Wealthy Philosopher Mugs

Man with bags of money - "I enjoy the simple things."

'Our admission policy is now simplicity itself. If you have the tuition, you're in.'

Sometimes he just stood back and admired the breathtaking scenery of his life.

"This 'laying up treasures in heaven' thing - Is it some kind of tax dodge or what?"

Illustration on the problem of money that is given to charities ending up in the hands of governments.

Financial Eyesight

What comes after a trillion

'You're out of '50 Great Years of Mindless Consumerism?' How about 'Celebrating America's Shopping Malls?' That one, too?'

We've been coming here for decades, but I still don't understand their idea that the richest person is the one with the most money.

'It's never too late to start investing, even if your Social Security number is...8?'

Med. Soc Sec. Can we agree on anything to reduce the deficit other than a bake sale?

"Hi...Marvin Ramage - composer/ arranger/ musician author and rich."

"Sometimes it's good to just pause and reflect on how obscenely rich we are."

Let me warn you, toots. Celebrity is like radioactivity: you start with a big bang, then comes years with a half-life of slow decay.

Pollution and money

Business men talking, "Out here a guy could be lulled into thinking that there is more to life than just the power or money"

'I've noticed that it's only since I started laying golden eggs that everybody wants to be my friend...'

'You can't take it with you so I'm sending it on ahead.'

"It's better to have loved and lost..."

'Five minutes, Jean-Paul.'

"When I lost my sense of humor, I lost my sense of compassion, which is how I got where I am today."

"A percentage of your overdraft fees goes toward feeding the hungry."

G7

'You'll like him. He's very optimistic - he believes that money can make you happy.'

"I like you a whole lot better when you was alive."

''Halliburton'? Wait a minute! -- I meant for the MEEK to inherit the Earth!'

"There's a lesson here, son. Being rich doesn't stop it from raining,"

'I asked myself, is what I've got enough? Is the big house, the cars, the expensive clothes really enough. Isn't their more to life?'

'All-in-all, my son... you'll find the pleasure afforded by inherited wealth far exceeds the guilt of not having earned it.'

'It's wonderful that you were able to take it with you, but now what do you plan to do with it?'

'Anyway, what's happiness? It can't buy money!'

"...He's just freelancing for Mammon!"

Money isn't everything - but then, what is?

'The secret to my success? I've always believed that 'money can't buy happiness' was a conspiracy theory.'

'Grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change, the courage to change this things that I can, and the kind of money where I don't really care either way.'