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Taken Advantage Of Quotes

Well," said Clary, after a judicious pause, "I guess you wouldn't have taken advantage of her when she's so grief-stricken and all."
Simon snorted. "If you ever meet the man who could take advantage of Isabelle, you'll have to let me know. I'd like to shake his hand. Or run away from him very fast, I'm not sure which.
- Cassandra Clare

I think the tech stock, the public market is still completely traumatized by the dotcom crash. I think the investors and reporters and analysts and everybody is determined to not get taken advantage of again, and that is what everybody who lived through 2000, what they kind of remember.
- Marc Andreessen

Daniel held himself very still, waiting for the wave of jealousy that never came. He was furious with the man who'd taken advantage of her innocence, but he did not feel jealous. He did not need to be her first, he realized. He simply needed to be her last. Her only.
- Julia Quinn

So many people comment that I'm much more mature than average. In this business, you can get taken advantage of if you're not aware and you're not tough.
- Amanda Bynes

No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one's character may remain entirely unaffected for the better.
- William James

The general fact of surplus value, namely that the workmen does not get the full value of his labours, and that he is taken advantage of by the capitalist, is obvious.
- Edward Carpenter

I had been gullible, naive, soft, pliable. That's why I got taken advantage of. To survive, you have to have a tough skin.
- Tia Carrere

I have taken advantage of other people's weaknesses in order to cover my own.
- David Levithan

You're not going to take advantage of me, are you?" The cushions felt so nice behind her head. It was so nice to lie down. "Novels are always warning young women of the dangers of being taken advantage of by wealthy young men."
"You are perfectly safe. Emily is here to protect your virtue."
"That's too bad.
- Kady Cross

I also have the impression that many women have been able, instinctively, to sniff out this loneliness of mine, which I confided to no one, and this in later years was to become one of the causes of my being taken advantage of.
- Osamu Dazai

I've taken advantage of a few breaks that came along and moved along with them.
- Clint Eastwood

Above all, he liked it that everything was one's own fault. There was only oneself to praise or blame. Luck was a servant and not a master. Luck had to be accepted with a shrug or taken advantage of up to the hilt. But it had to be understood and recognized for what it was and not confused with a faulty appreciation of the odds, for, at gambling, the deadly sin is to mistake bad play for bad luck. And luck in all its moods had to be loved and not feared
- Ian Fleming

The cutthroat part of it is that professional wrestling has no union. There are a number of people that are taken advantage of on a daily basis.
- Bill Goldberg

You should not have taken advantage of my sensibility to steal into my affections without my consent.
- Alexander Hamilton

It takes a minute for me to let my guard down, but once I do and I get to know someone, I'm very open, very trusting. Some might say too trusting, because considering the amount of money that can be made from selling gossip, I could be very easily taken advantage of.
- Anne Hathaway

It's easy to be taken advantage of if you're not honest.
- Katherine Heigl

Unfortunately, money in politics is an insidious thing - and a loophole in our campaign finance system was taken advantage of with money going to existing or new 527 groups with the sole purpose of influencing the election.
- Olympia Snowe

We've been in that situation where you're just so happy to be doing what you love to do that you get taken advantage of.
- Justin Timberlake

Everything has been said yet few have taken advantage of it. Since all our knowledge is essentially banal, it can only be of value to minds that are not.
- Raoul Vaneigem

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