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Money Makes a Vacuum

Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. There is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one. --Benjamin Franklin

My Job is Secure

My job is secure. No one else wants it. Bumper Sticker

A Tax on People Bad At Math

Lottery! A tax on people who are bad at math - Bumper Sticker

My Other Car - A Piece of Junk

My other car is also a piece of junk - Bumper Sticker

Using a Grocery Cart in 7-11

You've got bad eating habits if you use a grocery cart in 7-Eleven okay? --Dennis Miller American comedian

Spanish Ruler Lacks Happiness

I have now reigned about 50 years in victory or peace, beloved by my subjects, dreaded by my enemies, and respected by my allies. Riches and honors, power and pleasure, have waited on my call, nor does any earthly blessing appear to have been wanting to my felicity. In this situation, I have diligently numbered the days of pure and genuine happiness which have fallen to my lot. They amount to fourteen. --Abd Er-Rahman III of Spain, 960 C.E.

Trading a Car for a Life

What would you do if you had $6 million? Zell Kravinsky decided to give it away. The forty-eight-year-old recently gave the largest donation that's ever been received from an individual by the Centers for Disease Control: $6.2 million. The money will be used to try to eliminate Chagas disease, which kills over 50,000 people each year in Central and South America. He could have bought luxury cars and flaunted his wealth. Why did he instead give it away? According to Kravinsky, ?I?m making a choice between my kids having a car in college, and a kid in Guatemala having a life. We?ve discussed it with our kids, and they are 100 percent behind it.? This makes perfect sense to a person who thinks of others more than himself. (Written by Steve Miller. Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution, by M.A.J. McKenna, October 9, 2002, 1st page)

Man Brings Gold to Heaven

There once was a rich man who was near death. He was very grieved because he had worked so hard for his money and he wanted to be able to take it with him to heaven. So he began to pray that he might be able to take some of his wealth with him. An angel hears his plea and appears to him. "Sorry, but you can't take your wealth with you." The man implores the angel to speak to God to see if He might bend the rules. The man continues to pray that his wealth could follow him. The angel reappears and informs the man that God has decided to allow him to take one suitcase with him. Overjoyed, the man gathers his largest suitcase and fills it with pure gold bars and places it beside his bed. Soon afterward the man dies and shows up at the Gates of Heaven to greet St. Peter. St. Peter seeing the suitcase says, "Hold on, you can't bring that in here!" But the man explains to St. Peter that he has permission and asks him to verify his story with the Lord. Sure enough, St. Peter checks and comes back saying, "You're right. You are allowed one carry-on bag, but I'm supposed to check its contents before letting it through." St. Peter opens the suitcase to inspect the worldly items that the man found too precious to leave behind and exclaims, "You brought pavement?!!!"

Two of America's Wealthiest

Money Two of America's Wealthiest Most people who have accumulated great wealth have learned to be frugal. Software Mogul Bill Gates and investor Warren Buffett, two of the wealthiest Americans, traveled through China together. When they stopped at McDonalds, Buffet pulled out his discount coupons that he'd brought along. ("The Gates Operating System," Time, Jan. 13, 1997)

Bill Gates' Wealth

Money Bill Gates' Wealth Bill Gates is so wealthy that you have to break it down to realize how much money he really has. One writer put it this way. Let's assume that Gates has been working 14 hours per day, each workday since Microsoft began. If you broke his wealth into an hourly wage, you find that he's been making a half-million dollars per hour, or $150 per second. To put it in perspective, if he were to drop a $500 bill on the ground on his way to work, it wouldn't be worth stopping to pick it up. In that four seconds he could make $600 by getting to the office sooner. (Bills@www:\\nucalf.physics.fus.edu)

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