Quotes About Opportunism

To me, draining the swamp means draining it of pandering and opportunism and filling it in with the fertile soil of freedom.

We're all trapped in the bodies of sly, social-climbing opportunists shaped to survive the savanna by policing each other.

Never use your own money when you can spend someone else's.

Children who had inherited money, or a warehouse full of cloth or corn, were sometimes adopted by unscrupulous neighbors greedy to get their hands on the legacy. The prospect of something for nothing brought out the worst in people..

Pure politics is merely the calculus of combinations and of chances.

A politician, a man engaged in party contests, must be an opportunist. Let us give up saying that word as if it contained a slur. If you want to win in party action, I take it for granted that you want to lure the majority to your side. I never heard of any man in his senses who was fishing for a minority.

Vivimos en un planeta complicado, rico en organismos de una vasta variedad, incluyendo los virus, todos interactuando de forma oportunista, y aunque existen 7.000 millones de personas, el lugar no se ha hecho a nuestra conveniencia y para nuestro placer.

The shrewd, like chameleons, embrace change by using it to their advantage.

A shinobi embodies an archetype that is able to use everything at their disposal. They don't pick a fighting style; they use every means and everything they can get their hands on. They exploit every weakness.

What actually happened with 'Miracle' was that someone saw me in 'Jurassic Park' and said, 'We want someone with a white beard - how about him?' I've got a round face, white hair, a white beard. I can wear half-moon glasses and waddle a little, cope with a cane, raise my hat.

Professional politicians will say anything, and they're always careful to leave themselves room to turn around and do the other.

When you are rich, people try to take advantage of you.

These political consultants love business guys who've never been in politics to try and take advantage of them. I get that.

It's that Romney is taking advantage of the government's 'free stuff,' too, and has been profiting from it handsomely for a long, long time - even as he rails about the 'free stuff' that the government provides other people.

For me, it's about finding ways. Obviously I'm not a great hitter, but I'm going to try and beat you anyway I can. I think about that in every aspect of the game. Running? I'm not the fastest runner, but I can steal a base. For me it's about taking advantage of what I can.

The winners are the schemers and the ruthless who take what they want, not the suckers standing around hoping for an even break.

One thing that never changed among humans: there were always those who wanted to get something for nothing. It was what kept hell in business.

Terry Ito had said Eddie Tang was on his way up. Maybe Eddie figured taking advantage of Mimi Warren and stealing the Hagakure were the keys to ascendancy.

Behind a leader there must be followers, but they should always be on the lookout for the main chance and ready to change sides if the current leader doesn't deliver.

We were assholes and opportunists and sociopaths, a lot of us. We thought we were on the right side of things. But what did it mean that our clients resembled ghouls and grave robbers? I knew their families, or photos of their families

Why kill two birds with one stone, he always said, when you could kill twelve?

Nobody ever got rich by wearing a heart on their sleeve, unless it was someone else's heart.

I see my practice as picture making. Whatever is available, I use.

Sometimes, you just have to take what the defense gives you.