“ He had allowed the advertisers to multiply his wants; he had learned to equate happiness with possessions, and prosperity with money to spend in a shop. Aldous Huxley
“ If they succeed, it will not matter if Man becomes immortal.He will have nothing to live for. James Edwin Gunn
“ Which is worse? Lust for the purchasing power of money, or the kind of lust that covets power over others? Let the history of 20th Century socialist revolutions answer that question. A.E. Samaan
“ He did not smile. 'We are the keepers of the world's greatest treasures. Does that mean nothing to you?' My children are my greatest treasures,' she said. 'Stone no matter how old, means nothing to me… Karen Essex
“ You can have some, but not all. Wanting to have it all is a sure recipe for disaster Bangambiki Habyarimana
“ In the summers we swam in the river and caught minnows with jam pots; on Sunday evenings my father fished in it, bringing home each time a bag of trout. In winter salmon came up to this quiet backwate… Alice Taylor