Quotes

“While money can’t buy happiness, it certainly lets you choose your own form of misery.”

— Groucho Marx

I think that this is true, especially for celebrities. There are so many people these days who have a lot of money, but either live beyond their means (thereby negating the fact that they have money in the first place) or splurge on things which cause nothing but misery and/or additional responsibilities.

For example, I am not sure why so many people choose to spend money on hard drugs. I think that almost anyone can appreciate an occasional buzz from a nice glass of wine, but why take it to the extreme with insane amounts of hard drugs like heroin? Is life really that bad?

In the “additional responsibilities” category, I would have to say that I have never understood the desire to own a large boat or yacht. A canoe or small fishing boat I can understand. But unless you have money to burn, I have never understood why the average person who goes boating a couple times a year needs to have his or her own yacht. Perhaps it has something to do with living near a lake, and always seeing a ton of huge boats for sale on people’s lawns…

What is the most useless form of misery you can think of?

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