Quotes tagged ‘Capitalism’

“This is capitalism. You reap what you sow.”

— Kelsey Krasnigor, Mark Levin, Andrew Goldberg, Jennifer Flackett, Nick Kroll, Andrew Glouberman, John Mulaney, imdb.com

“Let me tell you who was wrong: every single hedge fund. Name after name, when it comes to innovation, when it comes to growth, when it comes to people trying to do fundamentally useful things in the world, if it doesn't fit into the mold that Wall Street wants, they try to organize against it.”

— Chamath Palihapitiya, businessinsider.com

“I think it says more about our country and our health care system that more and more health care workers are having to turn to OnlyFans or other means of sex work or other means of getting extra cash, the fact that they’re not getting what they need to make ends meet from the job that they’re dedica…”

— Lauren Kwei, rollingstone.com

“While at this point it’s passé to debate the politics of a PSL, the connection between white girls and fall still thrives in meme culture.”

— Hazel Cills, theattic.jezebel.com

“I’ve often noted that companies have enormous capacity to help their communities. But too often they act like American tobacco companies, which killed more people than Stalin did, or pharma companies peddling opioids, or McKinsey & Company advising a business to 'get more patients on higher doses of…”

— Nicholas Kristof, nytimes.com

“The market is not moral; it only values what sells.”

— Elizabeth Wurtzel, amazon.com

“There’s no clear-cut answer to feeling less guilty for just existing, but a good start is to take time for yourself that isn’t organized or easily optimizable.”

— Marianne Eloise, vice.com

“Capitalism is being squeezed from both sides by a debate over socialism vs. strongman nationalism: President Trump bullying the Fed, publicly pressuring CEOs and juicing short-term markets at all cost.”

— Jim VandeHei, axios.com

“Money can’t buy happiness? I hate that saying. Money helps a lot of people. To pretend that it doesn’t is just woo-woo bullshit. We live in a capitalist society. Money improves people’s circumstances. It just does.”

— Jessica Knoll, thecut.com

“Everybody who has a job is just a slave.”

— Gaspar Noé, Oscar, Nathaniel Brown, imdb.com

“It doesn’t matter how amazing your product is, or how fast you ship features. The market you’re in will determine most of your growth.”

— Sahil Lavingia, medium.com

“Capitalism invariably boils down to barter between two willing parties, neither of whom uses force to work with the other.”

— Ben Shapiro, townhall.com

“For capitalism to work, we all need one another.”

— Elizabeth Warren, amazon.com

“There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody. You built a factory out there? Good for you. But I want to be clear: You moved your goods to market on the roads the rest of us paid for. You hired workers the rest of us paid to educate. You were safe in your factory because of police…”

— Elizabeth Warren, amazon.com

“Capitalism has not always existed in the world and will not always exist in the world.”

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, brainyquote.com

“You know what capitalism is? Gettin’ fucked!”

— Oliver Stone, Tony Montana, Al Pacino, imdb.com

“If you make money you are always ensured work. It's a capitalist society baby.”

— Bret Easton Ellis, reddit.com

“Raja: What prayers do you recite when you are upset? Justin: I don't usually uh... I don't really pray that much. Usually I just, you know, like, eat a, eat a brownie or, uh, buy a CD.”

— Moses Port, David Guarascio, Justin Tolchuck, Dan Byrd, imdb.com

“Please, please, kids, stop fighting. Maybe Lisa's right about America being the land of opportunity, and maybe Adil's got a point about the machinery of capitalism being oiled with the blood of the workers.”

— Sam Simon, George Meyer, John Swartzwelder, Jon Vitti, Homer Simpson, Dan Castellaneta, imdb.com

“Roxie: Miles, tell her that Valentine's Day is nothing more than a bogus holiday engineered by the greeting card industry. Miles: In cahoots with the flower companies and candy manufacturers. I have a hunch the Trilateral Commission is also involved. Sabrina: That's so cute, I never realized how muc…”

— Dan Berendsen, Sabrina Spellman, Melissa Joan Hart, imdb.com