Top 100 People Take Advantage Quotes
#1. It's easy to be led astray when you're so broken. People take advantage of you.
Willie Aames
#2. Love isn't invincible. Some people take advantage of that.
Ellen Hopkins
#3. No 'rules.' What are you, British or something? I guess I'm too nice ... No wonder people take advantage of me.
Alfonso Cuaron
#4. It's not manly to hurt others or belittle them. Respect and kindness require more courage because people take advantage of those.
Sherrilyn Kenyon
#5. I realized that it's my own fault that people take advantage of me. I should be around people who cherish my talents, my health, my time. I'm not a pawn for anyone's future business. I'm an artist. I deserve better than to be loyal to people who only believe in me because I make money.
Lady Gaga
#6. Democracy is made up of three elements. One is whether the laws support pluralistic principles. The second is whether the people take advantage of these laws. The third element is whether the peoples' wallets are thick enough to benefit from this democracy.
Lech Walesa
#7. People take advantage of good people. That's what I mean. So don't be a sucker.
S. Walden
#8. Go out into the world, do your best all day, try to think higher thoughts, try to be kind and compassionate, but don't let people take advantage of you.
Frederick Lenz
#9. You can't let people take advantage of you. Go get that ass.
J. B. Smoove
#10. Life is full of possibilities and people should take an advantage of it to pursue success.
Saaif Alam
#11. I'm not going to sit here and say, 'Pity me; I came from modeling.' It's opened a lot of doors. People will take meetings because they've heard the name before. That's an advantage that I have.
Brooklyn Decker
#12. I always wanted to be normal. I tried really hard, but it's like I try so hard and then people still say I'm offbeat. I've learnt to accept that and take advantage of it as an actor.
Zooey Deschanel
#13. At the end of the day, even the magic of machine translation is like Facebook, a way of taking free contributions from people and regurgitating them as bait for advertisers or others who hope to take advantage of being close to a top server.
Jaron Lanier
#14. Sometimes you try to help people, and it backfires on you, and then they try to take advantage of you.
Bill Cosby
#15. A culture exists within the [Ted] Cruz camp that would allow people to take advantage of a situation like this in a very dishonest way.
Benjamin Carson
#16. This fear is what is the ruin of us all. And some dominate us; they take advantage of our fear and frighten us still more. Mark this: as long as people are afraid, they will rot like the birches in the marsh. We must grow bold; it is time!
Maxim Gorky
#18. If people see your weaknesses they will take advantage of them.
Ivana Trump
#19. I can imagine people actually working in virtual environments where productive, cooperative work is undertaken, and I think we will find people helping others to take advantage of masses of information that are inaccessible or too vast to process in real time today.
Vinton Cerf
#20. It's joyful to give. But for people who want to take advantage of you, you're kind of an easy mark.
Larry King
#21. 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
#22. Most people spend their lives vulnerable, relying on the rest of the world to not take advantage of it.
Kris Rafferty
#23. what you put out there and what people take away are two totally separate things. People's minds process things in diverse ways. Everyone lives in different worlds, which is sort of sad but also has potential if you can work out how to turn it to your advantage.
Ann Morgan
#24. When you are very simple, honest, and kind, people may take advantage of you and cheat you, but be loving and kind. Remember that no one can cheat you except you and yourself.
Debasish Mridha
#25. There are people who are out to take advantage of others and some who are merely putting in their time. But most of the people I encounter in the work place are desperately trying to make a difference and what to be effective at their jobs.
David Livermore
#26. A lot of people pretend to be. They wear robes and put on airs to take advantage of the ignorant and gullible. But
Patrick Rothfuss
#27. Target groups you care about that other people mostly don't, and take advantage of strategies other people are biased against using.
Peter Singer
#28. In business, you have to be strong. If you are weak, people are going to take advantage.
Ivana Trump
#29. ...if you come into the world a certain way, you might as well take advantage of it and surprise people.
Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli
#30. A lot of times, people feel that if they forgive the person who hurt them, then they will continue to take advantage of them or not take responsibility for what they did wrong.
