Barry Levinson Quotes

They shouldn’t, sir. You sold your souls and you’re going to continue selling them. You can be very moral and righteous in asking me that question sir, but there is not one of you in this room that’s going to turn down any of our money. You’re going to take it. I can only offer it…. We want to put our materials on the bodies of your athletes and the best way to do it is to buy your schools or buy your coach.

I think that money is the root of all evil. I've seen it happen.

The only reason I'm in Hollywood is that I don't have the moral courage to refuse the money.

Washington's a cesspool of money.

The curse of covetousness is that it destroys manhood by substituting money for character.

One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.

We had access to too much money, too much equipment, and little by little, we went insane.

This place is being corrupted by money. Anyone who does not believe this is not living on this planet…. Anybody with their eyes open knows that we have a problem.

The Saud family “worship money and spend it on palaces, not mosques.” If you accept what they say, they will make you rich. Otherwise, they will persecute and even torture you.

On Capitol Hill money doesn't talk. It bellows.

Blest paper-credit! last and best supply! That lends corruption lighter wings to fly!

Money: There's nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.

The money power preys upon the Nation in times of peace and conspires against it in times of adversity. It is more despotic than monarchy, more insolent than autocracy, more selfish than bureaucracy. It denounces as public enemies, all who question its methods, or throw light upon its crimes.

I love that Barry Seal is working for the CIA, and he's an awful liar. It just goes to how honest this character is at the end of the day, even as he rips off the country and the world to the tune of becoming one of the wealthiest men in America. There's an innate honesty, a purity to him.

'Line Of Duty,' for dramatic purposes, tends to create characters whose corruption is balanced on certain ethical conflicts, whereas the majority of corruption in the real world is simply based on greed.

I love the characters in 'Wolf of Wall Street' and 'House of Cards.'

Money is the root of all evil. Yeah, money is the root. It's not racism and "this-ism" and "that-ism"; it's our thirst and hunger for money. And that's where all the bodies are buried.

When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce.

Men such as they are, very naturally seek money or power; and power because it is as good as money.

Remember that it's never a crime in the face of humanity and enlightenment to distribute the works of the great humanists among the merchants and moneychangers of this godforsaken country... You better slip me the dough.

On Earth they've forgotten how to make everything except money. But what good is it, if there's nothing worthwhile left to buy?

Nothing is easier than spending public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.

They were on the side of the angels, even if the angels weren't entirely sure that this was a good thing.

The senator's actions in the hours and days after emerging from that pond tell us something ugly about Kennedy the man. That he got away with it tell us something ugly about American public life.

Most of the temptations that come to us to sell the soul come in connection with the getting of money.