Bait Quotes

114 quotes by 103 authors

In day-to-day commerce, television is not so much interested in the business of communications as in the business of delivering audiences to advertisers. People are… — Les Brown
Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase,… — Robert Burton
Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise. — Lord Chesterfield
Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him. — Sun Tzu
In a position of this sort, even though the enemy should offer us an attractive bait, it will be advisable not to stir forth, but… — Sun Tzu
All warfare is based on deception. There is no place where espionage is not used. Offer the enemy bait to lure him. — Sun Tzu
Baby's fishing for a dream, fishing near and far. His line a silver moonbeam is, his bait a silver star. — Alice Riley
Nile perch are enormous but lethargic fish, easy to catch once they have taken your bait. Some are bright golden yellow, some grey pink with… — Kuki Gallmann
For evil news rides post, while good news baits. — John Milton
Stand in despair anywhere old-growth forest has been clear-felled. All life has been replaced by blackened, poisoned desolation. Animals and birds have either fled or… — Peter Cundall
The scheme of separate confederacies, which will always multiply the chances of ambition, will be a never failing bait to all such influential characters in… — Alexander Hamilton
An over-scrupulous jealousy of danger to the rights of the people, which is more commonly the fault of the head than of the heart, will… — Alexander Hamilton
The intellectual man requires a fine bait; the sots are easily amused. But everybody is drugged with his own frenzy, and the pageant marches at… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ideas are floating like fish. Desire for an idea is like a bait on a hook. If you desire an idea, it pulls and it… — David Lynch
Hey, the bait is here. Get in Quebecers, get in the lobster trap, and then weâ€™ll close the door. And youâ€™ll have a referendum no… — Philippe Couillard
Ah, but the servant waits, while the master baits. — Madeline Kahn
If you went through life refusing all the bait dangled in front of you, that would be no life at all. No changes would be… — Alan Sillitoe
Deliberate tactical errors and minor losses are the means by which to bait the enemy. — Sun Bin
Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind. — Socrates
And what a congress of stinks!- Roots ripe as old bait, Pulpy stems, rank, silo-rich, Leaf mold, manure, lime, piled against slippery planks, Nothing would… — Theodore Roethke

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