Bad Influence Quotes

It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.

Bad company corrupts good character.

See how God ever like with like doth pair, And still the worthless doth the worthless lead!

Bad company is as instructive as licentiousness. One makes up for the loss of one's innocence with the loss of one's prejudices.

I'm not sure about the parties. But whatever they have in Korea, that's bad.

Sir, the gentleman soils the spot he stands on.

An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.

I'm not a role model. I'm a role villain.

Bad politics tends to drive out good politics, just as bad money drives out good money.

If religion does not make us better people, it will make us very much worse. And of all the bad men who have lived, the religious "bad man" is the worst of all.

The difference between real material poison and intellectual poison is that most material poison is disgusting to the taste, but intellectual poison, which takes the form of cheap newspapers or bad books, can unfortunately sometimes be attractive.

Commit a child to the care of a worthless, ignorant woman, and no culture in after-life will remedy the evil you have done.

I am the worst influence. If you can't handle your vices, then I am the Devil.

If you choose bad companions, no one will believe that you are anything but bad yourself.

The rotten apple spoils his companion.

Running with the wrong crowd will never help you.

The concept of 'Bad Magic' is something that is incredibly intoxicating and magical but ultimately bad for you.

The trouble with Nixon is that he's a serious politics junkie. He's totally hooked and like any other junkie, he's a bummer to have around, especially as President.

In totality, I take care not be a bad influence on youngsters.

I got the idea for the song 'Bad Company' when I saw a poster for the Jeff Bridges movie, and it reminded of an old Victorian picture that I'd once seen, and it said, 'Beware of bad company.' So I sat down at the piano and started to write the song.

He who befriends a man whose conduct is vicious, whose vision impure, and who is notoriously crooked, is rapidly ruined.

I think we all attract troublemakers; I don't think it's particularly about anyone. I had it actually as an album title, and I thought it would be really cool to write a song about a girl that's a bit of troublemaker.

As with companions so with books. We may choose those which will make us better, more intelligent, more appreciative of the good and the beautiful in the world, or we may choose the trashy, the vulgar, the obscene, which will make us feel as though we've been 'wallowing in the mire.

Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man.

For shameful deeds are taught by shameful deeds.