"Tomorrow's needs are getting short shrift because the Great American Majority - the broad middle class - is choosing to consume today rather than save for tomorrow." Peter G. Peterson in The New York Times Magazine
"Prosperity is when people buy things they can't afford; recession is when they stop doing it." H.E. Martz in The Wall Street Journal
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. " Jesus in Matthew 6:19-21