Malversation Quotes & Sayings

He has one in a million chance of being with her, yet he dreams about that single chance every night. — Anonymous

I like things that aren't superficially one thing or another. — Edward Norton

I see nothing quite conclusive in the art of temporal government, But violence, duplicity and frequent malversation. King rules or barons rule: The strong man strongly and the weak man by caprice. They have but one law, to seize the power and keep it. — Samuel Smiles

Go to the devil with your Latin. Let us drink, my dear d'Artagnan, MORBLEU! Let us drink while the wine is fresh! Let — Alexandre Dumas

Why did the blonde get so excited after she finished her jigsaw puzzle in only six months? Because on the box it said 'From 2 to 4 years.' *** — Various

If you want real, significant, sustainable change, you need talented, committed local line leaders. If the line manager is not innovating, then innovation is not going to occur. — Peter Senge

Want keeps pace with dignity. Destitute of the lawful means of supporting his rank, his dignity presents a motive for malversation, and his power furnishes the means. — Jeremy Bentham

It is not the time to put school districts up for auction. Now is the time to galvanize them into action. — Andy Hargreaves

In Chapter 5 we consider swindles and defalcations. It happens that crashes and panics often are precipitated by the revelation of some misfeasance, malfeasance, or malversation (the corruption of officials) engendered during the mania. It seems clear from the historical record that swindles are a response to the greedy appetite for wealth stimulated by the boom. And as the monetary system gets stretched, institutions lose liquidity, and unsuccessful swindles are about to be revealed, the temptation to take the money and run becomes virtually irresistible. It is difficult to write on this subject without permitting the typewriter to drip with irony. An attempt will be made. — Charles P. Kindleberger

If you are asking me if I would advocate that the Chinese go to greater flexibility in their exchange rate, I certainly would. — Ben Bernanke

What is Big Government but the Executive's cocaine dream, an activity devoted solely to jockeying for position, in which he may find license for malversation, and may take the company treasury and direct it toward those people who will support his continued incumbency--it is within the law. Its street name is 'earmarks,' but it is theft. — David Mamet

More guns equaling more safety is a slippery slope, and what makes it so is human blood. — Henry Rollins

To meditate, stew, and brew on too many negative thoughts, distorts and super-sizes offenses and causes anger. — Stephen L. Bowen