“The government of my country snubs honest simplicity but fondles artistic villainy, and I think I might have developed into a very capable pickpocket if I had remained in the public service a year or two.” HumorGovernmentFunnyHonestyHumorousCorruptionThievesPoliticiansPublic ServiceSad But TrueVillainyMark TwainCorrupt PoliticsPickpockets Author:Mark Twain
“He loved his job. What was advertising, anyway, but a knowledge of people and of which buttons to push to nudge them into opening their wallets? It was, he often though, an accepted, creative, even expected twist on picking those wallets. For a man who had spent the first half of his life as a thief, it was the perfect career.” AdvertisingJobThiefPhillip QuinnPickpockets Book:Rising Tides Source: Rising Tides
“He loved his job. What was advertising, anyway, but a knowledge of people and of which buttons to push to nudge them into opening their wallets? It was, he often thought, an accepted, creative, even expected twist on picking those wallets. For a man who had spent the first half of his life as a thief, it was the perfect career.” JobsCareersAdvertisingPhillip QuinnPickpockets Book:Rising Tides Source: Rising Tides