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Bribed with a little sunlight and a few prismatic tints, we bless our Maker, and stave off his wrath with hymns. -- Henry David Thoreau
I have never been bribed as a Prime Minister. -- Kamisese Mara
Men are more often bribed by their loyalties and ambitions than by money. -- Robert Jackson
To get into Afghanistan, I bribed my way into a camel caravan of smugglers. -- Gary Jennings
Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours. -- Orison Swett Marden
There is nothing that would upset me more than my dad being bribed by the press. It's like, 'Just let them run it, then. Don't you give them ammunition.' -- Adele
I've never bribed my way into a restaurant. I've never slipped a C-note or greased a palm. In truth, I've never even considered it. I've assumed, of course, that people do such things. -- David Chang
He who refuses to stoop, who cannot be bribed by the promise of success or the fear of failure - who walks the highway of the right, and in disaster stands erect, is the only victor. -- Robert Green Ingersoll
The impression of Pakistan is that people are corrupt. I don't think they are as corrupt as they are made out to be. I can look you in the eye and tell you I've never bribed anybody. -- Mian Muhammad Mansha
I first got into acting when I was 14, coming back from a junior high school basketball game. My mom picked me up and she had been mentioning, prior to that, this community production of 'Godspell', a couple towns over. I was reluctant, at first, and she bribed me with some great dinner that was in that town, neighboring the theater. -- Skylar Astin
I went to my dad when I was 17 and said, 'I want to be a country music star.' Which every dad loves to hear. And he said, 'I want you to go to college.' So we had a discussion. And I'm pretty stubborn. I'm a lot like him. And he said, 'If you go to college and graduate, I'll pay your first six months of rent in Nashville.' So he bribed me. -- Eric Church
More people are bribed by their own money than anybody else's. -- Jonathan Daniels
Repeat business or behavior can be bribed. Loyalty has to be earned. -- Janet L. Robinson
When one sense has been bribed the others readily bear false witness. -- John Lancaster Spalding
Men are more often bribed by their loyalties and ambitions than by money. -- Robert Jackson
There's probably no one so easily bribed, but he lacks even the fundamental honesty of honorable corruption. He doesn't stay bribed; not for any sum. -- Isaac Asimov
It is by bribing, not so often by being bribed, that wicked politicians bring ruin on mankind. Avarice is a rival to the pursuits of many. -- Edmund Burke
Is it truly being good if the only reason I behave well is so I can get more loot at Christmas? I mean, really, all I'm doing is saying I can be bribed. -- Bill Watterson

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