P. J. O'Rourke

Modern elites live in bubbles of liberal affluence like Ann Arbor, Brookline, the Upper West Side, Palo Alto, or Chevy Chase. These places used to have impoverished neighborhoods nearby, but the poor people got chased out by young singles living in group homes, hipsters, and urban homesteading gay couples.

American Comedian

Shimon Peres

Israel welcomes the wind of change, and sees a window of opportunity. Democratic and science-based economies by nature desire peace. Israel does not want to be an island of affluence in an ocean of poverty. Improvements in our neighbours' lives mean improvements to the neighbourhood in which we live.

Israeli Statesman

Katherine Boo

We talk a lot about infrastructure in cities, and it's talking about highways and it's talking about trains, but I think more important to people who are low income is, how do I get from here to there? How do I become part of the affluence that's surrounding me?

American Journalist

Jeremy Rifkin

The interesting thing is, while we die of diseases of affluence from eating all these fatty meats, our poor brethren in the developing world die of diseases of poverty, because the land is not used now to grow food grain for their families.

American Economist

Owen Jones

If you are dim but have rich parents, a life of comfort, affluence and power is almost inevitable - while the bright but poor are systematically robbed of their potential.

British Journalist

LeRoy Neiman

Playboy' made the good life a reality for me and made it the subject matter of my paintings - not affluence and luxury as such, but joie de vivre itself.

American Artist

Charles Jencks

The rule seems to be that there are no absolutes, that what is rare is prized. Thus, in times of relative affluence, thin models become dominant.

American Architect

Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

My main mistake was to have made an ancient people advance by forced marches toward independence, health, culture, affluence, comfort.

Iranian Royalty

Mark Twain

He is now rising from affluence to poverty.

American Writer

Jack London

American Novelist

Use 'affluence' when discussing economic conditions or societal wealth levels.

Economic Context

'Affluence' often refers to individuals' wealth, rather than companies or nations.

Personal Wealth

Besides money, 'affluence' can imply access to high-quality goods and lifestyle.

Not Just Money

'Affluence' can describe plenty of non-monetary things like love or ideas.

Beyond Wealth

Using 'affluence' usually gives a positive connotation to the situation.

Positive Tone

In geography or science, 'affluence' refers to the flow of water into a larger body.

Natural Flow

Use 'affluence' for streams or rivers joining, not for roads or paths.

Literal Streams

Remember, this 'flow' meaning of 'affluence' is more technical and less common.

Technical Usage

 we're eating more meat as three to four billion people on the planet already are eating richer and richer higher and higher up with a food chain kind of diets so that's why if nothing were to change the demand for food will probably increase from population growth but also dietary affluence of course I'm gonna

A Plan to Feed the World...

 and how it is produced. And though the equation is largely subjective, you can perhaps quantify people, and perhaps quantify affluence, but technology is abusive in too many ways to quantify. So the equation is conceptual. Still it works to help us understand the problem.

Ray Anderson: The...

 you've got to figure, well, I guess it's not about me. That's kind of a no-brainer. So, what is it for? And I began to think about what I call the "stewardship of affluence" and the "stewardship of influence." So I believe, essentially, leadership is stewardship.

A life of purpose PIPE Rick...

 neglect, aesthetic devastation, divisive urbanism that zoned communities by class, creed or affluence. And the same was happening to the community. As the shape of the built environment changed, so the lifestyles and sense of belonging of the communities

How Syria's architecture...

 This popular article of clothing revealed only the madame's visage, covering her shoulders, head, and, of course, her throat . A stylish and intricate gorgias was so telling of class and affluence that the word soon came to mean

Mysteries of vernacular:...

 largely subjective you can perhaps quantify people and perhaps quantify affluence but technology is abusive in too many ways to quantify so the equation is conceptual still it works to help us understand the problem so we set

The business logic of...

 environmentally friendly features were the most important things to them. So out of the gate, homes are integrated with solar systems. Born green. Sustainable housing is often associated with wealth and affluence,

A playful solution to...

 as a policy matter, the thing to think about is what enables all of this choice in industrial societies is material affluence. There are lots of places in the world, and we have heard about several of them,

The paradox of choice PIPE...

 affluence I was placed in a home where the arms of loving parents private schools and weekends at the shore should have awaited me instead I came face-to-face with unspeakable acts of

Walking in your truth as...

 For two reasons, I think. One of them has to do with inequality. The more things money can buy, the more affluence, or the lack of it, matters.