“People nowadays are obsessed with golden awards, about who is the best — when we know in reality the one with more money wins.”

“Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything.

Yes, murmured Lord Henry, settling his button-hole in his coat; and when they grow older they know it.”

“Remember that it is not the lawyer who knows the most law, but the one who best prepares his case, who wins.”

“People go into science out of curiosity, not to win awards. But scientists are human and have ambitions. Even the best scientists are often insecure and feel the need for recognition.”

“There's something comforting and pleasurable about watching people win money.”

“I prefer to win titles with the team ahead of individual awards or scoring more goals than anyone else. I'm more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world. When all this is over, what are you left with? When I retire, I hope I am remembered for being a decent guy.”

“To get into the best society, nowadays, one has either to feed people, amuse people, or shock people - that is all!”

“After all, people judge one another according to their own feelings. It is only the miser who sees other enticed by money, the lustful who see others obsessed by desire.”

“The funny thing about mundies is how obsessed with magic they are for a bunch of people who don't even know what the word means.”

“We want to follow a dream, yes it's true, but it's one thing to follow a dream and another to follow an obsession…A dream is more pure than obsession. A dream is about pride.”