Trent Reznor Quotes

I do think you feel a little bit like you are preying on people's lives.

The consultant is selling something to the candidate. The confidence game is that the candidate is always a little afraid. They’re always a little scared they can lose, and that’s what the consultant exploits. In the words of a consultant, ”There’s nothing better than a scared, rich candidate.”

Debt collectors like to play on your emotions because they think you'll give in and do something you can't really afford to do. Most of them don't care about you or your situation as long as they get some money.

A lot of directors tend to manipulate actors' vulnerability to get what they want, and that can work.

Whenever you have a crisis, you're always going to have the extremists taking advantage of the situation.

I know how tough it is to stand up to powerful forces that prey on consumers.

Nothing is as irritating as the fellow who chats pleasantly while he's overcharging you.

Innocence is thought charming because it offers delightful possibilities for exploitation.

Business should never be allowed to justify mean, thug ugly deals for any reason.

What is the difference between unethical and ethical advertising? Unethical advertising uses falsehoods to deceive the public; ethical advertising uses truth to deceive the public.

The American people are being victimized more than any free market would warrant.

It's very easy for trusted companies to mislead naive customers, and life insurance companies are trusted.

The trade of the petty usurer is hated with most reason: it makes a profit from currency itself, instead of making it from the process which currency was meant to serve. Their common characteristic is obviously their sordid avarice.

Misuse of privilege is seen as the worst sin.

To try to prey on athletes' livelihoods while one is going through a tough time is embarrassing to me.

Exploiters and manipulators have always used religion self-righteously to further their own selfish ends.

I would never manipulate somebody and put somebody in peril so that I could get rich off of it.

Utilizing fear to rip people off during a crisis is abhorrent, dishonest and downright disgusting behavior.

I've come through it and seen people in football that are sharks. They are ones to stay away from.

You should not be taking advantage of anybody.

The road to profits is paved with unfair advantages.

There are those who'd rob a blind man of his eyelashes if they could.

Kick him when he's down, he's easier to reach.

We’re flimflam artists. But remember, sonny, you can’t con people unless they’re greedy to begin with. W. C. Fields had it right. You can’t cheat an honest man.