Predatory Quotes

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I've probably understood men too well. I realise they are predatory by nature, and I have a certain acceptance of the male animal. — Jacqueline Bisset
Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people… — Winston Churchill
I do not admire 'the people,' as such. No one really does. Their folk wisdom is usually false, their instincts predatory. Even their sense of… — Gore Vidal
Man is a predatory animal, and this aspect of his nature is nowhere better suited by environment than in the world of politics. — Enid Lyons
Predatory capitalism created a complex industrial system and an advanced technology; it permitted a considerable extension of democratic practice and fostered certain liberal values, but… — Noam Chomsky
It is my considered opinion that the human race (soi disant) is cruel, idiotic, sentimental, predatory, ungrateful, ugly, conceited and egocentric to the last ditch… — Noel Coward
Always was Morocco. And recently the country's leadership seems to have embraced it in all its ill-reputed glory. The days of predatory poets in search… — Anthony Bourdain
Nothing is more deadly to achievement than the belief that effort will not be rewarded, that the world is a bleak and discriminatory place in… — George Gilder
New Yorkers are predatory about real estate. When they sense softening, they move in for the kill. — Anderson Cooper
North Carolina's approach in crafting its law ensured the creation of the best possible law and, consequently, North Carolina is now the acknowledged leader in… — Mel Watt
She might have been born this way, without an empathy gene and other essentials. In that case, she would interpret any kindness as weakness. Among… — Dean Koontz
Iwill always fight for progress and reform, never tolerate injustice or corruption, always fight demagogues of all parties, never belong to any party, always oppose… — Joseph Pulitzer
Microsoft is engaging in unlawful predatory practices that go well beyond the scope of fair competition. — Orrin Hatch
The notion of travelling to far places in order to study alien peoples and cultures, is unique to Western man; it springs from the predatory… — George Steiner
Among the myrtles the mantids moved, lightly, carefully, swaying slightly, the quintessence of evil. They were lank and green, with chinless faces and monstrous globular… — Gerald Durrell
You've got criminal courts and child welfare officials refusing to do their jobs and protect children so they can shift the cases over to family… — Anne Stevenson
The pornographers are not a deviation from the norm. Their presence in the mainstream shouldn't be surprising, because they represent mainstream values: The logic of… — Robert Jensen
The evil of predatory global capitalism and empire has spawned the evil of terrorism — Chris Hedges
The civil forfeiture law - if something so devoid of due process can be dignified as law - is an incentive for perverse behavior: Predatory… — George Will
Like all predatory or parasitic institutions, the state's first instinct is that of self-preservati on. All its enterprises are directed first towards preserving its own… — Albert J. Nock

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