Quotations about Wealth
Using Quotations in a Speech or Text about Wealth
As well as keeping your audience engaged, adding quotations to a speech or a text can significantly enhance its impact and effectiveness. Quotations are useful for explaining complex ideas concisely, much in the same way that analogies are used. Additionally, quotations from experts or celebrities can add credibility to your message.Here are some funny and poignant quotations about wealth. If your speech is serious, do not automatically avoid funny quotations as they can often be the most impactful, forcing your audience into the thinking about the hidden analogous message in your selected quotation.
- "Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious." (British actor Peter Ustinov)
- "When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth." (Irish dramatist George Bernard Shaw)
"The meek shall inherit the earth, but not the mineral rights." John Paul Getty (American industrialist, 1892-1976)
"If you would know what the Lord God thinks of money, you have only to look at those to whom he gives it." Maurice Baring (British writer, 1874-1945)
"When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'" Don Marquis (American poet and journalist, 1878-1937)
"People say I wasted my money. I say 90 per cent went on women, fast cars, and booze. The rest I wasted." George Best (Northern Irish footballer, 1946-2005)
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich." Napoleon Bonaparte (French military commander, 1769-1821)
"The first wealth is health." Ralph Waldo Emerson (American philosopher, 1803-82)
"The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket." Andrew Carnegie (Scotish American industrialist and philanthropist, 1835-1919)
"You can never be too rich or too thin." Wallis Simpson (Duchess of Windsor, 1896-1986)
"No man is rich enough to buy back his past." Oscar Wilde (playwright, 1854-1900)
"He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year." Leonardo da Vinci (Italian polymath, 1452-1519)
"I'd rather be rich and miserable than poor and miserable." Theo Paphitis (retail magnate, 1959-)
"I can walk. It's just that I'm so rich I don't need to." Alan Bennett (English dramatist and actor, 1934-)
"A very rich person should leave his kids enough to do anything but not enough to do nothing." Warren Buffet (American businessman, 1930-)
"I really love having money, because it lets me be lazy. Work's really overrated." Charlotte Church (Welsh soprano, 1986-)
"The rich aren't like us. They pay less taxes." Peter De Vries (American novelist, 1910-93)
"A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money." W. C. Fields (American humorist, 1880-1946)
"Poor Harold. He can live on his income all right, but he no longer can live on the income from his income." George S. Kaufman (American dramatist, 1889-1961) talking about Harold Vanderbilt.
"Wealth and power are much more likely to be the result of breeding than they are of reading." Fran Lebowitz (American writer, 1946-)
"It is the wretchedness of being rich that you have to live with rich people." Logan Pearsall Smith (American-born man of letters, 1865-1946)
"I've been poor and I've been rich – rich is better." Sophie Tucker (Russian-born American vaudeville artiste, 1884-1966)
"Real diamonds! They must be worth their weight in gold." Billy Wilder (screenwriter, 1906-2002) and IAL Diamond (screenwriter, 1915-88)
"I am grateful for the blessings of wealth, but it hasn't changed who I am. My feet are still on the ground. I'm just wearing better shoes." Oprah Winfrey (American talk-show host, 1954-)
Thinking Template for a Speech or Text on Wealth
Below are 3 funny themes and 3 serious themes related to wealth. These have been included to help you identify areas to explore.Funny Themes:
- Luxury Lapses: The Funniest Blunders of the Rich and Famous
- Share amusing anecdotes or stories about the extravagant mistakes or humorous mishaps experienced by the wealthy, from over-the-top purchases to failed luxury events.
- Money Mishaps: The Most Entertaining Financial Faux Pas
- Explore humorous stories of financial blunders, from ridiculous spending sprees to comical investment failures, highlighting the lighter side of managing wealth.
- Rich Rituals: The Quirkiest Habits of the Wealthy
- Discuss the unusual or quirky habits of rich individuals, revealing the eccentricities that come with having more money than one knows what to do with.
Serious Themes:
- The Ethics of Wealth: Distribution, Inequality, and Social Responsibility
- Explore the ethical considerations surrounding wealth, including discussions on distribution, inequality, and the social responsibilities of the wealthy.
- Building Wealth: Strategies, Challenges, and Economic Impact
- Discuss strategies for wealth creation, the challenges faced by individuals trying to build wealth, and the broader economic impacts of wealth accumulation.
- Philanthropy and Wealth: The Role of the Wealthy in Promoting Social Change
- Address how wealthy individuals and families use their resources to drive philanthropic endeavors, discussing the impact of their contributions on promoting social change and addressing global challenges.
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