Ruthlessness Quotes

30 Ruthlessness quotes by 25 unique authors

In the alchemy of man's soul almost all noble attributes- courage, honor, love, hope, faith, duty, loyalty, and so on - can be transmuted into… — Eric Hoffer
Like one of those fake-smart, middlebrow TV shows, the speciousness of The Social Network is disguised by topicality. It's really a movie excusing Hollywood ruthlessness. — Armond White
It is possible that the distinction between moral relativism and moral absolutism has sometimes been blurred because an excessively consistent practice of either leads to… — Richard Hofstadter
Economics dominates politics - and with that domination comes different forms of ruthlessness. — Chris Hedges
Perhaps this war will pass like the others which divided us leaving us dead, killing us along with the killers but the shame of this… — Pablo Neruda
Henri-Georges Clouzot's cool, clammy, twisty 1955 thriller Diabolique is an almost perfect movie about a very nearly perfect murder, a film in which the artist's… — Terrence Rafferty
The Great War differed from all ancient wars in the immense power of the combatants and their fearful agencies of destruction, and from all modern… — Winston Churchill
Elizabeth was counting on Marco to keep cousin Mary occupied until after the board meeting was over. A piece of cheese might catch a mouse,… — Barbara Taylor Bradford
No man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it. There can be no appeasement with ruthlessness. There can be no reasoning with… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
The price of being oneself is so high and involves so much ruthlessness toward others (or what looks like ruthlessness in our duty-bound culture) that… — May Sarton
I suspect that one of capitalism's crucial assets derives from the fact that the imagination of economists, including its critics, lags well behind its own… — Zygmunt Bauman
Today is built on tragedies, which no one wants to face, nightmares to humanities and morally disgraced. Tonight is filled with rage, violence in the… — Tupac Shakur
The ruthlessness born of self-seeking is ineffectual compared with the ruthlessness sustained by dedication to a holy cause. God wishes, said Calvin, that one should… — Eric Hoffer
The hatred and cruelty which have their source in selfishness are ineffectual things compared with the venom and ruthlessness born of selflessness. — Eric Hoffer
The vigor of a mass movement stems from the propensity of its followers for united action and self-sacrifice. When we ascribe the success of a… — Eric Hoffer
The Great War differed from all ancient wars in the immense power of the combatants and their fearful agencies of destruction, and from all modern… — Winston Churchill
People who think of themselves as tough-minded and realistic, among them influential political leaders and businessmen as well as go-getters and hustlers of smaller caliber,… — S I Hayakawa
Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision. — Aldous Huxley
Truthfulness so often goes with ruthlessness. — Dodie Smith
You don't write a novel out of sheer pity any more than you blow a safe out of a vague longing to be rich. A… — Nelson Algren
Within days they'd formed an unholy alliance with a foppish young French vampire in the Garden District who had implausibly golden hair and a streak… — Deborah Harkness
In both cases, weakness and scruples had defeated strength and ruthlessness. — Ken Follett
There is an efficiency inspired by love which goes far beyond and is much greater than the efficiency of ambition; and without love, which brings… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
You have ruthlessness in your bones and ice in your heart, Clarissa. Don't tell me any differently. — Cassandra Clare
The miracle of man is not how far he has sunk but how magnificently he has risen. We are known among the stars by our… — Robert Ardrey

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