Money isn't the most important thing in life but it's reasonably close to oxygen on the 'gotta have it' scale.
A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job.
The highest use of capital is not to make more money but to make money do...
There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment of history or nothing happens.