Quotes with scandal

  • William Andrews Clark was caught in a bribery scandal during a campaign for the U.S. Senate - he was said to describe the Montana legislators this way: 'I never bought a man who wasn't for sale.'
  • Scandal is an importunate wasp, against which we must make no movement unless we are quite sure that we can kill it; otherwise it will return to the attack more furious than ever.

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  • Molière It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.
    Molière
    French playwright (ps. by J. B. Poquelin) (1622 - 1673)
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  • Anna Jameson Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords - philosophy, art, poetry, love, scandal, and the weather.
    Anna Jameson
    Anglo-Irish art historian (1794 - 1860)
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  • Bill Dedman Every scandal has its road kill: the pedestrians who stumble into the headlights of the oncoming 18-wheeler.
    Bill Dedman
    American journalist (1960 - )
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  • Oscar Wilde Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Phyllis Mcginley Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by lovers of the same. Gossip is the tool of the poet, the shop-talk of the scientist, and the consolation of the housewife, wit, tycoon and intellectual. It begins in the nursery and ends when speech is past.
    Phyllis Mcginley
    American poet and author (1905 - 1978)
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  • Benazir Bhutto I've never had a bank account in Switzerland since 1984. Why would the Swiss do this to me? Maybe the Swiss are trying to divert attention from the Holocaust gold scandal.
    Benazir Bhutto
    Pakistani politician (1953 - 2007)
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  • Lord Chesterfield In scandal, as in robbery, the receiver is always thought as bad as the thief.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Lord Chesterfield In the case of scandal, as in that of robbery, the receiver is always thought as bad as the thief.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Shelby Foote Longevity conquers scandal every time.
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  • Henry Fielding Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
    Henry Fielding
    English writer (1707 - 1754)
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  • Josh Billings Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal.
    Josh Billings
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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  • Betsy Beers On 'Scandal,' they've proven that they're not scared of shocking the audience.
    Betsy Beers
    American television and film producer (1957 - )
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  • Oscar Wilde One should never make one's debut with a scandal. One should reserve that to give an interest to one's old age.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Ayatollah Khomeini One thing I congratulate everyone on is the great explosion which has occurred in Washington's Black House and the very important scandal which has gripped leaders of America.
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  • Karl Kraus Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.
    Karl Kraus
    Austrian writer and journalist (1874 - 1936)
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  • Nicolas Chamfort Scandal is an importunate wasp, against which we must make no movement unless we are quite sure that we can kill it; otherwise it will return to the attack more furious than ever.
    Nicolas Chamfort
    French writer, journalist and playwright (1741 - 1794)
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  • Hector Hugh Munro Scandal is merely the compassionate allowance which the gay make to the humdrum. Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people.
    Hector Hugh Munro
    British Novelist, Writer (1870 - 1916)
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  • Oscar Wilde Scandal: gossip made tedious by morality.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Brigitte Bardot Swallows have disappeared, bees are dying out because of pesticides that should have been banned long ago - it's a scandal.
    Brigitte Bardot
    French fashion model, singer and actress (1934 - )
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  • Bob Woodward The source known as Deep Throat provided a kind of road map through the scandal. His one consistent message was that the Watergate burglary was just the tip of the iceberg.
    Bob Woodward
    American investigative journalist (1943 - )
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