“Bad decisions made with good intentions, are still bad decisions.”
James C. Collins (1958) American business consultant and writer
Source: How The Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In
“There are no bad words. Bad thoughts. Bad intentions, and wooooords.”
Class Clown (1972)
Context: There are four hundred thousand words in the English language, and there are seven you can't say on television. What a ratio that is: 399,993 to 7. They must really be bad; they'd have to be outrageous to be separated from a group that large! "All of you over here, you seven? BAD WORDS." That's what they told us they were, remember? "That's a bad word!" …No bad words; bad thoughts, bad intentions... and words. You know the seven, don't you, that you can't say on television? Shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker, and tits. Those are the heavy seven. Those are the ones that will infect your soul, curve your spine, and keep the country from winning the war.
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“A truth that's told with bad intent
Beats all the lies you can invent.”
William Blake Auguries of Innocence
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“Words are good servants but bad masters.”
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