Corrupt Corporate Executive/Quotes: Difference between revisions

{{quote|''"President? Do you know how much power I'd have to '''give up''' to be President?"''|'''[[Lex Luthor]]''' [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|shares his political opinions]] with [[The Question]], ''[[Justice League (Animationanimation)|Justice League]]''}}

{{quote|'''Asok''': ''Wally, I've discovered a deadly security flaw in our product. Who should I inform? ''<br />

'''Wally''': ''No one. The stock market would plunge. We'd have massive layoffs. Your career will be ruined. ''<br />

'''Asok''': ''But my negligence could cause the death of a dozen customers. ''<br />

{{quote|''"I know this is supposed to be an evil corporation, but having actual pure, elemental evil lying around seems to be slight overkill."''|'''Evil Tim''', ''[[Let's Play]] [[Shinobi]]'', [http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid{{=}}-1253168287786355779&hl{{=}}en-GB# Stage 6-A]}}

{{quote|'''Ansem:''' ''We need to kick off 2009 with a bang. Something that will remind people how evil FOX truly is. I mean something that would make [[The Lord of the Rings|Sauron]] jealous. Just pure evil.''<br />

[Cut to a courtroom]<br />

'''Judge:''' ''I hereby award the rights to ''[[Watchmen (Filmfilm)|Watchmen]]'' to FOX studios.''|''[[Ansem Retort]]''}}

{{quote|''I built a little empire out of some crazy garbage<br />

Called the blood of the exploited working class|'''[[They Might Be Giants (Musicband)|They Might Be Giants]]''', "Kiss Me, Son of God"}}

{{quote|'''Richfield:''' ''Oh, don't turn into one of those environmental doomsayers, Sinclair. Boo-hoo, it's raining acid, there's a hole in the ozone, you're hurting Flipper! Bah! Bunch of tree hugging pantywaists! They're always standing in the way of profits and it's our job to pave right over them!''<br />

'''Earl:''' ''I think you're missing the point sir! The world may be coming [[Apocalypse How|to an end!]]''<br />

{{quote|''"But in our culture ... corporations are always corrupt, and poverty is always the fault of the wealthy people's greed."''|'''Andrew Klavan''', ''[[Andrew Klavan On the Culture|Klavan on the Culture]]'', [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}90SdmjuCAqw "Liberal Fantasies vs. Reality: Can you Spot the Difference?"]}}

{{quote|''"Corporate America! Killing art."''|''[[The Nostalgia Chick (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Chick]]'' - ''[[Xanadu (Film)|Xanadu]]''}}

{{quote|''"You can wheel and deal the best of them<br />

''Steal it from the rest of them<br />

''You know the score<br />

''Their ethics are a bore..."''|'''[[Ray Stevens]]''' - "Mr. Businessman"}}

{{quote|''"I wonder if the CEO just rubs himself with money."''|'''Gordon Freeman''', ''[[FreemansFreeman's Mind]]''}}

{{quote|''"Sorry I'm late. Work was murder."''|'''Norman Osborn''', ''[[Spider-Man (Filmfilm)|Spider-Man]]''}}

{{quote|''"[[Schindler's List|Schindler]] and I are like peas in a pod. We're both factory owners, we both made shells for the Nazis, [[Comically Missing the Point|but mine worked, dammit!]]"''|'''Monty Burns''', ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]''}}

{{quote|'''Bartleby''': (to the board of "Mooby") You are responsible for raising an icon which draws worship from the Lord. You have broken the first commandment. Not only that, I'm afraid - not a one of you passes for a decent human being. [[Karma Houdini|Your continued existence is a mockery of morality.]] Like you, Mr. Burton. Last year, you cheated on your wife of seventeen years eight times. You even had sex with her best friend while you were supposed to be home ''watching the kids.''<br />

'''Loki''': (giving him two thumbs up) In the bed that you and your wife share, no less.<br />

'''Bartleby''': Mr. Newman - you got your girlfriend drunk at last year's Christmas party and then paid a kid from the mail room to have sex with her while she was passed out, just so you could break up with her guilt-free when she sobbingly confessed in the morning. ...<small>She, uh, killed herself two months later.</small><br />

''Mr. Braaaace disowned his gay son!'' Very compassionate, Mr. Brace!<br />

Mr. Ray put his mother in a third-rate nursing home and then used the profits from the sale of her home...to buy an oriental rug for himself. Heavens.<br />

