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Quotes About Scandal

Anthony Weiner lied to the country about his sexual misconduct online. He also lied to me.
~ Kirsten Powers
You know how the church has been hit so hard by the sexual misconduct by clergy, and what's that's done to Catholics, especially here in Boston but elsewhere as well.
~ William P. Leahy
It's been a misery for me, living with Christine Keeler.
~ Christine Keeler
I think role models exist, but they usually don't get the light because people like scandal.
~ Andie MacDowell
Roy Moore was an embarrassment.
~ Charles Barkley
even have our own catchphrase, the 'postcode lottery', to describe the scandal that standards vary from place to place. It is something of a national obsession. We want all of our public services to be like Coca-Cola: all identical, all good. And they can't be. If we are to take the 'variation
~ Tim Harford
Van Meegeren admitted painting not only the work that had been found in Nazi hands, but Christ at Emmaus and several other supposed Vermeers.
~ Tim Harford
To call the situation a disgrace was to describe gang rape as a mild social deviation.
~ Tom Clancy
Enron, Halliburton, and WorldCom.
~ Toni Morrison
There's a nasty story…' Dot began. 'Do tell,' encouraged Phryne.
~ Kerry Greenwood
Ignoring the crowd in the hall and her uncle. Stryder picked her up from her chair and carried her from the room, up the stairs until they reached her bedchamber. "What are you doing?" she asked. "I'm scandalizing you so that you will have no choice save to marry me in the morning." -Rowena & Stryder
~ Kinley MacGregor
told of Henry's reputed sexual endowments, Burton
~ Kitty Kelley
Al final del mandato del presidente mexiquense, el país había descendido dos escalones del ranking de la economía mundial, situándose en el lugar 16. Y, en el Índice Global de Percepción de la Corrupción, México se instaló en el lugar 135, al lado de Honduras y Paraguay.
~ Carlos Illades
Comprising 13 percent of the electorate, African Americans stood as the firewall between a democracy continuing to evolve and one threatened by the corrosion of a Trump presidency tainted with the "drip, drip, drip of scandal," ethics violations, foreign intrigue, and authoritarianism.
~ Carol Anderson
How dare he lie to her! And how dare he establish a bordello of all things! Why, their parents would roll over in their graves if they knew. Dead God! They probably knew and already had!
~ Carol Finch
Why is it that everyone loves to see the rich person get flushed down the toilet? Why is it people will spend four dollars to buy a magazine just so they can read about some Hollywood star's divorce? Or arrest? Or bad luck? I have no idea what Hollywood crimes have actually been told truthfully, but at least I have the brains to say I don't know.
~ Carol Plum-Ucci
How can you tell when a presidential scandal is serious? A. The president's poll numbers drop. B. The press goes after him. C. The opposition calls for his impeachment. D. His own party members turn on him. E. Or the White House says, "Mistakes were made." —Bill Schneider, CNN's Inside Politics
~ Carol Tavris
On the Palace of Westminster: There is a sense of entitlement that pervades this place like a colourless and odourless gas, creeping along the corridors and under every door. P.10
~ Caroline Lucas
Marie Antoinette's wardrobe was the stuff of dreams, and the space of nightmares.
~ Caroline Weber
Tinkie's on the list." "That's ridiculous. She and Enzo were only flirting." "And Oscar showed his ass and then was seen floundering in the bayou where a blow-up sex doll, complete with a death threat, later showed up in front of an entire town."... "Even though they don't have a body, Pret is thinking Enzo's disappearance may prove to be a homicide.
~ Carolyn Haines
Well, when the Enquirer becomes your standard for living, you're in a lot of trouble! When
~ Carrie Fisher
Vulgar and obscene, the papers run rumors daily about people in show business, tales of wicked ways and witless affairs.
~ Carroll O'Connor
Are you implying that shreds of my reputation remain intact?" Will demanded with mock horror. "Clearly I have been doing something wrong. Or not something wrong, as the case may be." He banged on the side of the carriage. "Thomas! We must away at once to the nearest brothel. I seek scandal and low companionship.
~ Cassandra Clare
Less reliable tales also reached his ears, of a dwarf witch who haunted a hill in the riverlands, and a dwarf whore in King's Landing renowned for coupling with dogs. His own sweet sister had told him of the last, even offering to find him a bitch in heat if he cared to try it out. When he asked politely if she were referring to herself, Cersei had thrown a cup of wine in his face.
~ George R.R. Martin