Andrew Vachss Quotes
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Occupy Wall Street means making Wall Street and the corporate power elite understand that the people affected by the binge of unregulated greed are not going away, and they are not going to give up.
Dana Spiotta -
We all got driven out of Manhattan. It was a very conducive place for artists when I was growing up, and now it's definitely not. The city has been completely taken over by the rich.
Gaby Hoffmann -
Greed is the lack of confidence of one's own ability to create.
Vanna Bonta -
Canada is rich in hydrocarbons and other natural resources... India's requirements and Canada's surplus are a perfect match.
Narendra Modi -
A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.
W. C. Fields -
It seems that the fiction writer has a revolting attachment to the poor, for even when he writes about the rich, he is more concerned with what they lack than with what they have.
Flannery O'Connor
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Make the people sovereign and the poor will use the machinery of government to dispossess the rich.
C. Northcote Parkinson -
To denigrate the union movement in this way is to denigrate the right and the ability of people who are not rich to organize and to accomplish things together.
Warren Beatty -
The major international appeal for 'House of Cards' was kind of a surprise because it's a very American show. What we learned is that American politics is very American, but greed and corruption and all of that is very global.
Ted Sarandos -
Con men look for human frailty to exploit. This is most often greed. Trump found a different vice: anger. The emotional are always the most susceptible to manipulation.
Pamela Meyer -
The shock caused by the September 11 events has also lead to a thorough reflection on the existing disparity between rich and poor countries, on the misery of populations of the South.
Omar Bongo -
There's not too many rich black people in this world.
Barry Bonds
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I personally think you can have a really rich and full life with no abs. Abs are for wimps.
Rachel McAdams -
The happiest people, the ones you like the most, they're never worried about being rich.
Vince Staples -
Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.
Samuel Johnson -
If you talk to most businessmen, they'll say that what they do is for the public good, but you know they're just greedy, and consumers are just consuming for the sake of their own greed.
P. J. O'Rourke -
The most satisfying thrillers send ordinary people into battle against the forces of evil - otherwise known as greed, ego, rage, fear and laziness - and bring them out bloodied but whole.
M. J. Rose -
What we know is smartphones are everywhere and they are rich in data. What we know is that there are apps once downloaded by the consumer that will also in turn download the consumers' contact book. Most consumers don't want that to happen and don't know it's happening.
Kamala Harris
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Wars begin through greed and vanity and are continued through the insanity of nationalism in which the boundaries of a land replace God.
Billy Collins -
What kind of life are you leading where you consider ketchup fancy? "Well, we ain't rich folk, but on special occasions, I'll break out the ketchup. Grandma's birthday, make her feel special"
Jim Gaffigan -
What should a man do but be merry? For look you how cheerfully my mother looks, and my father died within's two hours.
William Shakespeare -
In married life three is company and two none.
Oscar Wilde -
I think when you sign a recording deal, you think, 'I'm going to put out a song and have a hit right away. I'll be a giant superstar. I can take over the world now.' But I put out a song, and it did OK. It wasn't like leaps and bounds.
Brett Eldredge -
Stealing to eat ain’t criminal—stealing to be rich is.
Andrew Vachss