Scandal

(95 votes)   Certain it is that scandal is good brisk talk, whereas praise of one's neighbor is by no means lively hearing. An acquaintance grilled, scored, devilled, and served with mustard and cayenne pepper excites the appetite; whereas a slice of cold friend with currant jelly is but a sickly, unrelishing meat.

William M. Thackeray
1811-1863, Indian-born British Novelist

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(91 votes)   There are no good girls gone wrong, just bad girls found out.

Mae West
1892-1980, American Actress

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(88 votes)   Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.

Oscar Wilde
1856-1900, British Author, Wit

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(83 votes)   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
1856-1900, British Author, Wit

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(81 votes)   An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.

Edmund Burke
1729-1797, British Political Writer, Statesman

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(74 votes)   Mistakes, scandals, and failures no longer signal catastrophe. The crucial thing is that they be made credible, and that the public be made aware of the efforts being expended in that direction. The ''marketing'' immunity of governments is similar to that of the major brands of washing powder.

Jean Baudrillard
French Postmodern Philosopher, Writer

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(65 votes)   Nor do they trust their tongue alone, but speak a language of their own; can read a nod, a shrug, a look, far better than a printed book; convey a libel in a frown, and wink a reputation down.

Jonathan Swift
1667-1745, Anglo-Irish Satirist

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(64 votes)   In the case of scandal, as in that of robbery, the receiver is always thought as bad as the thief.

Lord Chesterfield
1694-1773, British Statesman, Author

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(63 votes)   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
1870-1916, British Novelist, Writer

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(63 votes)   Scandal: gossip made tedious by morality.

Oscar Wilde
1856-1900, British Author, Wit

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(56 votes)   History is made in the class struggle and not in bed.

Alex Mitchell

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(48 votes)   Scandal is what one half of the world takes pleasure inventing, and the other half in believing.

Paul Chatfield

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