Joyce Meyer
#31. Our libraries are not cloisters for an elite. They are for the people, and if they are not used, the fault belongs to those who do not take advantage of their wealth.
Louis L'Amour
#32. To take full advantage of the potential in e-business, leaders must lead differently, and people must work together differently. Let's call this new way of working e-culture-the human side of the global information era, the heart and soul of the new economy.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
#33. When success comes, people can try to trick you or take advantage of you.
Christina Aguilera
#34. People sometimes approach me tentatively or suspiciously because of my father's reputation as a world-class negotiator, as if they think I'm about to take advantage of them. As if I know something I'm not letting on.
Ivanka Trump
#35. We developed microfinance to fight loan sharks - I was telling people don't go to loan sharks - not trying to take advantage and make money for myself. I would be a junior loan shark if I did ... It is not a panacea.
Muhammad Yunus
#36. I love my mom. I totally look up to her, and she just doesn't let anybody take advantage of me. People might call that a stage mom.
Hilary Duff
#37. I think a lot of the bells and whistles that become available to you would be impossible to resist for some people, so it's just never going to be a real stand-in version of your comic. People will have to take advantage of the ability to have sound, or zoom in and out, whatever it is.
Adrian Tomine
#38. If I learned one thing in life it's:
Some people think kindness is a weakness and will always try to take advantage of kind hearted people. Don't let them.
Timothy Pina
#39. I spend some of my time brooding about people who seem addicted to double standards - those who take an allegedly principled stand on a Monday, then switch firmly to the opposite principle on Tuesday if it is to their advantage.
John Leo
#40. It's better to get smart than to get mad. I try not to get so insulted that I will not take advantage of an opportunity to persuade people to change their minds.
John H. Johnson
#41. With my feelings, I hold a lot in, because I didn't always have boundaries and people would take advantage of situations because I'm a nice guy.
Kellan Lutz
#42. I'm not kind, darling. I'm only nice to people when I'm planning to take advantage of them." Lillian responded with a carefree grin, daring to ask, "Am I in danger from you, my lord?" Though his expression remained relaxed with good humor, his eyes were disturbingly intent. "I'm afraid so.
Lisa Kleypas
#43. I've been blessed with the opportunity to express the views of black people who otherwise don't have access to power and the media. I have to take advantage of that while I'm still bankable.
Spike Lee
#44. We also provide a lot of services with our consulting group that allow people to take maximum advantage of the Net economy. Those all seem to resonate with customers and are providing a good strong base going forward.
Jim Barksdale
#45. Look at YouTube, how many talented people there are. It's a whole new world of how to express yourself. I don't know how to work that world, but take advantage of it.
Penny Marshall
#46. Just before my 16th birthday, Natalie Dormer said to me, 'As soon as you turn 16, you're going to work adult hours. People will try take advantage of you, so it's important not to be a pushover.'
Sophie Turner
#47. If you're not critical about your history, that can be a problem because there are religious leaders, politicians and all kinds of powerful people who can take advantage of a population that isn't really thinking.
Jose Gonzalez
#48. The advantage of horror books is to take the reader and cut him out of the pack and work on him one on one. It has its advantages because the people that are there in the movie theater really are a mob. If you get one guy alone you can do a more efficient job of scaring him.
Stephen King
#49. I am in control of my career, and that's what so many actors don't take advantage of. You get to these successful points, and you continue to just work for other people. But, when you're your own brand and you're your own boss, the whole line of work changes. That's my biggest turn on.
Kevin Hart
#50. Too many people feel that where you start out dictates where you should end up. I was on welfare and just shy of 19 when my first daughter was born, but I was encouraged to take advantage of my ability and drive and remained in school.
Gwen Moore
#51. I don't like people who take advantage of those incapable of protecting themselves.
Scott Hildreth
#52. I think sometimes there might be an advantage in making people aware how worn and stale these old transgressions are. It might take some of the shine off them for those who are tempted.
Marilynne Robinson
#53. Generosity is not a free pass for people to take advantage of us, treat us unfairly, or be purposefully disrespectful and mean.
