Life is not to be bought with heaps of gold; Not all Apollo's Pythian treasures hold, Or Troy once held, in peace… — Homer Copy Share Image
In poor countries, officials receive explicit bribes; in D.C. they get the sophisticated, implicit, unspoken promise to work for large corporations — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
The whole point of the system is to bribe you with the leftovers of what they have stolen from you in the… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
“Why did you buy me?" He leaned back, steepling his fingers. "I didn't. You were a gift. An unwanted gift." His lips… — Pepper Winters Copy Share Image
Lawyers will always buckle under to something, whether its bribes, violence, court orders, or the weight of their own bullshit. — James Alan Gardner Copy Share Image
“As a system administrator, it's in your best interest to befriend data center technicians and bribe them with coffee, caffeinated soft drinks,… — Evi Nemeth Copy Share Image
A man to whom you do a favor will not understand if you say nothing, make no noise, just walk away. You… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
“How can I bribe my tongue to speak as truth the things my heart so contradicts. Attach to me then your strings… — Tonny Brown Copy Share Image
To give money to a sufferer is only a come-off. It is only a postponement of the real payment, a bribe paid… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I played the piano as a boy for six years, from the time I was six to 12 years old. My piano… — John Gokongwei Copy Share Image
A public man has no right to let his actions be determined by particular interests. He does the same thing as a… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
Officials from the soccer organization FIFA, which decides which cities get to host the World Cup, are accused of accepting bribes when… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
“Pick a leader who is strong and confident, yet humble. Intelligent, but not sly. A leader who encourages diversity, not racism. One… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
Regulation - which is based on force and fear - undermines the moral base of business dealings. It becomes cheaper to bribe… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
The spirit of militarism has already permeated all walks of life. Indeed, I am convinced that militarism is a greater danger here… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Reason, on the contrary, assures us, that as in so great a number, a fit representative would be most likely to be… — James Madison Copy Share Image
[I]n communism, you'd threaten a dog into compliance, while in capitalism, obedience is obtained through bribes. — Adam Johnson Copy Share Image
President Bush has urged people to get back to normal and today Congress announced that they are accepting bribes again. — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Sadly however, I discovered in one particular case that a colleague went and paid the bribe on my behalf, just to get… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
My election only proves that the citizens are tired of the experienced politicians who over the past 28 years created a country… — Volodymyr Zelensky Copy Share Image
“I don't want to hear from Traffic that my husband was hotdogging the skyways in his minichopper." "You won't. I bribe too… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.” — Alexis… — D.R. Bell Copy Share Image
The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Love has its own time, its own season, and its own reasons from coming and going. You cannot bribe it or coerce… — Kent Nerburn Copy Share Image
yeah me see myself as a revolutionary, would wouldn't want no help and imma take no bribe from no one and fight… — Bob Marley Copy Share Image
Reasons why members of Congress deserve a pay raise: Many big corporations are cutting back on bribes; nearly half the members have… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
In the name of motherhood and fatherhood and education and good manners, we threaten and suffocate and bind and ensnare and bribe… — June Jordan Copy Share Image
I'm going to shit in a box and send it to Wolverhampton council! We'll see how acceptable they find that! Anyway, I'm… — Joey Jordison Copy Share Image
Arbitrary power is the natural object of temptation to a prince, as wine and women to a young fellow, or a bribe… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Do not interrogate silence because silence is mute; do not expect anything from the gods, nor should you try to bribe them… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
I can give you my loneliness, my darkness, the hunger of my heart, I am trying to bribe you with uncertainty, with… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Women are less corruptible. There's plenty of research to show that they are less inclined to take bribes and they are more… — Swanee Hunt Copy Share Image
I and others on FIFA executive committee agreed to accept bribes in conjunction with selection of South Africa as host nation. — Bryan Swanson Copy Share Image
No bribes. Nothing that passes under the roof of a temple Or under the roof of the mouth, can appease heaven's anger… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
Bribes are not offered in such a way that you can prove them, and in order to prove that I didn't accept… — Jeannette Rankin Copy Share Image
Nothing corrupts a politician quite as much as friendship. Good politicians don't bribe; they make us like them. — Matthew Parris Copy Share Image
Who can wonder at the attractiveness... of the bar, for our ambitious young men, when the highest bribes of society are at… — Marsilio Ficino Copy Share Image
You cannot hope to bribe or twist, thank God! The British journalist. But seeing what the man will do unbribed, there's no… — Humbert Wolfe Copy Share Image
“If you finish eating this food, I’ll get you a whole herd of giant donkeys.” “That’s the strangest bribe I’ve ever heard… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
I know that all cops are not sterling characters. But you have to have someone to root for. I balance it with… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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