(46 quotes found)
“There are men so incorrigibly lazy that no inducement that you can offer will tempt them to work; so eaten up by vice that virtue is abhorrent to them, and so inveterately dishonest that theft is to them a master passion. When a human being has reached that stage, there is only one course that can be rationally pursued. Sorrowfully, but remorselessly, it must be recognized that he has become lunatic, morally demented, incapable of self-government, and that upon him, therefore, must be passed the sentence of permanent seclusion from a world in which he is not fit to be at large.”
William Booth
“We are all in a post-hypnotic trance induced in early infancy”
R. D. Laing
“Citizen participation is a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire.”
Daniel P. Moynihan
“If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these acceptance speeches there wouldn't be any inducement to go to heaven.”
Will Rogers
“We are headed for a Katrina-induced soft patch, but I would not interpret this as the early warning of a recession.”
Nariman Behravesh
“When I was so sick about ten days ago, I had a fever-induced epiphany: I needed to make several changes in my life. I needed to redefine some boundaries, and re-organize my priorities.”
Wil Wheaton
“It's cyclical. If there are changes from human-induced global warming, they're so small we can't detect them yet.”
Chris Landsea
“It makes sense that such a hyperbolic anointment would automatically induce backlash, ... Especially with pretty-boy actors, there are people lined up to see their lives fall apart... They anoint you sexiest guy alive and suddenly the public thirst for schadenfreude and to see you fail kicks in.”
Christopher Kelly
“Certain companies have publicized my Hart Scott filings in the hope that this might induce investors into running the price up, which might cause me to sell my shares, make a profit and become uninvolved in the company, ... While I am flattered that investors would buy on the news that I have made a Hart Scott filing, I believe that they are taking risks which are not being explained to them by the companies making the disclosure.”
Carl Icahn
“The idea is that you induce plasticity in the brain, and once it's there, you can remove the hardware.”
Helmi Lutsep
