One Bad Apple Spoils The Barrel Quotes & Sayings

I have learnt to love you late, Beauty at once so ancient and so new! — Saint Augustine

Anger is the only emotion many men allow themselves to express. Growing up, we are taught to avoid anything that is seen as the least bit feminine. We are taught that men 'do' while women 'feel.' We learn to keep all emotions under wraps, to see them as unmanly. We cannot show we are hurt, afraid, worried, or panicked. The feeling we are allowed to express without being called feminine is anger. When men experience IMS, anger is often the primary emotion. — Jed Diamond

Reading is the scourge of childhood because, in a sense, it creates adulthood. — Neil Postman

I never wanted to be a dancer. It's true! I wanted to be a shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates. — Gene Kelly

Find people who think like you and stick with them. Make only music you are passionate about. Work only with people you like and trust. Don't sign anything. — Steve Albini

You can take a pitchman and make a great actor out of him, but you cannot take an actor and always make a great pitchman out of him," he says. The pitchman must make you applaud and take out your money. He must be able to execute what in pitchman's parlance is called "the turn" - the perilous, crucial moment where he goes from entertainer to businessman. — Malcolm Gladwell

We can't allow ourselves to descend down the rabbit hole of unbridled partisanship for partisan sake. — Mike Quigley

Before Westcliff could launch into an unwanted diatribe regarding Annabelle, Simon sought to distract him. "You don't seem to rub on well with Miss Bowman," he remarked.
As a diversionary tactic, the mention of Lillian Bowman was supremely effective.
Westcliff responded with a surly grunt. "The ill-mannered brat dared to imply that Miss Peyton's mishap was my fault," he said, pouring a brandy for himself.
Simon raised his brows. "How could it be your fault?"
"Miss Bowman seems to think that, as their host, it was my responsibility to ensure that my estate wasn't 'overrun with a plague of poisonous vipers,' as she put it."
"How did you reply?"
"I pointed out to Miss Bowman that the guests who choose to remain clothed when they venture out of doors don't usually seem to get bitten by adders."
Simon couldn't help grinning at that. — Lisa Kleypas

It's only when gravity starts to take over you begin to think about your body. — David Soul

I think there's a large segment of the mainland population that does not really understand the number of territories that are part of the United States. — Sonia Sotomayor

When you walk with trash, you end up smelling the same. — Anthony Liccione

Bad apple frame. Consider the saying "A bad apple spoils the barrel." The implication is that if you remove the bad apple or some small number of bad apples, the others will be fine. The rot is localized and will not spread. Rot here is a metaphor for immorality. In a case where there is immoral behavior, it points blame at one person or a few people - and not to any broader systemic immorality, an immoral policy, or an immoral culture. This — George Lakoff