The mistake of the West was to put the Sauds on the throne of Saudi Arabia and give them control of the world's oil fortune, which they then used to propagate Wahhabi Islam.Salman Rushdie
If money is not maintained, it can collapse like a bridge along Interstate 5 and fixing it, even with determined politicians, will take ages, during which time God only knows how much human damage will occur.Douglas Coupland
Money isn't money anymore. Time doesn't feel like time anymore. Your sense of community, it's evaporated, too, or it's turned into something you visit at 2 A.M. on a website.Douglas Coupland
Money is more than a massively consensual IOU note. It is a piece of infrastructure and is as artificial as Interstate 5, NutraSweet or season three of 'Mad Men.'Douglas Coupland
I think money is due for some sort of collapse. People are going to realize that money has a half-life, like radioactive elements.Douglas Coupland
In 2008 we came perilously close to killing money, exposing in the process how out of date money's infrastructure has become.Douglas Coupland