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Taking Advantage Quotes

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P.G. Wodehouse
“It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.”
P.G. Wodehouse, The Man Upstairs and Other Stories

Jane Harper
“Someone can decide it’s in their best interests to agree to something, but a choice is only really a choice if there’s a genuine alternative. Otherwise it’s manipulation and it’s taking advantage.”
Jane Harper, The Lost Man

Ronald J. Sider
“God thundered again and again through the prophets that worship in the context of mistreatment of the poor and disadvantaged is an outrage.”
Ronald J. Sider, Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger: Moving from Affluence to Generosity

Graeme Simsion
“A few times in my life, I have been manipulated by the sexual power of a woman. "Could you help with my assignment?" I'll do it for you. "I don't know why they've given me middle seat." Take mine. "I thought the trains would still be running." Let me drive your home. No promises, no offers, nothing expected in return.”
Graeme Simsion, The Best of Adam Sharp

Andrew Levkoff
“Why must there always be a price to pay for every indulgence, and why must it so often be withdrawn from the bankrupt accounts of the innocent?”
Andrew Levkoff, A Mixture of Madness

“One day you'll notice something different and if you take advantage of that moment, you will be what you exactly needed to be.”
Oscar Auliq-Ice

Ana Salote
“There's only one difference between slaughter and laughter and that's an s. It's all two sides of one thing and you got to make sure you're on the laughing side.”
Ana Salote, Oy Yew

A.J. Darkholme
“The weakest link in any chain of security is not the technology itself, but the person operating it; iron gates have no compassion to appeal to, nor fears to exploit, nor insecurities to use to one’s advantage. They are, however, operated by us – by beings of unlimited vulnerability and limited energy. Why waste time brute-forcing what can be easily circumvented by a clever ´Ú²¹Ã§²¹»å±ð and a crimson tongue?”
A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar

Jennifer Worth
“She approached them all without a trace of sentimentality or condescension. The older Docklanders were accustomed to meeting middle-class do-gooders, who deigned to act graciously to inferiors. The Cockneys despised these people, used them for what they could get, and made fun of them behind their backs, but Sister Evangelina had no patronising airs and graces.”
Jennifer Worth

“We are slipping back from the age of reason into the mire of mystery, into a world of gods and devils, ghouls and angels. The difference this time is that we have chosen ignorance over knowledge, vapidity over insight, folly over realism. Consequently, we only have ourselves to blame when the rich and powerful take advantage of us.”
Andrew Davenport

Steve Maraboli
“Be careful who you turn to for help… If you ask the right person, it's beautiful. If you ask the wrong one, it's like bleeding next to a shark.”
Steve Maraboli

Danielle Bennett
“In the court of Madoka, people who preyed on and stole from the poor and helpless deserved to be buried from the neck down and left to die in the desert while the birds picked out their eyes.”
Danielle Bennett, Dragon Soul

Abhijit Naskar
“A real man doesn't take advantage of a woman when she is vulnerable.”
Abhijit Naskar, Vatican Virus: The Forbidden Fiction

Byrd Nash
“I don’t make misfortunes happen. Stupid people do that. But I would call myself foolish not to take advantage of idiots.”
Byrd Nash, Delicious Death