Harold Prince Quotes

Must we always look for the political opinions of our businessmen precisely where they suppose their immediate pecuniary advantage to be found?

vested interest

The truth is that neither British nor American imperialism was or is idealistic. It has always been driven by economic or strategic interests.

History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics. Vested interests have never been known to have willingly divested themselves unless there was sufficient force to compel them.

I never saw a lawyer yet who would admit he was making money.

What is good for you is not necessarily good for the company, and vice versa.

The problem is, of course, that these interest groups are all asking for changes, but their enthusiasm for change rapidly disappears when it affects the core of their own interests.

One of the melancholy facts of political life is that your convictions tend to align with your paycheck.

Money trumps peace sometimes. There are a lot of very powerful commercial interests around the world.

Who profits from this? Cui bono?

I assumed a business like a film studio would behave like a business and still want to protect its own interests, still do the best it could to get as many people paying for as many of their movies as possible. I realized this is not actually a business about business: it's a business of egos and dominance.

In the business world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes, governed by self interest.

Do not confuse your vested interests with ethics. Do not identify the enemies of your privilege with the enemies of humanity.

There's money to be made, and I want mine.

Not everybody's actions are based on ideas. Some people's actions are based on profit.

You have to be cynical because this is a business. Everyone is making money out of you.

Donald Trump gave up an incredible business career, spent millions of dollars of his own money to run for president in - whenever he became president, the Trump family got out of international business, much different than the Biden family who, whenever Joe Biden became vice president, you saw that Hunter Biden got into international business.

As truth is Washington's worst enemy, everyone associated with the truth is Washington's enemy.

Everything is always about people trying to make profit: Profits to this, profits to that, the more the merrier, and there's no end to it.

Managers can sometimes hold players back for their own benefit.

A world of vested interests is not a world which welcomes the disruptive force of candor.

If I got a superpower I wouldn't say, oh, I got to get a costume and put on a mask. I would say hey, I can do something better than other people. How can I turn it into a buck?

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force. But even Capitalist cynicism will admit that however unconscionable we may be when our own interests are affected, we can be most indignantly virtuous at the expense of others.

You have to remove your human sentiment when it comes to greed and the accumulation of wealth.

In quarreling, the truth is always lost.