Brene Brown
#54. Many of the people libraries serve today are ill equipped to take advantage of all the great things about the digital present and future. Since libraries must be guided by those they serve, they will be awkwardly straddling the analog and the digital for some period of time.
John Palfrey
#55. Paranoid is what people who are trying to take advantage call you in an effort to get you to drop your guard.
Matt Damon
#56. We have a rare chance to pursue a new path, a different, better future that delivers progress for both our peoples and the wider world. That's the opportunity before the Iranian people. We need to take advantage of that.
Barack Obama
#57. We all have a responsibility, and since I've been so wonderfully blessed, I really want to share and to make life at least a little better. So every chance I get to share the gospel or uplift people, I will take full advantage of that opportunity.
Gladys Knight
#58. When you're in the position I'm in, you have two options: you can either shut yourself off from everybody, from the world, and not live a full life. Or you welcome everybody into your life and occasionally somebody will try to take advantage. And I'd much rather be that person who lets people in.
Daniel Radcliffe
#59. Thing is, while I know better, I like sounding ignorant. Talk like this and people figure you're about as dumb as a fencepost, which suits me fine. Makes it all that much easier to take advantage of 'em.
Charles De Lint
#60. I figured out that whatever I selected myself I could read with more depth and more breadth - there was a match to my curiosity. And I could take advantage of what people later pathologized as Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) by using natural stimulation as a main driver to scholarship.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
#61. Pointing out people's mistakes, having intention to take advantage of people, keeps one bound to a worldly life (sansaar).
Dada Bhagwan
#62. Bashar Assad has been so brutal toward the Sunni within Syria that he created the space that led to the people of Syria themselves to stand up and try to overthrow him. That led to the chaos which allowed ISIS to come in and take advantage of that situation and grow more powerful.
Marco Rubio
#63. You will be the only you to ever live on this planet. How fucking rad is that? So don't be afraid to be yourself. Fuck what people think of you. take advantage of being unique and stay true to who you really are.
John O'Callaghan
#64. You're tough when you need to be, and you can charm the pants off men who have three times your experience.
Well, yes. Although I try not to take advantage of that too often. Very awkward negotiating with people who are sitting around in their underwear.
Julie James
#65. Take advantage of this great opportunity in your life to live it well, to be good, to have good works, and to influence other people for good.
David B. Haight
#66. I think a lot of people are really scared right now. Not every person makes good choices, and sometimes, when people are scared, there are people who try to take advantage of that fear.
Ezekiel Boone
#67. People who are hard, grasping and always ready to take advantage of their neighbors become very rich.
George Bernard Shaw
#68. Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them
Walter Kerr
#69. Reviewing has one advantage over suicide: in suicide you take it out on yourself; in reviewing you take it out on other people.
George Bernard Shaw
#70. I think I understand why baseball players today are a little standoffish, because the world has changed. You don't know who's trying to take advantage of you, what people really want.
Billy Williams
#71. A lot of people resist transition and therefore never allow themselves to enjoy who they are. Embrace the change, no matter what it is; once you do, you can learn about the new world you're in and take advantage of it.
Nikki Giovanni
#72. As a woman, I have tried to take advantage of the extra access I have in the Muslim world: with Muslim women, for example. Many people underestimate women in that part of the world because, typically, they don't work.
Lynsey Addario
#73. Sometimes people don't trust the force of kindness. They think love or compassion or kindness will make you weak and kind of stupid and people will take advantage of you; you won't stand up for other people.
Sharon Salzberg
#74. We try to be real nice and friendly to people, but sometimes they take advantage of that.
Layne Staley
#75. I really feel like I came out of the water when I graduated from college, because I wasn't really aware of what was going on. If certain people tried to take advantage of me or whatever, I never really realized it until I got out of school.
Nicolas Jaar
#76. I am nice to everybody. But people really take advantage of it.
Dan Auerbach
#77. I get a lot of people trying to take advantage of me because of my kindness. I'm either real nice to you, or I want to cut your head off. There's no in between with me.
