English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Morrie Schwartz Quotes

People are only mean when they're threatene? and that's what our culture does. That's what our economy does. Even people who have jobs in our economy are threatened, because they worry about losing them. And when you get threatened, you start looking out only for yourself. You start making money a god. It is all part of this culture.

Morrie Schwartz

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Olivia Munn quote: "Everyone is just nicer to prettier people."
Everyone is just nicer to prettier people. Olivia Munn
My senior year I was basically supporting myself, so it was like, Do you want to eat and pay the rent, or do you want to go to school? I wanted to eat and pay the rent. Clea Duvall
Maybe it's just not the right time for us to be married. I don't want to be a bounty hunter for the rest of my life, but I certainly don't want to be a housewife right now. And I really don't want to be married to someone who gives me ultimatums. And maybe Joe needs to examine what he wants from a wife. He was raised in a traditional Italian household with a stay-at-home mother and domineering father. If he wants a wife who will fit into that mold, I'm not for him. I might be a... Janet Evanovich
I will be very careful the next time I fall in love, she told herself. Also, she had made a promise to herself that she intended on keeping. She was never going to go out with another writer: no matter how charming, sensitive, inventive or fun they could be. They weren't worth it in the long run. They were emotionally too expensive and the upkeep was complicated. They were like having a vacuum cleaner around the house that broke all the time and only Einstein could fix it. She wanted her... Richard Brautigan
I think there is a special bond between Carolina athletes. A lot of people seem to wear our gear because it is fashionable. They love the colors. It's Michael Jordan's school! Lorrie Fair
David Foster Wallace quote: "You have decided being scared is caused mostly by thinking."
You have decided being scared is caused mostly by thinking. David Foster Wallace
Elizabeth George quote: "It is the job of the novelist to touch the reader."
It is the job of the novelist to touch the reader. Elizabeth George
Peter Jennings quote: "I am utterly struck how, 300 years after his execution,..."
I am utterly struck how, 300 years after his execution, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire. Peter Jennings
It was just a typical London flat, but it was in a great neighborhood. It was across from the Playboy Club, diagonally. From one balcony you could read the time from Big Ben, and from the other balcony you could watch the bunnies go up and down. Harry Nilsson
Simple, sincere people seldom speak much of their piety; it shows itself in acts rather than words, and has more influence than homilies or protestations. Louisa May Alcott
My advice has always been to study the craft of acting if you want to be an actor. There are many great schools that teach acting. NYU being one of them. Peter Facinelli
There was expectations that the fights there, the operation there might be extended for several months, even for several years. But within a few weeks it ended, because obviously the Taliban wasn't a real force. Bulent Ecevit
Technology is driving the innovation. Technology is driving the creativity. Technology and the use of that is going to determine our workers' ability to compete in the 21st century global marketplace. Ron Kind
I don't play accurately--any one can play accurately--but I play with wonderful expression. As far as the piano is concerned, sentiment is my forte. I keep science for Life. Oscar Wilde
I have travelled all over the world and one thing that amazes me is that I can communicate with people. My story may be different but emotionally we are all the same. Isabel Allende