A man sufficiently gifted with humor is in small danger of succumbing to flattering delusions about himself, because he cannot help perceiving what a pompous ass he would become if he did.
Konrad Lorenz
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One mistake that many young entrepreneurs make is to succumb to the allure of exclusivity. They sign a worldwide licensing deal that's ten years long. But in the process, they inadvertently become a subsidiary of the larger company without ever being paid for it.
John Hession
Despite four years of our best efforts negotiating with Ford to save and perhaps expand the Hapeville plant, market forces beyond the control of government have caused it to succumb. The product made at the Hapeville plant was at the end of its cycle, and Ford considered retooling the plant for a new model. Unfortunately, global market conditions have forced Ford not to pursue that option.
Georgia Govsonny Perdue
He said that the majority of my constituents do not support gay marriage, and he hoped that I would not succumb to the more extreme elements who were supporting the bill.
Tom Umberg
They were all a little nervous but once they started, they did really well. They pulled together when they needed to. It was impressive to see that they were playing seniors and not getting flustered or succumbing to mind tricks.
Jessica Jones
There were many tie votes in the Texas House in 2005 on critical education bills, so a new Austin legislator could be the tiebreaker. We need a lawmaker who will consistently be on the side of public school parents and PTA leaders. Austin's new leader should have the courage to stand with parents and not succumb to pressure by power brokers promoting ideological education agendas.
Carolyn Boyle
We're offering domestic light beer drinkers the option to 'trade up' to an easy-to-drink product that carries the image and cache of Heineken's premium brand status. We want consumers to question their relationship with current domestic light beer. We're confident they will 'succumb to smooth' once they've experienced Heineken Premium Light.
Andy Thomas
The PPP and Bhutto will not succumb to such pressure tactics of the military dictatorship.
Farhatullah Babar
Frogs here for the most part are resistant to it. Some do succumb to it but we have not witnessed the mass die-offs experienced elsewhere.
Che Weldon
They don't do very well in salt water. One possibility is to increase the salinity of the lake. That can have a chronic effect and they just succumb over time.
Jim Gilmore
We have built our nuclear energy facilities over the past decades by tightening our people's belts. The facilities are built with our people's blood and sweat. It is unimaginable for us to succumb to outside pressure and give up our independent nuclear power industry without an alternative that will compensate us with nuclear energy.
Rodong Sinmun
After a lot of struggle, there is a point when the body cannot fight any more, and the after-effects are like succumbing to drowning.
Clara Hughes
I actually think we made it better without succumbing to other people's idea about what would make it better. Everybody's happy now. We're a big happy family.
Terry Gilliam
Gertrude Stein -- as a lesbian, a Jew, an exile (and) a woman -- was someone who was indomitable in her unwillingness to succumb to those marginalized identities.
Frank Galati
Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world always yields; or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and it will succumb.
William Makepeace Thackeray
We will not succumb to any pressure in relation to people who have no entitlement to be released into the Australian community.
Philip Ruddock
This is a sad day for Africa for Nigeria to succumb to this.
Eric Kennedy
That Monday after we lost to Washington, that's when everything hit the fan. But instead of succumbing to the environment at that particular time, it was more or less, 'What are we going to do to make this thing turn around?' We decided we had a lot more football to play, and what a story it would be if we turned it around and made the playoffs. And we did just that.
Eddie George
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