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There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.

Warren Buffett

They said they were investing in their growth, which is something we pay management to do. The fact that the market takes this perverse view is baffling.

Mark Husson

Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar and perilous- to poetry. But also, it gives birth to the opposite: to the perverse, the illicit, the absurd.

Thomas Mann

It's only relatively recently, since the 18th century, that people expected religion to make them happy. In a way, it's a perverse affirmation of the Enlightenment.

Darrin Mcmahon

Clearly our priorities are perverse. Our government punishes the good guys and lets, in some cases, the really bad guys help run the show and set the agendas.

Danielle Brian

Isn't that the most perverse thing you've ever heard?

John Waters

In fact, if you wanted to be sort of perverse about it, the last thing I'd want to see would be fantastic earnings.

Charles Blood

Shame on us for creating perverse incentives that cause people to give up private coverage for Medicaid.

Michael Cannon

By no means were we trying to be perverse, but we were setting out to make a list that was a bit more modern.

Jamie Graham

There is a perverse incentive to overspend some, in order to get more.

Joe Raymond

David looked more scared and I got a perverse joy out of it.

Jonathan Ross

The current tax structure is fairly perverse. Companies are in a lose-lose situation. They're criticized if they leave earnings abroad, and they're penalized [through taxes] if they bring them to the U.S.

Harris Miller

We are perverse creatures and never satisfied.

Nan Fairbrother

The significance (of the dethroning) is a little perverse. It's occurring as investors are beginning to flee the index fund.

Dan Wiener

It's perverse. It's totally perverse.

Susan Phillips

It's perverse. It's sending the wrong signal. It's a combination of political opportunism and political naiveté.

George Hoffer

He'll even let himself be characterized as perverse. He's not. He's the opposite of perverse. He's coaxing our perversions, our suppressed perversions, into the open and helping us to deal with them in this wonderful way.

William Hurt

The market is going to do better as the economy slows some and the Fed's done. What's perverse is that the market would have done better this year if the economy were a little bit weaker, because you would have gotten the Fed out of the way earlier.

Jason Trennert