Mark Caine Quotes

They regard as just whatever they believe to be advantageous.

Men will always be powerfully influenced in their Opinions and Actions by what appears to be their particular Interest.

Takers are self-serving in their interactions. It's all about what can you do for me.

The egoist is fooled by no ideals: he discards them or uses them, as may suit his own interest.

I think most people act in their self-interest.

The world is ruled only by consideration of advantages.

I don't work with anyone out of a sense of charity. I use people as long as they are useful to me.

Out of all the climbers of this generation, I was the one who became known to the larger public. Many of them - not all of them, but many of them - understood they had only one chance to use me for their personal gain. And it's very easy to use me.

I have taken advantage of my husband, to the extent that I even got HBO to do a documentary with me.

I feel like, especially in Hollywood, you meet people with ulterior motives, who are trying to get something from you.

I felt like they only cared about what I could do for them, not what they could do for me.

Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.

A villain to me is someone who actively seeks to hurt someone or does things for his own gain.

There have been people who have tried to take advantage of me. They want to be linked to me just because I'm Ethel Merman.

The diplomat holds all acts honorable which bring him success, all things are righteous which serve his ends. If cheating is necessary, he will cheat; if lying is useful, he will lie; if bribery helps, he will bribe; if murder serves, he will order murder; if burglary, seduction, arson or forgery brings success nearer, all and each of these will be done.

No one can expect a majority to be stirred by motives other than ignoble.

Promise everything to anyone, unless clear obligation prevents it. Only live up to those promises which are of advantage to you.

It would be a most despicable thing to suggest I would exploit the poor for my own personal gain.

If you cash in on people, then they aren't your friends.

I'm not going to abandon the power game, but I'm going to be sure use it to my advantage.

Perhaps gaining power doesn't cause people to act like takers. It simply creates the opportunity for people who think like takers to express themselves.

You should never bury someone to forward your own personal interest. And I would never do that to anyone else on the planet.

Managers can sometimes hold players back for their own benefit.

If you want to find out if someone's a taker, it's not actually that useful to know what they've accomplished. What you want to want to know is how they explain them.

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