Bob Dylan Quotes

You can't get something for nothing. Everybody remembers this except politicians.

Favors granted always become defined as rights.

There is no such thing on this earth as something for nothing.

People never know how strong is their lust for being cheated.

If you're nice to me I'll never write anything bad about you.

Know your worth! People always act like they're doing more for you than you're doing for them.

He that is won with a nut, may be lost with an apple.

When we aid a country, we must have a minimum in return.

It is time to break the bad habit of expecting something for nothing, from our government or from each other.

… the principle of give and take--give one and take ten--the principle of diplomacy.

I give people what they want in the hope that they will begin to want what I want to give them!

People will always want a free lunch.

Approaching people looking for something in return isn't a relationship, it's a transaction.

The most important thing for any con artist is never to think like a mark. Marks think they can get something for nothing. Marks think they can get what they don’t deserve and could never deserve. Marks are stupid and pathetic and sad. Marks think they’re going to go home one night and have the girl they’ve loved since they were a kid suddenly love them back. Marks forget that whenever something’s too good to be true, that’s because it’s a con.

You gain power by pretending to be weak. By contrast, you make people feel strong. You save people by letting them save you.

The one who tries to get something for nothing generally winds up getting nothing for something.

Take gifts with a sigh: most men give to be paid.

Fey...a Scotch word...It means the kind of exalted happiness that comes before disaster. You know--it's too good to be true.

A word of wisdom to you, akribos, you need to learn to accept gifts. (Catera) There’s no such thing as a gift. If I were to take that from you, sooner or later you would ask a favor from me in return. Nothing in life is ever truly given without expectation. (Acheron)

Americans are incredibly polite as long as they get what they want.

For when I gave you an inch, you took an ell.

But Rhett, you mustn't bring me anything else so expensive. It's awfully kind of you, but I really couldn't accept anything else." "Indeed? Well, I shall bring you presents so long as it pleases me and so long as I see things that will enhance your charms. I shall bring you dark-green watered silk for a frock to match the bonnet. And I warn you that I am not kind. I am tempting you with bonnets and bangles and leading you into a pit. Always remember I never do anything without reason and I never give anything without expecting something in return. I always get paid.

The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.

If a guy pays you five dollars, you give him seven dollars worth of work.

Gifts are not favors. If you expect something in return, it's not a gift.