Famous quotes containing the words master, passion and/or greed:
“I cringe when critics say Im a master of the popular novel. Whats an unpopular novel?”
—Irwin Shaw (b. 1913)
“But hatred is a much more delightful passion & never cloys; it will make us all happy for the rest of our lives.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (17881824)
“Its not greed and ambition that makes warsits goodness. Wars are always fought for the best of reasons, for liberation or manifest destiny, always against tyranny and always in the best interests of humanity. So far this war, weve managed to butcher some 10,000,000 people in the interest of humanity. The next war, it seems well have to destroy all of man in order to preserve his damn dignity.”
—Paddy Chayefsky (19231981)