Quotes About Scandal

Durham no podía esperar. La gente los rodeaba, pero con ojos que se habían vuelto intensamente azules murmuró: —Que te amo. Maurice se escandalizó, se horrorizó. Se estremeció hasta las raíces de su alma burguesa, y exclamó:"¡Oh, maldición!" Las palabras, los gestos, surgían de él antes de que pudiera evitarlo.

He was more skilled than they were in the principles of human existence, but he was not so indecently familiar with the examples. A sordid village scandal—such as Stephen described as a huge joke—sprang from certain defects in human nature, with which he was theoretically acquainted. But the example!

Gossip, n.: Hearing something you like about someone you don't.

It was the old New York way of taking life "without effusion of blood": the way of people who dreaded scandal more than disease, who placed decency above courage, and who considered that nothing was more ill-bred than "scenes," except the behavior of those who gave rise to them.

In the land of bleating sheep and braying jackasses, one brave and honest man is bound to create a scandal.

Journalism is organized gossip.

Say it ain't so, Joe.

A groundless rumor often covers a lot of ground.

There are no bigger GOONs than politicians.

Every rumor carries a seed of truth.

Every rumor carries a seed of truth, Etienne.

saw it in the papers. When he took that fifty grand off Diana Cowper, it looks like he was ripping her off.' 'Maybe she knew something about him. It could have given him a reason to kill her.

They had an open marriage. Sex was no big deal. I wouldn't be surprised if Charles didn't get off watching this. The two of them were as bad as each other.

You didn't mention he had a child.' 'I mentioned he had a cocaine habit.

You used me to get back at Grunshaw.' 'I thought you'd be pleased, mate. She's going to have egg all over her face. The Assistant Commissioner isn't going to be pleased.

and anyway, in America, bribing a politician is part of the etiquette.

There is simply no plausible construction of the known evidence that leaves out Novak either providing a proffer through his lawyer of what he would say if he testified or having testified directly.

Why is there such passion for any sort of gossipy, provocative sensual stuff? It sells!

Crony capitalism is essentially a condition in which... public officials are giving favours to people in the private sector in payment of political favours.

The illegitimate money made by corrupt public servants and the power that it gives them is then also used to perpetuate them in office. This corrupt money is one of the main factors responsible for the continued reelection of such politicians. They become masters of the people they are supposed to serve.

An intuitive part of the American ethos is a kind of protectiveness of the public's fear. We have to remember how unique that is. As scandal-ridden as we may be, we start with a basic expectation that it's not your job in public service to use it to help your friend.

The real cost of corruption in government, whether it is local, state, or federal, is a loss of the public trust.

I don't go out of the way to create controversies, I know some actresses pay their publicist money to create a controversy, but I don't know why this happens to me.

The happy marriages never get any publicity. It's just the bad ones that you read about.