John Gokongwei

I played the piano as a boy for six years, from the time I was six to 12 years old. My piano lessons ended when my father died because our family had no more money. I used to have a mestiza teacher. She'd come once a week to teach me piano lessons, and she'd bribe me each time with an apple; otherwise, I wouldn't play.

Chinese Businessman

Graham Greene

I have often noticed that a bribe has that effect - it changes a relation. The man who offers a bribe gives away a little of his own importance; the bribe once accepted, he becomes the inferior, like a man who has paid for a woman.

British Novelist

David Chang

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.

American Chef

Edwin Soeryadjaya

If you don't pay bribes, people think you're odd. It's very sad. I cannot say that I'm proud to be an Indonesian. This is one of the most corrupt countries in the world.

Indonesian Businessman

Adele

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.

English Singer

Hector Tobar

You cannot bribe a Chilean police officer - I know this firsthand.

American Author

Ehud Olmert

I never took a bribe. This is the truth, and there is no other.

Israeli Politician

Claud Cockburn

Never underestimate the effectiveness of a straight cash bribe.

British Journalist

Edward Coke

Though the bribe be small, yet the fault is great.

English Businessman

Kamisese Mara

I have never been bribed as a Prime Minister.

Fijian Statesman

Bribe carries a negative meaning and implies corrupt and illegal actions.

Negative Connotation

Bribe doesn't always involve money; it can be any favor or item given for influence.

Not Just Money

In all cultures, a bribe is illegal and unacceptable in a professional setting.

Cultural Illegality

Bribing always involves intent to influence or control someone's actions unfairly.

Act of Bribing

Offering a bribe is a crime and can lead to legal consequences.

Criminal Offense

Bribing someone can be seen as morally compromising both parties involved.

Moral Compromise

 in the private sector that has nothing to do with government. The same bribes and backhanders and things that take place under the table, it all takes place in the private sector. Today, I'm focusing on public sector corruption, which the private sector also participates in. The second important myth to understand --

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 like our subsidization of highways like our home mortgage interest deduction that bribes Americans to leave urban apartments and move into suburban homes and most of all to rethink our urban school system that does so much to discourage parents from living in in urban areas thank you very much

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 And it's not designed just to satisfy the desires of one person, the user, but in fact it has to respect the preferences of everybody. So it can deal with a certain amount of nastiness, and it can even understand that your nastiness, for example, you may take bribes as a passport official

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 If we follow our intuition, it seems like Amaro should try to bribe the other pirates with most of the gold to increase the chances of his plan being accepted. But it turns out he can do much better than that. Why? Like we said, the pirates all know each other to be top-notch logicians.

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 could interpret it as a bribe, in which case you get the payoff of going free. The honest officer can't hold you to it as being a bribe, and therefore, you get the nuisance of the traffic ticket. So you get the best of both worlds. And a similar analysis, I think,

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 and just two days after those raids, that gang were trying to bribe a law firm to get their stock back. Even now, we have no idea where all that money went, to who it went to, but you can bet it's never going to benefit the likes of you or me.

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 extortion deal give us candy or will trash your house store keepers and neighbors began giving treats or bribes to stop the tricks and children were encouraged to travel door-to-door for

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 This is really please avoid disclaimers, apologies and bribes. Really, really important. Do any of these sound familiar? 'I'm so, so sorry that I have to ask you for this."

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 But even after we got past the border, my family was arrested and jailed for illegal border crossing. After I paid the fine and bribe, my family was released in one month.

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 this dependency they need help spreading their pollen using nectar as a bribe the plants ensure many visits from both female hummingbirds and brightly colored