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You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about good, good luck, contentment, money

I like science fiction movies, but I think they are...

I like science fiction movies, but I think they are useful for giving us ideas and I think science fiction is very good at giving ideas.

Quote by James Cash Penney about science, fiction, good, good luck

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain...

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

Quote by Thomas Alva Edison about violence, weakness, time

The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only...

The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving away what no longer belongs to him.

Quote by François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire about people, charity, money, man

The kids get everything-the flashing lights and the...

The kids get everything-the flashing lights and the pyrotechnics and the smoke. We're an effects-driven society. But we're also giving them Scripture.

Quote by Willie Aames about poetry, smoke, society

The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate.

Quote by Francis Bacon about numbers, wealth, celebrity, stars, sky, light, man

First, I have to thank God for giving me the gift that he...

First, I have to thank God for giving me the gift that he did as well as a second chance for a better life.

Quote by Oksana Baiul about contentment, gifts, chance, god, life

But the Republican right-wing agenda, these people - Arnold and his patrons - felt it could be accomplished by circumventing the Legislature and spending money and organizing and giving sound bites.

Quote by Warren Beatty about money, rightness, people

How can anybody hate nurses? Nobody hates nurses. The...

How can anybody hate nurses? Nobody hates nurses. The only time you hate a nurse is when they're giving you an enema.

Quote by Warren Beatty about hate, contentment, time

It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is life's parody, whereas death transforms life into a destiny: in a way it preserves it by giving it the absolute dimension. Death does away with time.

Quote by Simone de Beauvoir about olderness, death, age, old, life, destiny, absolute, time

This is the reason why mothers are more devoted to their children than fathers: it is that they suffer more in giving them birth and are more certain that they are their own.

Quote by Aristotel about mother, suffering, children, reason

For it is in giving that we receive.

For it is in giving that we receive.

Quote by St. Francis Of Assisi

Giving a phenomenon a label does not explain it.

Giving a phenomenon a label does not explain it.

Quote by Taylor Caldwell

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to...

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

Quote by Albert Camus about future, generosity, present, real estate

I like giving readers an opportunity to get a hold of me...

I like giving readers an opportunity to get a hold of me in that way and to read things I've written which might disappear otherwise.

Quote by Michael Chabon about chance, things

The second is the structure and source of cults. They have always haunted me, and I wanted to explore the fundamental notion of giving up responsibility to an outside power.

Quote by Katherine Dunn about power

Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in...

Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about rightness, justice, man

I actually thought that it would be a little confusing during the same period of your life to be in one meeting when you're trying to make money, and then go to another meeting where you're giving it away.

Quote by Bill Gates about meetings, money, thinking, contentment, life

I have just paid an enormous amount of money for a DELL...

I have just paid an enormous amount of money for a DELL laptop and its a like giving somebody a 747. I can barely get on the internet to get my mail.

Quote by Larry Hagman about internet, money

Time and money spent in helping men to do more for...

Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.

Quote by Henry Ford about money, man, time

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