Mike Epps
#78. We got a lot of letters of people who didn't like them, like my own family who thought they were unnecessary and unpleasant and taking advantage of women in a sad situation - I never saw that. And I think that sometimes, you have to take a risk.
Vera Wang
#79. Instead, a disruptive innovation typically solves a customer problem in a better, more convenient, or cheaper way than existing alternatives. A disruptive product also creates a new market by addressing nonconsumption: it attracts people who did not take advantage of similar products. But
Roman Pichler
#80. Part of knowing how to think is knowing how the laws of nature shape the world around us. Without that knowledge, without that capacity to think, you can easily become a victim of people who seek to take advantage of you.
Neil DeGrasse Tyson
#81. Being able to make work - if it's on your terms, and it's a good fit with the people who are supporting it - can be a very interesting exercise. When it doesn't work is when an artist just connects with a brand, and they try to take advantage of each other.
Marco Brambilla
#82. One of the big issues in Ohio and elsewhere is people do not have the skills to take advantage of the openings that are out there.
Rob Portman
#83. Climbing is an amazing, unique sport, and I want to share that with as many people as possible. I want to be an ambassador for the sport and raise the profile. I try to take advantage of any opportunity to share climbing with the world.
Chris Sharma
#84. As Mono matures, people will begin to use it to write desktop components that take advantage of all the hard work thats gone into some of the meatier GNOME libraries, as well as the nifty language features of C#.
Nat Friedman
#85. Most people don't like change. They revolt against it unless they can clearly see the advantage it brings. For that reason, when good leaders prepare to take action or make changes, they take people through a process to get them ready for it.
John C. Maxwell
#86. I had this urge to play the game of football, because so many people - I shouldn't say so many, a handful of people - said I couldn't do it. For me, it was one of those things that I just believe in my talent that the Lord gave me, and I wanted to take advantage of it.
Russell Wilson
#87. I get a lot of inspiration from my surroundings, people I'm with. Mother Nature. It's combination of everything and really wanting to live life to the fullest. I feel very fortunate to be healthy, so I try to take advantage of it.
Jeremy Jones
#88. Cultures are mental parasites that emerge accidentally, and thereafter take advantage of all people infected by them.
Yuval Noah Harari
#89. I come from a blue-collar town - and being from that place, you learn not to let anybody take advantage of you. You don't let people mistreat you. You stand up for what's right.
Mo'Nique
#90. How strange it is that people of honest feelings and sensibilty, who would not take advantage of a man born without arms or legs or eyes - how such people think nothing of abusing a man with low intelligence.
Daniel Keyes
#91. I've made a lot of mistakes. I've bonded with some people who use you, and some people that take advantage of you.
Larry King
#92. People with power always take advantage of those without power.
Christopher Pike
#93. The American people are screaming out saying it's unfair that the wealthiest, the largest corporations who can afford the best attorneys, the best accountants, take advantage of these special tax treatments that the lobbyists have, along with lawmakers, have cooked in the books here.
David Plouffe
#94. There's not going to be enough people in the system to take advantage of people like me.
George W. Bush
#95. I travel so much when I work, I've really been happy to do 'Nice Work' because I feel like a true New Yorker again. I have my little regimen during the day, and I can take advantage of the museums and the things that I love. And people watching!
Blythe Danner
#96. And he smiled a lot. The smile did not mean that he was happy. It meant he was stronger than most people, and that he intended to take advantage of it.
Michael Cadnum
#97. The Olympics are only once every four years, so you have to take advantage of all your opportunities, both to be an inspiration to people and help support your sponsors who help you.
Lolo Jones
#98. I was a magnet for people who want to take advantage of people like me, who think they're part of this life but they're not.
Marc Almond
#99. Fear is a weakness. It makes a person lose her nerve and her cool. It makes people jumpy and organizations nervous, and when that happens, there is always a chance to take advantage.
Ally Carter
#100. I'm a big believer you should design work around a vast majority of people who want to do the right thing rather than around the tiny minority who might take advantage.
Gail Kelly
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