Financial Dependence Quotes

The few who understand the system [of banking with capitalism] will either be so interested in its profits or be so dependent upon its favors that there will be no opposition from that class, while on the other hand, the great body of people, mentally incapable of comprehending the tremendous advantage that capital derives from the system, will bear its burdens without complaint, and perhaps without even suspecting that the system is inimical to their interests

When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes.

It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it.

I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into a slave.

You see, money to you means freedom; to me it means bondage.

To Wall Street, a firm like BP isn't just a profitable energy company with lots of assets like oil rigs and pipelines and gas stations - it's also a corporation that routinely borrows hundreds of millions of dollars to keep its business up and running.

My father was very abusive, and it was hard for my mother at first to leave because we had depended on him for so long. Sometimes you kind of get adjusted to getting that beating.

Even when times were good, I realized that my earning power as a golf professional depended on too many ifs and putts.

The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender

You can be young without money but you can't be old without it.

A power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will.

I didn't want to be the archetypal sponging brother-in-law, so I didn't go into acting when I got to the States. I thought, 'No, I'll go to school and then I'll be an English teacher; that'll be fun.' But I was horrible as a teacher. As hard as I tried, I just couldn't inspire those kids to take an interest in Milton and Shakespeare and Donne.

Social Security, for example - I'm 43. I've paid into the system. You know what? That money has been stolen from me. I know that my parents who are on Social Security - they've got to continue to receive it. They're dependent on it. It is their primary source of income.

I could have stayed home and been kept by my wife.

I feel like the traditional patron system meant that you would kiss the ass of one rich person and then hide all of the financial goings-on of your work, and you could pretend you were pure.

When I got engaged to be married, it was assumed that I would quit science and be a housewife. It was considered shameful if a married woman had to work - it implied that her husband couldn't earn enough to keep her.

The rich son waits for his father to die, the poor just drink and cry.

Parents do not owe their progeny an inheritance no matter how much money they have. One of the surest ways to produce loafers and freeloaders is to let children know that their future is assured.

It's not good for government to tell people that the world owes them a living and that things are free.

A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man.

Everyone needs money. That's why they call it money

I would say issues around human rights - either you're going to take a hard stance, or you're not. You can't borrow money from China the way the U.S. has done and then turn around and say, 'But you've got a human-rights problem.' You can't be half pregnant.

Welfare makes you dependent upon someone to take care of you.

The way to a woman's heart is through your wallet.

The thing about using other people's money is they're going to set the rules.