Thursday 16 May 2013

Some quotations about prosperity

Please analyse the following quotations about money:

 
“It is when money looks like manna that we truly delight in it.”
J.B. Priestly

“Sex is like money; only too much is enough. “ John Updike

“I get a few bruises, but I think of the money and I'm alright.” Sir Norman Wisdom

“It's no trick to make a lot of money, if all you want to do is make a lot of money. “
Hernan Mankiewicz and Orson Welles

“Money is the MOMENT to me.
Money is my MOOD. “
Andy Warhol

“Money is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of all evil, the sum of blessings.”  Carl Sandburg.”

“It's a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money”
Albert Camus
“There are three faithful friends, an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.” Benjamin Franklin
“No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction.” Samuel Johnson 

Exercise
Please answer these questions:
What are the main commonalities of these quotations?
Are these quotations overvaluing the importance of money? If not, why. If so, justify

 See you soon
Dr. Bruno Cignacco

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