Mr. Barker flew to Thailand on the company account to have sex with an ''eleven''-[[Punctuated! forFor! Emphasis!|year-old]]-'''BOY!'''<br />

Mr. Holtzman okay-ed the production of Mooby Dolls from materials he ''knew'' to be toxic and unsafe, because it was, [[Family Feud (TV)|SURVEY SAYS...]] less costly.<br />

(He approaches Ms. Price, [[Women Are Wiser|the only woman on the board]])<br />

'''Bartleby''': You, on the other hand, are an innocent. You lead a good life. [[Pet the Dog|Good for you]]. But ''you'', [[The Man|Mr. Whitland]], you have more skeletons in your closet than the rest of this assembled party. [[Take Our Word for It|I cannot even mention them aloud.]] (whispers in his ear)<br />

{{quote|''"We chase and shout after the man who steals your basket of eggs. The wiser thief is the man who manipulates us into buying goods we need at his shop and overcharges us a copper piece every time he can. He takes much more from us all, without ever having to run anywhere or suffer our anger. Indeed, sometimes we praise him for providing what we want or need, and never look past his welcoming smile."|''|'Storm Silverhand''' to young [[ForgottenHero Realms|StormSecret SilverhandService|Harpers]], ''Villainous Lures'', ([http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/rl/20050713a[Forgotten addressingRealms|Realmslore]] youngarticles by [[HeroWord Secretof ServiceGod|HarpersEd Greenwood]].)}}

{{quote|''"It has been said that most merchants die not of lawbreaking or lack of coin but of running afoul of a cabal--one they belong to, two or more they belong to that end up having conflicting aims or activities, or just one they happen to be in the way of. Cabal troubles, even more than angry victims of swindles, are the reason so many merchants mysteriously [[Make It Look Like an Accident|fall out of high windows]], [[The Coroner Doth Protest Too Much|fall 'asleep' on streets where heavily laden wagons can roll over them]], or go for swims in handy harbors while unconscious."|''|The Silent Sail'' ([[Forgotten Realms|Realmslore]] in ''[http://wizards.com/dnd/Article.aspx?x=dnd/dueotr/20101203 The Silent Sail]''article by [[Word of God|Ed Greenwood]]).}}

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{{quote| "There are so many things I remember<br />

From the deeply revered days of old<br />

When living was gentle and gracious<br />

And working folk did as they're told. }}

{{quote| They were wonderful days, I remember,<br />

When a feller could live like a king;<br />

And children were working in coal mines<br />

And life was a beautiful thing. }}

{{quote|But the fortunes of mankind are changing;<br />

Things aren't what they were anymore;<br />

And although I'm in no way complaining,<br />

By Harris and Tweed, I preferred it before."|[[The Roar Of The Greasepaint The Smell Of The Crowd]]}}

{{quote|'''Kaiba:''' So you've got a dweeb army. Am I supposed to be scared to attack?<br />

'''Dartz:''' (smirking) Well, only if destroying an innocent soul ''concerns'' you.<br />

'''Kaiba:''' (smirkier) Naaah. As the President of a major corporation, I have to do that every day.|''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (Animeanime)|Yu-Gi-Oh]]'', "Waking the Dragons" arc}}

{{quote|''After all, what could a master criminal buy? There was a shortage of [[Supervillain Lair|seaside properties with real lava flows]] near a reliable source of piranhas, and the world sure as hell didn't need another Dark Lord, not with Gilt doing so well. Gilt didn’t need a tower with ten thousand trolls camped outside. He just needed a ledger and a sharp mind. It worked better, was cheaper and he could go out and party at night.''|''[[Discworld (Literature)/Going Postal (Discworld)|Going Postal]]'' gives us the obligatory '''Pratchett''' quote}}

{{quote|''There's a man going around in the town''<br />

''Spreading lies.''<br />

''He's the bad businessman.''<br />

''Does his business while he can.''<br />

{{quote|''(How ba-a-a-ad can I be?) All the customers are buying!''<br />

''(How ba-a-a-ad can I be?) And the money's multiplying!''<br />

''(How ba-a-a-ad can I be?) And the PR people are lying!''<br />

''(How ba-a-a-ad can I be?) And the lawyers are denying!''<br />

''(How ba-a-a-ad can I be?) Who cares if a few trees are dying?''<br />

''(How ba-a-a-ad can I be?) This is all so gratifying!''|'''The Once-Ler''', ''[[Villain Song|How Bad Can I Be?]]'', ''[[The Lorax (Filmfilm)|The Lorax]]''}}