The color of money

Bad example

"You shouldn't do that in public. It sets a bad example for children."

"What does that mean?"

"It means they'll want to do the same when they grow up."

"So what?"

"Well, they'll be setting a bad example for children!"

"Uh-huh."

Mad scientist

"I built this death ray on a shoestring budgets and with no help. But does anyone acknowledge my achievement? No! They only care I'm using it to take over the world. This anti-intellectualism is sickening."

Fate

Ecumenism

"There is no need to be Catholic to acknowledge me as ultimate authority and do as I say."

Fire

"There was an electric failure close to some flammable materials. Not much was lost, but all our cancer cell cultures were destroyed."

FIRE CURES CANCER

Muslim

"If you don't want these wild animals to slaughter you like the violent irrational brutes they are, you'd better respect them!"

"Hey!"

Hydra

"Final count: three votes for killing Hercules, three votes against, and one abstention."

"Who abstained?"

"I simply think that this issue hasn't been debated enough."

"Why don't we just choose a head to make the decisions?"

"I will not blindly follow some else's lead."