Rupert Friend Quotes

It's morally wrong to allow a sucker to keep his money.

A certain portion of the human race / Has certainly a taste for being diddled.

… one of the world's most disgraceful scams

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

Just like my Uncle Charlie used to say, just before he sprung the trap: He said, "You can't cheat and honest man! Never give a sucker an even break or smarten up a chump!

My opinion is that he's a swindler and you're a sucker.

I am disappointed in the music business, I feel like a lot of people in the music business are phoney, there's a lot of people who will abuse and take my kindness.

It's hard finding people you trust or who aren't going to take your money. Everyone wants to get a piece of whatever you're doing. It's a nightmare.

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

Fraud is the homage that force pays to reason.

When I was first starting out as a kid, I tried to pad my resume with everything I had ever done - ice-skate, carry a tune. I can't dance for my life, but I can learn, so I'll tell people I can dance. I play the piano - I'm a really good pianist, actually.

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.

Since you knew they was goin' to cheat you anyway, I recorded under any name with all of 'em.

If you are the greatest, why would you go around talking about it?

There's a difference between fair game and playing games.

There's a lot of conning as part of our society, I think.

I had to cheat, steal, beg, borrow and lie….

Bragging just sounds good, man.

I know every trick in the book, in terms of schemes and fraud.

With commerce comes fraud.

I definitely have conned a lot of people in my day. I'm not proud of it; it sounds like I am, kind of, now that I'm saying it.

Some people cheat because they want to, because they can, because it gives them a thrill, or because they just can't do long-term relationships.

The cheaters are going to find way to cheat over and over again.

Nothing can be more true, than that the greatest Boasters have the least of what they pretend to.

People lie for lots of reasons, often because it seems like a way to get what they want with less effort.