
“If the devil cannot make us bad, he will make us busy.”
Arjo Klamer, cited in: Hans von der Brelie, " The Dutch face austerity http://www.euronews.com/2012/05/25/the-dutch-face-austerity," at euronews.com, 2012/05/25
“If the devil cannot make us bad, he will make us busy.”
“Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.”
As quoted in The Other 637 Best Things Anybody Ever Said (1984) by Robert Byrne
1980s
Variant: Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
In an interview with Kara Swisher as quoted in Zuckerberg: The Recode interview https://www.recode.net/2018/7/18/17575156/mark-zuckerberg-interview-facebook-recode-kara-swisher (July 18, 2018), Recode.
“A bad beginning makes a bad ending.”
Melanippe the Wise (fragment)
Variant: A bad ending follows a bad beginning.
“It is greed that makes us human as it could be for good or bad.”
"Humanity", Ch.VI "Resources: Need and Desires", Part II
Interview with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/interview-with-polish-prime-minister-donald-tusk-i-m-incapable-of-getting-angry-with-angela-merkel-a-755965.html spiegel.de (28th April 2011)
Source: Exclusive–Greg Walden: Private-Equity ‘Scare Tactics’ Will Not Stop ‘Surprise Medical Bill’ Reform https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/13/exclusive-greg-walden-private-equity-scare-tactics-will-not-stop-surprise-medical-bill-reform/ (13 September 2019)
Bad Blood, written by Taylor Swift, Max Martin, and Shellback
Song lyrics, 1989 (2014)