<p>"In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, you get the women."</p>
<p>-Tony Montana</p>
<p>Money will not purchase happiness for the man who has no concept of what he wants: money will not give him a code of values, if he's evaded the knowledge of what to value, and it will not provide him with a purpose, if he's evaded the choice of what to seek. Money will not buy intelligence for the fool, or admiration for the coward, or respect for the incompetent. The man who attempts to purchase the brains of his superiors to serve him, with his money replacing his judgment, ends up by becoming the victim of his inferiors. The men of intelligence desert him, but the cheats and the frauds come flocking to him, drawn by a law which he has not discovered: that no man may be smaller than his money.</p>
<p>more of a sense of achievement and accomplisment......my dream job isn't a big money-maker. i just want to do something valuable with what i've been given.</p>
<p>most people got rich by not doing what they went to college for, it seems</p>
<p>yes, i want money. frankly i'd marry into it if i don't make it myself. i dont want to worry about money.. life is stressful enough without financial stuff to worry about.</p>
<p>Of course money can't make you happy by itself, but it helps make you happiER.</p>
<p>To me, though, money is secondary to pride.</p>
<p>Dude, everyone's in it for the money. Especially I.</p>
<p>pride, power, and respect</p>
<p>Money and Childhood Dream</p>
<p>"life is stressful enough without financial stuff to worry about."</p>
<p>life is only stessful if you let it be.</p>
<p>I'm going to MIT almost entirely for the babes...</p>
<p>I'm in it entirely for the better opportunities. Even if graduating from an Ivy meant earning less than graduating from a state school I'd still be there (if possible!) just cause I love the atmosphere and the education!</p>
<p>Money does not buy happiness.</p>
<p>Happiness buys the money.</p>
<p>Honestly, I don't think most people are it in for the money only. Money is an important factor though, along with... other things.</p>
<p>It seems that EVERYONE out there is constantly telling us that it's your own spirit/motivation/talent that achieves success, not the school that granted you your college degree. According to that philosophy, if money was my #1 priority, I could go to Rutgers, save money by going to my state school on a scholarship, and then make even more money in the real world.</p>
<p>Hopefully that's not happening. ;)</p>
<p>Motivation to learn and do well (in order of importance)</p>
<p>1.) Competitive nature- To be better at something than a large majority of people.
2.) Money money money</p>
<p>I love capitalism! I admire Adam Smith, the economist. I want the Greenbacks! </p>
<p>Being bereft of money is not a romantic, picturesque scene with Tiny Tim and his family sitting in front of the hearth. Knowing whether or not you will have enough food for your family tonight because of financial reasons is not what I call happiness. Being in debt up to your eye-balls is not so rosy either. Having money surely makes life a lot more comfortable, indeed!</p>
<p>So to ask the next question, or perhaps to rephrase my first question:</p>
<p>Hypothetically speaking, if you woke up tomorrow with enough money to be ridiculously rich for the rest of your life, how many of you would "retire" right then and start enjoying it, and how many would still have other motivation to work/learn?</p>
<p>I might not work - but I would learn. They aren't the same for me.</p>
<p>Not soley in it for the money, but nonetheless, it is a major factor. According to statistics, the odds are against me.</p>
<p>If I could retire tomorrow, I probably would still work as a lawyer regardless of financial status.</p>