Obama to American People: 95 Percent Will Get Tax Cut

"Here’s what I can tell the American people: 95 percent of you will get a tax cut. And if you make less than $250,000, less than a quarter-million dollars a year, then you will not see one dime’s worth of tax increase." -- Barack Obama

524,000 Jobs were lost in December 2008: Obama

"524,000 jobs were lost in December across nearly all major American Industries. That means that our economy lost jobs in all twelve months of 2008, and that nearly 2.6 million jobs, lost last year, amount to the single worst year of job loss since World War II. The unemployment rate is now well over seven percent. In addition, we have nearly 3.4 million people who want full time work, but are only able to get part time work." -- Barack Obama

Resolve to Win the Lottery To Achieve Everything Else

"So in order to help you with these popular resolutions, I suggest simply winning the lottery. The key is not to just play, but to actually win. I suppose if I won $10 million, I could achieve everything left on the list. And that, of course, brings me to No. 11 on my list of New Year’s resolutions — 'buy a Lotto ticket.'” -- Robert C. McDonald

Turning $100 Million Into $110 Million is Inevitable

"To turn $100 into $110 is work. To turn $100 million into $110 million is inevitable" -- Edgar Bronfman, Sr.

No One Can Earn a Million Dollars Honestly

"No one can earn a million dollars honestly." -- William Jennings Bryan

How You Spend Money Equally Important to Earning It

"Almost any man knows how to earn money, but not one in a million knows how to spend it." -- Henry David Thoreau

Richard Bach: Poverty, Riches Million Moments in Time

“All we see of someone at any moment is a snapshot of their life, there in riches or poverty, in joy or despair. Snapshots don't show the million decisions that led to that moment.” -- Richard Bach

J. Paul Getty: Banks Problem if You Owe Millions

"If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem." -- J Paul Getty