Becomes Quote by John Cleese Download Open image “I think that money spoils most things, once it becomes the primary motivating force.” — John Cleese ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Becomes Force I think Money Motivation Spoil Things Thinking
There are a handful of people whom money won't spoil, and we all count ourselves among them. — Mignon McLaughlin Copy Share Image
Money destroys human roots wherever it is able to penetrate, by turning desire for gain into the sole motive. It easily manages to outweigh… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
Money motivates neither the best people, nor the best in people. It can move the body and influence the mind, but it cannot touch… — Dee Hock Copy Share Image
Money is like fire. It is only good when there's just the right amount of it, when it's properly contained and under your control. — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
I always look at money not as a motivating factor but as an element in the composition. You can't ignore it, but you've got… — Damien Hirst Copy Share Image
Money is a very powerful thing, which you hardly notice when it goes right, but which can create havoc when it goes wrong. — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
money appears to motivate only our interest in ourselves, making us selfish and self-centered...Money makes people feel self-sufficient, which also means they don't need… — Margaret Heffernan Copy Share Image
Money is either a good or bad influence, according to the character of the person who possesses it. — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
Money is like a flower. If you squeeze it, you will crush the life out of it. You must let it blossom forth to… — Venita VanCaspel Copy Share Image
Money is of a prolific generating nature. Money can beget money, and its offspring can beget more. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Money is like love; it kills slowly and painfully the one who withholds it, and enlivens the other who turns it on his fellow… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Money can extinguish intrinsic motivation, diminish performance, crush creativity, encourage unethical behavior, foster short-term thinking, and become addictive. — Daniel H. Pink Copy Share Image
Nerves are always a big problem for me, which is why I loved doing American sitcoms. Because you know when you do the take… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
years ago we would have been burned for this. Now what I am suggesting is that we've advanced. — John Cleese Copy Share Image
I think that sometimes you do something that makes a small group of people laugh, which is all we were trying to do; we… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
The very essence of playfulness is an openness to anything that may happen, the feeling that whatever happens, it's okay... you're either free to… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
Loving your neighbour as much as yourself is practically bloody impossible? You might as well have a commandment that states,'Thou shalt fly'. — John Cleese Copy Share Image
Creativity is not the possession of some special talent. It’s about the willingness to play. — John Cleese Copy Share Image
England is a fairly envious little country and it's embodied in the press. They don't like anyone being more distinguished than they are. — John Cleese Copy Share Image
I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and that's to get rid of all my other desires. — John Cleese Copy Share Image
I think the hard thing for young comedians is that the majority of the young people in the audience out there don't have the… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
I wish you wusses would stop whining about your unhappiness. I'm really fed up with it. Pour yourself a scotch and pull yourself together.… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
On movies, I like to involve the cast in the writing of the script. I like to have a rehearsal period, after which I… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
Hollywood is very much an industry town. Your life becomes caught up in all of the parties and this list and that list. That's… — Don Johnson Copy Share Image
If you have more downforce, everything becomes much easier. Drivers drive better, engineers they have more room for setup, the tyres are working better… — Robert Kubica Copy Share Image
I think being on a TV show is amazing but also, people get kind of used to seeing you a certain way and so… — Aubrey Plaza Copy Share Image
For someone who works in theatre, the rehearsal is where you discover everything. It is where magic happens, where the script enters you and… — Ali Fazal Copy Share Image
We spend millions of dollars to remove pain from our lives. It's why so many people get hooked on painkillers. The body becomes addicted… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
As artists, we can't help but infuse our art with our own experience, so your experience becomes informative. — Rachel Morrison Copy Share Image
As politics is disconnected from its ethical and material moorings, it becomes easier to punish and imprison young people than to educate them. — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
It becomes dangerous for somebody who doesn't want their boss to know their sexual preference to use online networks to push for laws supporting… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
When you try to become a good cook, in the beginning, most likely the dish is not going to be good. But you keep… — Jannik Sinner Copy Share Image
It's interesting how sleepwalking in a certain way becomes an accumulation of your outside stimuli that's actually there and what's happening in your brain. — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
What actor do you really take seriously who becomes a singer? It's kind of ridiculous. I can't think of anybody. — Kirsten Dunst Copy Share Image
You don't really write a hit song - you write a great song, and then, if the public decides it's a hit, they take… — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
