Scandals quotes:

Send

Scandals are the fertilizer of Western democracy. -- Dario Fo
Scandals are like dandelion seeds--they are arrow-headed, and stick where they fall, and bring forth and multiply fourfold. -- Ouida
Scandals never stop an administration unless the media wants them to stop an administration, which means that no scandal is ever gonna stop Obama. -- Rush Limbaugh
We've seen the hubris. And now we're seeing the scandals. -- David Gergen
Manufactured scandals prohibit public servants from doing the job they were elected or appointed to do. -- Charles B. Rangel
The United Nations is a mess, riddled with scandals. In fact, the U.N. itself is a scandal. -- Ginny Brown-Waite
Character is destiny, and politicians usually get the scandals they deserve, with a sense of inevitability about them. -- George Packer
It's time to save the U.N. from its own scandals and mismanagement. It's time for U.N. Reform with teeth. -- Mike Pence
As so often happens with Washington scandals, it isn't the original scandal that gets people in the most trouble - it's the attempted cover-up. -- Tom Petri
Public scandals are America's favorite parlor sport. Learning about the flaws and misdeeds of the rich and famous seems to satisfy our egalitarian yearnings. -- Robert Dallek
There is a lust in man no charm can tame: Of loudly publishing his neighbor's shame: On eagles wings immortal scandals fly, while virtuous actions are born and die. -- William Harvey
If you say that the history of the Church is a long succession of scandals, you are telling the truth, though if that is all you say, you are distorting the truth. -- Gerald Vann
Today, the news is scandals; that is news, but the many children who don't have food - that's not news. This is grave. We can't rest easy while things are this way. -- Pope Francis
Many people we consider legends, such as Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry, remain so scarred by scandals, injustices and regrets from decades earlier that they're barely able to appreciate their accomplishments. -- Neil Strauss
Big business, for all its lobbying, is often put in line by investigative reporting, public scandals and multi-million-dollar judgments in court against those who put products on the market that are dangerous to their buyers. -- Stanley Crouch
If you look at the British royal family and take away the scandals and the goofy stuff that's going on, people love to have this king to look up to - the royals are like celebrities. -- Kevin J. Anderson
If the Age of Sport has been all champagne and roses hitherto, then expect our love affair with its newly-acquired prominence to become increasingly tainted by scandals about cheating. Sport is losing its shine and allure. -- Martin Jacques
A mother defends herself with a heart filled with love before doing so with words. I wonder whether there is any love for the church in the hearts of those who pay so much attention to the scandals. -- Pope Francis
But even at the height of these scandals, even at the time when our finances were at their worst, the NAACP branches - the grassroots - kept plugging away. They kept doing what they do, and they do it well. -- Julian Bond
The air that people breathe in many Chinese cities has become dangerously polluted. Their food supply is subject to constant contamination scandals. Now it appears that not merely stagnant ponds but the water people draw from deep underground is already tainted. -- James Fallows
You know, I really miss sex scandals. They're generally colorful. They almost never mean anything over the long run. And while they're going on, the people who actually keep the government running are let alone to go about their business. Good old sex scandals. -- Gail Collins
When I'm grateful for all the blessings, it puts away all the stress about things not in my control. Things like long hours, aging, pollution, scandals... it helps me create perspective by just focusing on being grateful. Take that moment twice a day with yourself. -- Darby Stanchfield
First, his job approval ratings have been trending down for many months, a trend that has accelerated in recent weeks as the war on terrorism has been supplanted in the public's mind by corporate scandals, stock market declines, and a growing sense of economic insecurity. -- Thomas E. Mann
The problem was with Bill Clinton, the scandals and rumored scandals, the incubating ones and the dying ones never ended. Whatever moral compass the president was consulting was leading him in the wrong direction. His closets were full of skeletons just waiting to burst out. -- Louis J. Freeh
I would say that during my lifetime, one of the worst political scandals in Sweden was absolutely what happened surrounding the affair of the submarines in Swedish waters in 1982, where there were supposed to be Russian submarines close to Stockholm. And the military of Sweden never got one up. -- Henning Mankell
Thanks to the Internet in general and social media in particular, the Chinese people now have a mechanism to hold authorities accountable for wrongdoing - at least sometimes - without any actual political or legal reforms having taken place. Major political power struggles and scandals are no longer kept within elite circles. -- Rebecca MacKinnon
