A Quote by Nikolai Gogol

I tell everyone very plainly that I take bribes, but what kind of bribes? Why, greyhound puppies. That's a totally different matter.

Nikolai Gogol

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Nikolai Gogol
Russian - Novelist
March 31, 1809 - March 4, 1852

Officials from the soccer organization FIFA, which decides which cities get to host the World Cup, are accused of accepting bribes when making their decision. Of course the toughest part for the soccer officials was taking bribes without using their hands.

Jimmy Fallon

If people are stealing the resources of this nation, if people are taking bribes - if judges or persons in authority, whether they are judges or whoever they may be in government, ministers, whoever, if they are taking bribes - it attacks the fundament of our existence as a society.

Yemi Osinbajo

For any politician who didn't enter office a wealthy man, nothing says 'I take bribes' like a Rolex watch.

Timothy Noah

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.

Edwin Soeryadjaya

Death takes no bribes.

Benjamin Franklin

Reasons why members of Congress deserve a pay raise: Many big corporations are cutting back on bribes; nearly half the members have never been indicted.

David Letterman

Bribes and boy bands. That’s all you need to be a babysitter.

Mindy Kaling

When the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive.

Miguel de Cervantes

Bribes are the glue that's kept teenagers and parents connected for generations

Gayle Forman

Women are less corruptible. There's plenty of research to show that they are less inclined to take bribes and they are more trustworthy. And so it's all the more important to have them in large percentages.