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From that moment on, the newspaper became a highly lucrative investment for those with a talent for making money or for publishers wanting to gain a fortune. ”
Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of achieving a free society. ”
Money is power. Power is an aphrodisiac. ”
The planet doesn't require saving, and actually hasn't asked Greenpeace to save it. ”
I've been busy for years, buying land, often under pseudonyms, and planting trees on it. All the money is going into it when I die - and in the end I'd like to think that it will be 20 to 30,000 acres. ”
Great Expectations' has been described as 'Dickens's harshest indictment of society.' Which it is. After all, it's about money. About not having enough money; about the fever of the getting of money; about having too much money; about the taint of money. ”
Overhead will eat you alive if not constantly viewed as a parasite to be exterminated. Never mind the bleating of those you employ. Hold out until mutiny is imminent before employing even a single additional member of staff. More startups are wrecked by overstaffing than by any other cause, bar failure to monitor cash flow. ”
There are far too many people in university in Britain. If you want to make money, be a plumber. ”
You cannot be seeking yourself when you're making money. ”
It's a long, slow sunset for ink-on-paper magazines, but sunsets can produce vast sums of money. ”