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
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
Nothing corrupts a politician quite as much as friendship. Good politicians don't bribe; they make us like them. — Matthew Parris Copy Share Image
It's really difficult working with kids and with babies because they are not cooperative subjects: they are not socialized into the idea… — Paul Bloom 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
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
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
If we want to do more than just end mass incarceration—if we want to put an end to the history of racial… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Lobbying' is the activity of attempting to influence legislation by privately influencing the legislators. It is the result and creation of a… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
There have been times when I could have succumbed to some form of bribe, or could have had my way by offering… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I have often noticed that a bribe has that effect - it changes a relation. The man who offers a bribe gives… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
The solution is to gradually become free of societal rewards and learn how to substitute for them rewards that are under one's… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
That is a society editor, sitting there elegantly dressed, with his legs crossed in that indolent way, observing the clothes the ladies… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
No client ever had money enough to bribe my conscience or to stop its utterance against wrong, and oppression. My conscience is… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
There are two parties involved in every corrupt transaction, typically a government official and a business person. Yet those who pay bribes… — Lynda Chalker, Baroness Chalker of Wallasey Copy Share Image
These?" Mat said, gesturing to his coat and shirt. "I really have no idea. They were just down there. I'm completely baffled."… — Robert Jordan Copy Share Image
The humanitarian developers behind World of Warcraft have also discovered a way to bribe gamers into turning off their computers and going… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
The prosecution of [Warren] Hastings, though he should escape at last, must have good effect. It will alarm the servants of the… — Horace Walpole Copy Share Image
Successful ... politicians are insecure and intimidated men. They advance politically only as they placate, appease, bribe, seduce, bamboozle or otherwise manage… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
The paid wealth which hundreds in the community acquire in trade, or by the incessant expansions of our population and arts, enchants… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
So what? A lobbyist cheated Indian tribes out of $25 million then laundered their money through phony Christian charities trying to stop… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
Many companies believe incentives, financial incentives, are the answer to every problem or issue. But people are motivated by much more than… — Jeffrey Pfeffer Copy Share Image
![“The prosecution of [Warren] Hastings, though he should escape at last, must have good effect. It will alarm the servants of the Company in India, that they may not always plunder with impunity, but that there may be a retrospect; and it will show them that even bribes of diamonds to the Crown may…” quote by Horace Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/79e/horace-walpole-3357_alarms_the-prosecution-of-warren-hastings-thoug_1849854.jpg)
![“So what? A lobbyist cheated Indian tribes out of $25 million then laundered their money through phony Christian charities trying to stop other Indian tribes from getting casinos [on screen: 'Thou Shalt Not Compete'] and bribe congressmen in the process. Know what I call that? I call that business…” quote by Stephen Colbert](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/163/stephen-colbert-503_bribe_so-what-a-lobbyist-cheated-indian-tribes_2910152.jpg)