I remember in 2000, when President Clinton came to Cartagena just before Plan Colombia started, the country was on the verge of becoming a failed state. Today, we are one of the most solid democracies, where institutions are working, where the scandals such as false positives have come to light because of those functioning institutions. -- Juan Manuel Santos
Nobody goes to jail.' This is the mantra of the financial-crisis era, one that saw virtually every major bank and financial company on Wall Street embroiled in obscene criminal scandals that impoverished millions and collectively destroyed hundreds of billions, in fact, trillions of dollars of the world's wealth - and nobody went to jail. -- Matt Taibbi
Ever since the infamous quiz show scandals of the 1950s, the feds had insisted that TV game shows be honest - or that at least they didn't cheat. So as a 'Dating Game' bachelor, I didn't know what I was going to be asked. The other bachelors and I were required to concoct our answers in real time. -- Seth Shostak
People like scandals. -- Blanka Vlasic
Dead scandals form good subjects for dissection. -- Lord Byron
English people have seen me get through scandals. -- George Michael
People who don't like scandals shouldn't be in finance. -- Christina Stead
--
Nope, no sex scandals yet. But I am open to offers! -- John Cusack
Even if you're an adult you still have secrets and scandals following you. -- Sara Shepard
I'm a professional at [drinking], so that's why I've never had scandals before. -- Seungri
I've taken all the scandals back and made them part of my story and my music. -- Demi Lovato
Every popular zillion dollar sport has its share of personal scandals around the sport and its leadership. -- Rachel Maddow
The mysteries and scandals of the Kremlin are nothing compared to the mysteries and scandals of the Bolshoi. -- Robert Gottlieb
Fame and recognition break all scandals; if I were a prostitute I would have chosen to be a famous one. -- M.F. Moonzajer
It's time to save the U.N. from its own scandals and mismanagement. It's time for U.N. Reform with teeth -- Mike Pence
I want a church I can stay in for years. I don't want surprises, scandals, or secrets from my church leaders. -- Ted Haggard
--
These White House scandals are not going away anytime soon. People in Kenya are now saying he's 100 percent American. That's how bad it's gotten. -- Jay Leno
Arnold Schwarzenegger is now governor of California. He is a very shrewd man - he already has all of his sex scandals behind him. -- David Letterman
The United Nations greatest fear is that average Americans will no longer tolerate these international scandals and demand that America withdraw from the international organization. -- Ginny Brown-Waite
Men in power always seem to get involved in sex scandals, but women don't even have a word for 'male bimbo.' Except maybe 'senator. -- Elayne Boosler
The United Nations' greatest fear is that average Americans will no longer tolerate these international scandals and demand that America withdraw from the international organization. -- Ginny Brown-Waite
The media only writes about the sinners and the scandals, he said, but that's normal, because 'a tree that falls makes more noise than a forest that grows. -- Pope Francis
Freedom of the press is not questioned when investigative journalism unearths scandals, But that does not mean that every classified state document should be made available to journalists. -- Otto Schily
[Stieg] was describing Sweden the way it was and the way he saw the country: the scandals, the oppression of women, the friends he cherished and wished to honor. -- Eva Gabrielsson
Are we witnessing an Obama 'Wag the Dog' moment with Boko Haram in Nigeria? I say yes. Consider all the scandals facing the Obama administration, especially Benghazi and the Select Committee. -- Allen West
I grew up being the girl who would always tune in to watch famous people talk about their careers, how they handled scandals and mega fame. I'm trying to pick up tips. -- Rebecca Black
I hate to tell you, but it's not always pretty up there on Capitol Hill and there have been other scandals as you know that have been more than simply naughty e-mails. -- Tony Snow
When I started out, it was considered very wrong to change an image. There were scandals if someone inserted a sky into a war picture or something. Now it's all about that. -- Mary Ellen Mark
Mormons are an extraordinarily educated and professional population. They have all these virtues: They work hard, don't skip school, have no scandals. Consequently, you find them in a lot of consequential places. -- Rodney Stark
The 21st Century should be India's century but from 2004 to 2014 bad ideas and bad actions have affected the country adversely. Every day was a new bad day and there were new scandals. People were furious. -- Narendra Modi
I think very highly of Expo and all is going well. We've seen big problems with [corruption] scandals [at local government level], but it is going forward, with the highest number of participants ever expected. -- Franca Sozzani

Send