Quotes about "Money & Wealth"

We at Fidelity view ourselves just as much a financial information processing company as an investment management firm. That may not be too newsworthy. ”

Plays are painful. But the very act of writing is a basic freedom denied some women. Some would call it a privilege. So what's a little pain? ”

When people say to me, 'You're so prolific!' it's, like, no, I'm just hopeless with money. ”

You have to understand that you are not making the film for yourself; you're making it for the audience. If I am asking my audiences to buy tickets, I owe them the worth of their money, and I owe them entertainment. ”

A universal cash transfer in the form of a minimum guaranteed income would mean that automatically everyone has something to fall back on without having to deal with the vagaries of their local panchayat. ”

I was trained as an economic theorist; my job at MIT was as an economic theorist. At some level that's still part of my identity. ”

Partly, identity politics is a result of economic failure. ”

My guess is that while the elites would like cleaner air, they are not willing to give up the convenience of being able to use their cars at will to get it, perhaps because they believe (I suspect incorrectly) that they can protect themselves from the consequences of vehicular pollution by investing in air-conditioners and air purifiers. ”

There is nothing remotely dignified about sorting through rotting trash to find something to feed your child, or asking someone for money because you have none (anyone who has contrived to give people money before they had to ask will never forget the look of gratitude in their eyes). ”

If you want to leave move money in the hands of poor people, you cannot do it through personal income tax cuts. You have to just give them money. ”