchestra.”
“The difficulty about all this dying, is that you can't tell a fellow anything about it, so where does the fun come in?”

Source : Alice James (1981). “The Death and Letters of Alice James: Selected Correspondence”, Berkeley : University of California Press
“I have been reading Stephen King since CARRIE and hope to read him for many years to come.”
“I'm sad. Pressed down by sorrow. I'm angry. Pissed at God, if there is one, and the way things are. I'm scared. Confused by the whys. Why are we here? Is there, really, some intelligent design? Why do we cry for someone who leaves us if there's some Grand Pearly Gate in the sky? Why worry about how we build our lives if the ultimate ending for all is death, a single breath away? (358)”
“I took the frets out of my bass after I was getting into jazz a lot and I wanted to have that upright sound.”

Source : "Modern Electric Bass, Jaco Pastorius". Book by Jaco Pastorius, 1985.

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