Corrupting Quotes

62 quotes by 60 authors

Men, women, and children who cannot live on gravity alone need something to satisfy their gayer, lighter moods and hours, and he who ministers to… — P T Barnum
Life is a corrupting process from the time a child learns to play his mother off against his father in the politics of when to… — Saul Alinsky
Contact with the affairs of state is one of the most corrupting of the influences to which men are exposed. — James F. Cooper
If you tell an ugly woman that she is beautiful, you offer her the great homage of corrupting the concept of beauty. — Ayn Rand
The hard truth is that what may be acceptable in elite culture may not be acceptable in mass culture, that tastes which pose only innocent… — Susan Sontag
If someone wants to do drugs ... as long as he or she isn't corrupting minors or driving under the influence or endangering others, shouldn't… — Brad Pitt
If monarchy is corrupting - and it is - wait till you see what overt empire does to us. — Daniel Ellsberg
Oh, what a vileness human beauty is; corroding, corrupting everything it touches. — Euripides
The profit motive is not only fundamental to our ability to reward shareholders and pay employees; it's fundamental to excellent journalism. Far from corrupting the… — Lachlan Murdoch
It may not be easy, in every possible case, to trace the line of separation between the rights of religion and the Civil authority with… — James Madison
My point of view, while extremely cogent, is unpopular. . . . That the repressive nature of the legalities vis-a-vis drugs are destroying the legal… — Jack Nicholson
The scapegoat has always had the mysterious power of unleashing man's ferocious pleasure in torturing, corrupting, and befouling. — Francois Mauriac
They went down the list of every known charge conceivable to man - rackeering, skimming, kickback, ticket scalping. fixing fights, preordaining fights, vitaiting officials, corrupting… — Don King
All the capital employed in paper speculation is barren and useless, producing, like that on a gaming table, no accession to itself, and is withdrawn… — Thomas Jefferson
As to Jesus of Nazareth, my opinion of whom you particularly desire, I think the system of Morals and his Religion, as he left them… — Benjamin Franklin
What likelihood is there of corrupting a man who has no ambition. — Samuel Richardson
In order to be truly free, you must desire to know the truth more than you want to feel good. Because, if feeling good is… — Adyashanti
Homosexuality is Satan's diabolical attack upon the family that will not only have a corrupting influence upon our next generation, but it will also bring… — Jerry Falwell
Overnight, punk had become as stupid as everything else. This wonderful vital force that was articulated by the music was really about corrupting every form-it… — Legs McNeil
The idea that money is corrupting innocent politicians would be laughable if it did not lead to such dangerous legislation... — Thomas Sowell

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