“Bricks could be used to build stronger relationships. But so could bribes.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Bribes are the glue that's kept teenagers and parents connected for generations — Gayle Forman Copy Share Image
I tell everyone very plainly that I take bribes, but what kind of bribes? Why, greyhound puppies. That's a totally different matter. — Nikolai Gogol 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
“As always, Viola,” Mead chuckled, “your candor is uniquely refreshing. I don’t call them bribes, though. I call them ‘financial incentives.” — P.B. Ryan 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
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
Fear, prejudice, malice, and the love of approbation bribe a thousand men where gold bribes one. — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
It is an open secret that customs officers pay millions in bribes to secure the lucrative posting in the airport, cargo terminals… — Sucheta Dalal 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
If people are stealing the resources of this nation, if people are taking bribes - if judges or persons in authority, whether… — Yemi Osinbajo 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
“Corruption would not be a problem as in other Third World countries. Lee would attack it by simplifying procedures, establishing clear and… — Anonymous 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
“They are very greedy. You always have to pay bribes. If they want to buy this glass you tell them it’s five… — Andrew Feinstein Copy Share Image
“When people can get away with crimes just because they are wealthy or have the right connections, the scales are immediately tipped… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
“Numbers of men are getting richer and greater numbers are getting poorer. Alas, both classes have higher expectations these days. In Short,… — Barry Unsworth Copy Share Image
“Where do you think the money went?” he repeated. “Guns?” asked Jesper. “Ships?” queried Inej. “Bombs?” suggested Wylan. “Political bribes?” offered Nina.… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
The people who take resort to corruption come under two major categories. The first major group is the third rate politicians, black… — T Joseph Benziger Copy Share Image
“All this may seem trivial. But in 1997 such corruption at the bottom end of the tourism industry helped to allow a… — John R. Bradley Copy Share Image
“The other principals took paying bribes for granted, but my father argued that if all the schools joined together they could resist.… — Malala Yousafzai 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
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
I usually accept bribes from both sides so that tainted money can never influence my decision. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
“is like asking a politician to achieve high office without the benefit of bribes or patronage.” — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
American Hustle shows the FBI making real-life bribes to Washington politicians. I know, because as your U.S. senator, I turned them down. — Larry Pressler Copy Share Image
It is to be remedied that the false traitors will suffer no man to come into the king's presence for no cause… — Jack Cade Copy Share Image
Japan has a low crime rate, unless you count the fact that approximately every fifteen minutes the entire Cabinet gets indicted for… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Trade it may help, society extend, But lures the Pirate, ant corrupts the friend: It raises armies in a nation's aid, But… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
“By reason of gifts and bribes the offices be given to rich men, which should rather have been executed by wise men.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For any politician who didn't enter office a wealthy man, nothing says 'I take bribes' like a Rolex watch. — Timothy Noah 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
“Outsiders became keen to join an organization [European Community] that offered attractive bribes to the poor. Greece did so in 1981 and… — John Morris Roberts Copy Share Image
“Didn’t we all grow up understanding that bribes and payoffs - - by whatever name or rationale - - were bad. And… — Ray Bourhis Copy Share Image
“Murder left inconvenient piles of bodies, requiring bribes to keep the police at bay, while rape is so stigmatizing that the victims… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What, shall one of us, That struck for the foremost man of all this world But for supporting robbers--shall we now Contaminate… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image