If I had to give a definition of capitalism I would say: the process whereby American girls turn into American women.

Quote by Christopher Hampton

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I think there's something degrading about having a husband for a rival. It's humiliating if...

I think there's something degrading about having a husband for a rival. It's humiliating if...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost how...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost how...

I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence.

I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence.

If I had to give a definition of capitalism I would say: the process whereby...

If I had to give a definition of capitalism I would say: the process whereby...

I always divide people into two groups. Those who live by what they know to...

I always divide people into two groups. Those who live by what they know to...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post what...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post what...

You know very well that unless you're a scientist, it's much more important for a...

You know very well that unless you're a scientist, it's much more important for a...

To seduce a woman famous for strict morals, religious fervor and the happiness of her...

To seduce a woman famous for strict morals, religious fervor and the happiness of her...

A great number of the disappointments and mishaps of the troubled world are the direct...

A great number of the disappointments and mishaps of the troubled world are the direct...

Capitalism needs to function like a game of tug-of-war. Two opposing sides need to continually...

Capitalism needs to function like a game of tug-of-war. Two opposing sides need to continually...

You will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and...

You will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and...

The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency

The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency

Publicity is the life of this culture - in so far as without publicity capitalism...

Publicity is the life of this culture - in so far as without publicity capitalism...

So many able writers have shown that the unjust institutions which work so much misery...

So many able writers have shown that the unjust institutions which work so much misery...

While the miser is merely a capitalist gone mad, the capitalist is a rational miser

While the miser is merely a capitalist gone mad, the capitalist is a rational miser

We shouldn't be looking for heroes, we should be looking for good ideas.

We shouldn't be looking for heroes, we should be looking for good ideas.

All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgments of probabilities, and not on certainties.

All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgments of probabilities, and not on certainties.

I am not the Prime Minister of French capitalism. I am the Prime Minister of...

I am not the Prime Minister of French capitalism. I am the Prime Minister of...

While the people are drowning in debt, the capitalists are drowning in profits that they've...

While the people are drowning in debt, the capitalists are drowning in profits that they've...

Socialism is nothing but the capitalism of the lower classes

Socialism is nothing but the capitalism of the lower classes