• The only reason a great many American families don't own an elephant is that they have never been offered an elephant for a dollar down and easy weekly payments.
• The world is full of people who are making a good living but living poor lives.
• Life is tragic for the person who has plenty to live on but nothing to live for.
• It is reported that Howard Hughes, when worth approximately 4 billion dollars, said, "I'd give it all for one good friend.?
• Any problem that can be solved with money isn't a problem. It's an expense. - Anonymous
• The essence of life today is not having-it is having to have. - David Hansen
• Most of us would be willing to pay as we go if we could just finish paying for where we-ve been. - Ann Landers
• I was part of that strange race of people aptly described as spending their lives doing things they detest, to make money they don't want, to buy things they don't need, to impress people they dislike. - Emile Henry Gauvreau
• The main emotion of the adult American who has had all the advantages of wealth, education, and culture is disappointment. - John Cheever

Preaching Resources, Spring 1996, p. 71.