Quotes of: Bait Keyword

In day-to-day commerce, television is not so much interested in the business of communications as in the business of delivering audiences to advertisers. People are the merchandise, not the shows. The shows are merely the bait.

Les Brown

President Obama chose politics over leadership. 'Hope' and 'Change' have become bait-and-switch.

Lindsey Graham

I’m waiting with baited breath to hear that silver tongue of yours.

A Dragon's Dream of Love

It is true that the Puritans banned all recreation on Sundays and all games of chance, gambling, bear baiting, horse racing, and bowling in or around taverns at all times. They did so, not because they were opposed to fun, but because they judged the...

Leland Ryken

Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.

The Art of War

Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him.

The Art of War

Don’t take the bait if she asks you if you like sex toys.

The Millionaire's Deception

Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase, as the moon, when she is fullest, is farthest from the sun.

Robert Burton

You looked like you’d been trying to fade away. I thought you were a woman who needed to be seen.

Demon Bait

Survival strategy. If you’re not careful, this place will eat you alive, and Kaylee’s like bait for the beasts.

Never to Sleep

Using my nipples as bait, I went fishing for compliments. I got a few bites, but nothing to write about in Field & Stream.

Xazaqazax

He fought his inner wuss and groaned, “Fine. Bait me up and show me the hook.

Darkness, Kindled

I'm investigating people who sacrifice trained killers to dark gods. Perfect, it will keep him occupied. In what capacity? Bait.

Magic Slays

Hell, we’re all bullet bait sooner or later. Doubt it makes much difference. You make it to sixteen, you’re a goddamn legend.

The Drowned Cities

A brick could be used as bait for the vampire shark. Since nobody’s ever seen a vampire shark, let alone caught one, I think it would be unreasonable to dismiss the idea entirely. 

Brick

Its funny to see how creativity is used to satiate a misplaced libido. How it shifts from an extension of who you are to a bait of what/how much you can get.

Sans Destination

The capture, taming, training and keeping of eagles is highly ritualized. Most of the birds, which have a life span of about 40 years, are caught when very young - either snatched from a nest or trapped in a baited net.

Stephen Kinzer

The public is eager for stories of True Cybercrime, and the media is happy to glamorize the subject. But when teenagers take the bait and live out our fantasies for us, we punish them for frightening us too much.

Charles Platt

Lt. Col. Gordon Tall: You feel like a son to me, John. You know what my son does? He's a bait salesman.

The Thin Red Line

Using love as a bait and replacing respect with ego-pampering makes you a skillful social animal; unfortunately, all kinds of animals are less evolved than human beings. Would you like to evolve?

Saurabh Sharma

The fears of children were simpler and usually more powerful. The fears of children could often be summoned up in a single face... and if bait were needed, why, what child did not love a clown?

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