Hurting people Quotes by Sydney Biddle Barrows

I may be good for nothing, but I'm never bad for nothing.

— Sydney Biddle Barrows

“George Burns tells a wonderful story about the one time in his life (so he says) he cheated on his beloved Gracie. He was…

— Sydney Biddle Barrows

Never say anything on the phone that you wouldn't want your mother to hear at your trial.

— Sydney Biddle Barrows

If you want an expert on war, you get a retired general. I'm not exactly a general, but I am retired.

— Sydney Biddle Barrows

society has no qualms about a masseuse who is paid for touching people, or about laborers, or professional athletes or dancers, all of whom…

— Sydney Biddle Barrows

a call girl is simply someone who hates poverty more than she hates sin.

— Sydney Biddle Barrows

I was naughty. I wasn't bad. Bad is hurting people, doing evil. Naughty is not hurting anyone. Naughty is being amusing.

— Sydney Biddle Barrows

sex is a commodity just like anything else.

— Sydney Biddle Barrows

I ran the wrong kind of business, but I did it with integrity.

— Sydney Biddle Barrows

“We all know food is not just food. It’s thoughtfulness, generosity, and, yes, love. It’s a way of showing that you care for him…

— Sydney Biddle Barrows

The more you act like a lady, the more he'll act like a gentleman.

— Sydney Biddle Barrows

“Never say anything on the phone that you wouldn't want your mother in law to hear at your trial”

— Sydney Biddle Barrows