"I have always been fascinated by the corruption of power."

-- Joe Eszterhas

#Corruption Quotes #Power Corruption Quotes

“The discovery that it is in our power to change our lives by the thoughts we think is the first step toward spiritual mastery.”
“There are moments in business and in life when you have to say, "Failure is not an option."”
“When the history of this period is written, [William Jennings] Bryan will stand out as one of the most remarkable men of his generation and one of the biggest political men of our country.”
“But when I start to kiss someone - lust is the easiest emotion to generate.”
“I would prefer not to throw myself on a funeral pyre. Please come back to me.”

Source : Eloisa James (2011). “A Kiss At Midnight: Number 1 in series”, p.209, Hachette UK
“Stupidity exceeds and undercuts materiality, runs loose, wins a few rounds, recedes, gets carried home in a clutch of denial-and returns. Essentially linked to the inexhaustible, stupidity is also that which fatigues knowledge and wears down history.”

Source : Avital Ronell (2002). “Stupidity”, p.3, University of Illinois Press
“It's weak and despicable to go on wanting things and not trying to get them.”

Source : Marion Milner (2011). “A Life of One's Own”, p.19, Taylor & Francis
“No state has hitherto existed (at least that we have any account of) ... that no check whatever has existed to early marriages, among the lower classes, from a fear of not providing well for their families, or among the higher classes, from a fear of lowering their condition in life.”

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