Paul Gallico Quotes

They lied, they cheated, they stole, they had the power to do it and they did.

I'm not a cheat. I'm not a diver.

There's no honor in faking an injury. There is no integrity, because you are lying about it.

Nixon was so crooked that he needed servants to help him screw his pants on every morning.

Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be honest.

There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain unless they have cheated a merchant.

Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.

I cannot accept fraud.

But human nature dictates that there will always be cheaters. That's inevitable. Where there's money involved and glory, there are going to be people that cheat, and there will always be ways to cheat.

I'm telling you, I don't like cheaters.

Lying, stealing, and cheating are commonplace.

Nearly everyone who chooses to work for Donald Trump is disreputable in one way or another; Ali Baba didn't find 40 wise men in the cave. But to label everyone in Trumpworld a grifter misses important subtleties. It conflates grifters and grafters, and it ignores the crucial distinction between the two.

Every time I see corruption, it pains me.

You figure they cheat at the ballpark, they'll cheat on the golf course, they'll cheat in business, and anything else in life. Players may laugh about it and say it's funny, but right down in their heart, they don't think it's funny at all, and they have no respect for a person who cheats.

Fraud is the daughter of greed.

Become good at cheating and you never need to become good at anything else.

John McCain... looks like a fraud to me.

There will always be cheaters. It is human nature. It will never be 100 percent clean, in any sport.

Win if you can, lose if you must, but always cheat.

The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier.

I lie, I cheat, and I steal.

If people want to get into leadership through corrupt practices, through corrupt means, I think that's detestable; we have to take action.

Cheating on a quiz show? That's sort of like plagiarizing a comic strip.

We cannot certainly, have any excuse either for taking any thing that belongs to our masters without their leave, or for being unfaithful in their business.

There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables.