“I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees and first out when there's trouble.”
As quoted in The Book of Business Quotations (1991) by Eugene Weber, p. 20
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GG Allin (1956–1993) American singer-songwriter
GG Allin on The Jane Whitney Show July 16. 1993.
On The Jane Whitney Show
Herbert Spencer (1820–1903) English philosopher, biologist, sociologist, and prominent classical liberal political theorist
"Patriotism", p. 126 http://books.google.com/books?id=zBQRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA126 <br class="br">Facts and Comments (1902)
“Nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first understood.”
Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Renaissance polymath
“Do you hate people?”
“I don't hate them… I just feel better when they're not around.”
Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
Source: Barfly
William Henry Vanderbilt (1821–1885) American philanthropist
Quoted in Clarence P. Dresser, "Vanderbilt in the West" New York Times (9 October 1882). Dresser's account has Vanderbilt denying that he ran a particular passenger express service for the public benefit, but rather to drive down prices of a competing Pennsylvania Railroad service. By some accounts Dresser fabricated the interview except for the first sentence, which Vanderbilt said in refusing to give an interview. See "Reporter C. P. Dresser Dead", New York Times (25 April 1891).
Disputed
Paul Newman (1925–2008) American actor and film director
Quoted in Paul and Joanne: A Biography of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward by Joe Morella and Edward Z. Epstein (Delacorte Press, 1988, ISBN 0-440-50004-4), p. 96
“"Genius" (which means transcendent capacity of taking trouble, first of all).”
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher
Life of Fredrick the Great http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~spok/metabook/fgreat.html, Bk. IV, ch. 3 (1858–1865). Sometimes misreported as "Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains"; see Paul F. Boller, Jr., and John George, They Never Said It: A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, & Misleading Attributions (1989), p. 12. <br class="br">1860s
“I had nothing to offer anybody, except my own confusion”
Jack Kerouac book On the Road
Variant: I have nothing to offer anybody, except my own confusion.
Source: On the Road