A Quote by Andrew Carnegie

Capitalism is about turning luxuries into necessities.

Andrew Carnegie

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Andrew Carnegie
Scottish - Businessman
November 25, 1835 - August 11, 1919

I imagine you already know that I am much more socialistic in my economic theory than capitalistic. And yet I am not so opposed to capitalism that I have failed to see its relative merits. It started out with a noble and high motive, to block the trade monopolies of nobles, but like most human systems it falls victim to the very thing it was revolting against. So today capitalism has outlived its usefulness. It has brought about a system that takes necessities from the masses to give luxuries to the classes.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Avoid the philosophy and excuse that yesterday's luxuries have become today's necessities. They aren't necessities unless we ourselves make them such. . . . It is essential for us to live within our means.

Thomas S. Monson

Men aren't necessities, they're luxuries.

Cher

Men aren't necessities. They're luxuries.

Cher

Give me the luxuries and I can dispense with the necessities.

Oscar Wilde

The luxuries of the few were becoming necessities of the many.

Flora Thompson

Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessities.

John Lothrop Motley

When we turn luxuries into necessities, we jeopardize our ability for contentedness.

Alistair Begg

O America, how you've taken necessities from the masses to give luxuries to the classes.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.

Frank Lloyd Wright

In the affluent society, no useful distinction can be made between luxuries and necessities.

John Kenneth Galbraith

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.

Dalai Lama

Positive emotions are not trivial luxuries, but instead might be critical necessities for optimal functioning.

Barbara Fredrickson

Sufficient sleep, exercise, healthy food, friendship, and peace of mind are necessities, not luxuries.

Mark Halperin

Although we sometimes did without a few of life's necessities, we rarely lacked for its luxuries.

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Somehow we are going to have to develop a concept of enough for those at the top and at the bottom so that the necessities of the many are not sacrificed for the luxuries of the few.

Marian Wright Edelman

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