A Quote by P. J. O'Rourke
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.
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Some men make money not for the sake of living, but ache In the blindness of greed and live just for their fortune's sake.
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Just to pile up money for my own sake, I just can't view that as good citizenship.
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Coaches? They can talk. I tell them: 'Just make sure before you open your mouth you've researched what you're about to say. Don't just say stuff. And if you don't have anything good to say, don't say anything.'
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I think greed is healthy. You can be greedy and still feel good about yourself.
I don’t even know what I’m writing, I have no idea, I don’t know anything, and I’m not reading over it, and I’m not correcting my style, and I’m writing just for the sake of writing, just for the sake of writing more to you… My precious, my darling, my dearest!
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