Predatory Quotes

62 quotes by 59 authors

The justification for those actions was that we were living in a very hard, predatory, cloak-and-dagger world and that the only way to deal with… — Norman Cousins
The characters you refer to as predatory and unsavory are useful. They're the ones who make a novel into a thriller. They're active, and most… — Thomas Perry
Man is still by instinct a predatory animal given to devilish aggression. The discoveries of science have immensely increased productivity of material things. They have… — Herbert Hoover
Man alone, during his brief existence on this earth, is free to examine, to know, to criticize, and to create. In this freedom lies his… — Ruth Nanda Anshen
There were taken apples, and ... closed up in wax. ... After a month's space, the apple inclosed in was was as green and fresh… — Francis Bacon
For too long, Americans have fallen victim to financial abuses at the hands of predatory lenders that operate in the shadows. — Kay Hagan
If you have a radio, the next three months is a good time to have it quit working. All you will hear from now until… — Will Rogers
There's something very sinister about a woman who is predatory but has an absurd voice working as a disservice to her. — Claudia Black
You think intercourse is a private act; it's not, it's a social act. Men are sexually predatory in life; and women are sexually manipulative. When… — Andrea Dworkin
The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago... had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands. — Havelock Ellis
The wealth of the country, its capital, its credit, must be saved from the predatory poor as well as the predatory rich, but above all… — James J. Hill
What Wall Street and credit card companies are doing is really not much different from what gangsters and loan sharks do who make predatory loans.… — Bernie Sanders
Why don't we call on the credit card companies to be accountable? They need to be held accountable for their predatory lending practices. — Paul Wellstone
Just as there are predatory birds, so there are predatory ideas: I came under their spell. . . .Just as the survivors say that no… — Elie Wiesel
Why fight the 'natural' (oh, weaselly word!) order of things? Why? Because of this--one fine day, a purely predatory world shall consume itself. In an… — David Mitchell
It is one thing to say you're at war with this whole world and stick your chest out believing it, but when the world shows… — Leif Enger
I am older than you. Believe me, there is no other way to live on earth. Men are not open to truth or reason. They… — Ayn Rand
Old Cob tucked away his bowl of stew with the predatory efficency of a lifetime bachelor. — Patrick Rothfuss
One fine day a predatory world shall consume itself. — David Mitchell
Law and order is a social service. Crime and the fear which the threat of crime induces can paralyse whole communities, keep lonely and vulnerable… — Margaret Thatcher

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