Ruthless Quotes

248 Ruthless quotes by 220 unique authors

An unfinished book. left unattended, turns feral, and she would need all her focus, will and ruthless determination to tame it again. — Ruth Ozeki
I would not question the sincerity of vegetarians who take little interest in Animal Liberation because they give priority to other causes; but when nonvegetarians… — Peter Singer
Life is a ruthless game unless you play it good and right. — Taylor Swift
I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid. — Dorothy Parker
Those who are in love with the present can be cruel and corrupt but not genuinely vicious. They cannot be methodically and consistently ruthless. — Eric Hoffer
I am the most ruthless, brutal champion ever. There is no one who can match me. I want your heart. I want to eat your… — Mike Tyson
The practice of that which is ethically best-what we call goodness or virtue-involves a course of conduct which, in all respects, is opposed to that… — Thomas Huxley
Deep down I knew that if Hell existed, it was a real place full of ruthless, venal people, like the commodity pits at the Chicago… — Richard Dooling
When I look at my daily schedule, I feel like a trout flopping about on a dock, drowning in the air. Some people are ruthless… — Douglas Coupland
Is self-interest a bad thing? We want our leaders to be pure and good, but at the same time we want them to be effective,… — Beau Willimon
The Internal Revenue Service is more ruthless than the Gestapo. Abolish the IRS! Stamp out organized crime! — Evel Knievel
To many book professionals, Amazon is a ruthless predator. The company claims to want a more literate world - and it came along when the… — George Packer
The Islamic terror threat is so fierce, unrelenting and barbaric that we tell ourselves fairy tales about how these ruthless acts are anything but what… — Monica Crowley
An ideal day starts with putting on a good, smart, fun show where I learn something and ends with me fending off atomic knee drops… — Willie Geist
Big companies are reliant on institutional investors on a punishing schedule which leads to ruthless behaviour. This form of capitalism with this structure and incentives… — Tim Jackson
A president cannot sit on his hands and be seen as passive in the face of ruthless action by a foreign dictator. — Robert Dallek
Guerrilla leaders win wars by being paranoid and ruthless. Once they take power, they are expected to abandon those qualities and embrace opposite ones: tolerance,… — Stephen Kinzer
The insatiable need for heartless power and ruthless control is the telltale sign of an uninitiated man - the most irresponsible, incompetent and destructive force… — Michael Leunig
Those people are unabashedly ruthless as far as money is concerned. — Giovanni Ribisi
They plan to ride into the White House on the Sweet Talk Express. Well, think again. Bush and Cheney are not compassionate conservatives. They are… — Patricia Ireland
People are ruthless, man. — Kat Dennings
Ruthless concern with story is what I learned in television. — Maria Semple
Nobody likes to be found out, not even one who has made ruthless confession a part of his profession. Any autobiographer, therefore, at least between… — Erik Erikson
When more of the people's sustenance is exacted through the form of taxation than is necessary to meet the just obligations of government and expenses… — Grover Cleveland
You will need to be as cunning, clever, and ruthless as a con man and a chess master combined to get out of a trap… — Senoraroy

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