"The objection of the scandalmonger is not that she tells of racy doings, but that she pretends to be indignant about them."

-- H. L. Mencken

#Gossip Quotes #Indignant Quotes #Doings Quotes

“Life songs of ages, throbbing in my blood, have danced the rhythm of the tide and flood.”
“Out of the woods my Master came, Content with death and shame. When Death and Shame would woo Him last, From under the trees they drew Him last: 'Twas on a tree they slew Him--last When out of the woods He came.”
“I love surfing more than cricket. It's more interesting and you meet great people.”
“When we send our children to school, they learn nothing about us other than we used to be cotton pickers. Why, your grandfather was Nat Turner; your grandfather was Toussaint L'Ouverture; your grandfather was Hannibal. It was your grandfather's hands who forged civilization and it was your grandmother's hands who rocked the cradle of civilization. But the textbooks tell our children nothing.”
“Someone told me that each equation I included in the book would halve the sales.”
“It matters more what's in a woman's face than what's on it.”
“Aw, don't worry about that Doc. If it happens I could always come back as a forward.”
“For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.”

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