"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

#Past Quotes #Race Quotes #Gossip Quotes

“What am I? Let's just say I won't fetch a stick for you. I won't beg for treats. And, no matter how nicely you ask, I will not roll over and play dead.”
“Whether or not you have good consumer protection has a big effect on safety and soundness of the banking community, especially smaller banks.”

Source : "Financial Regulatory Reform: Washington 'Going Stupid' Again?". "On the Record", www.foxnews.com. April 20, 2010.
“The things that have been most valuable to me I did not learn in school. Traditional education is based on facts and figures and passing tests - not on a comprehension of the material and its application to your life.”
“I wanted a theory that would allow one to live outside the office with the same philosophy one uses inside it.”
“All we can tell you is that this race is too close for honest pollsters to predict.”
“Sometimes things have to go wrong in order to go right.”
“I'm happy to be everybody's gay best friend.”
“We are made in the image of God; we carry within us the desire for our true life of intimacy and adventure. To say we want less than that is to lie.”

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