Altruism is selfishness out with a pair of field glasses and imagination. Christina Stead More Quotes by Christina Stead More Quotes From Christina Stead No rich man is a patriot, no rich man is a friend. They have all only got one fatherland the Ritz-Carlton; and one friend the mistress they're promising to divorce their wives for. Christina Stead divorce wife men If all the rich people in the world divided up their money among themselves, there wouldn't be enough to go around. Christina Stead money business people The waste, the insane freaks of these money men, the cynicism and egotism of their life... I'll show that they are not brilliant, not romantic, not delightful, not intelligent. Christina Stead intelligent men art You want to be free and break new ground, speak your mind, fear no man, have the neighbours acknowledge that you're a good man; and at the same time you want to be a success, make money, join the country club, get the votes and kick the other man in the teeth and off the ladder. Christina Stead ambition success country Creation of something out of nothing is the most primitive of human passions and the most optimistic Christina Stead optimistic creation passion About myself - no. I'm unimportant, an observer, a wandering animal. Christina Stead wander animal art The sensuality, delicacy of literature does not exist for me; only the passion, energy and struggle… Most of my friends deplore this: they are always telling me what I should leave out in order to have success. But I know that nothing has more success in the end than an intelligent ferocity. Christina Stead passion intelligent struggle Radicalism is the opium of the middle class. Christina Stead radicalism middle class Love is feared: it dissolves society, it's unpopular, and it's very rare. Christina Stead fear love-is I don't know what imagination is, if not an unpruned, tangled kind of memory. Christina Stead tangled imagination memories Each Australian is a Ulysses. Christina Stead ulysses australian australia Gentlemen are overestimated, that is my experience. Christina Stead gentleman men Intuition is not infallible; it only seems to be the truth. It is a message which we may interpret wrongly. Christina Stead intuition messages may Charm is a cunning self-forgetfulness. Christina Stead forgetfulness charm self Money has no country. Christina Stead money country It is a rule of creative ability that it does nothing of any value, while it is possessed by this afflatus of vanity. Christina Stead vanity creativity creative I know your breed; all your fine officials debauch the younger girls who are afraid to lose their jobs: that's as old as Washington. Christina Stead girl jobs art Money goes where money is, money yearns where money is. Christina Stead money When people are collecting gold they aren't doing business. ... Gold is constipation: even bankruptcy is more fluid. Gold isn't wealth: positions in markets are wealth. Christina Stead money gold people A woman can't be, until a girl dies. . . . I mean the sprites that girls are, so different from us, all their fancies, their illusions, their flower world, the dreams they live in. Christina Stead women girl dream
