"The con is a kind of jiu-jitsu that turns the sucker's own greed into its principal weapon. The greedier you are the more likely you are to be conned, and for the greater a sum. Since people regularly dispose of their intelligence in their rush to be swindled, and then turn right around and do it again, humans must want to be duped. Institutionalized wishful thinking - the stock market, religion, advertising - is after all a cornerstone of our system."

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Source : Source: www.believermag.com

Luc Sante

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Greed Quotes

“Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into.”
“Never underestimate your own ignorance.”
“I believe that movies are fast becoming antique and dinosauric as a medium. Film is a medium for the over-40s and television has gone the same way. If you're going to look towards the new generation, then of course you're going to have to be a lot more random, spontaneous, irreverent and provocative with your programming.”

Source : "Malcolm McLaren on bringing bollocks back to the BBC" by Malcolm McLaren, www.theguardian.com. March 14, 2008.
“When you cannot love or hate anymore, then where is the charm of life?”
“Ever of thee I'm fondly dreaming, Thy gentle voice my spirit can cheer.”

Source : "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations" by John Bartlett, 10th ed., 1919.
“I have not conquered Everest, it has merely tolerated me”
“Do not borrow tomorrow's troubles today”
“We [in USA] have people honestly believing that, if a president calls a war, you have to shut up and sing. That is not the nation my mother raised me to pledge my allegiance to. We should speak out. We sent thousands of Americans to foreign battlefields to protect our way of life, which includes free speech. If you're not going to use it, it's already lost. We'll find a Mussolini who will tell us what's good for us.”

Source : Source: www.foxnews.com

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