Acquaintance Quote by William Makepeace Thackeray

Scandal is great entertainment because it allows people to feel contempt, a moral emotion that gives feelings of moral superiority while asking nothing in…

— Jonathan Haidt

Gossip is vice enjoyed vicariously - the sweet, subtle satisfaction without the risk.

— Kin Hubbard

Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by lovers of the same.

— Phyllis McGinley

A little scandal is an excellent thing; nobody is ever brighter or happier of tongue than when he is making mischief of his neighbors.

— Ouida

Gossip is vice enjoyed vicariously

— Elbert Hubbard

Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.

— Oscar Wilde

Scandal is great entertainment because it allows people to feel contempt, a moral emotion that gives feeling of moral superiority while asking nothing in…

— Jonathan Haidt

Scandal is like McDonald's. It's cheap and it's easily accessible to the masses, and when you're going to McDonald's, you know that you can…

— Perez Hilton

Scandal has made wine and popcorn seem like a viable, even healthful, meal.

— Lena Dunham

Scandal often does as much harm to the listeners as to those who devise it, even if it were to do no other harm…

— Vincent de Paul

The gossip is like chocolate - a small indulgence in an otherwise serious diet.

— Roxanne Roberts

My dear Arthur, I never talk scandal. I only talk gossip. What is the difference between scandal and gossip? Oh! Gossip is charming! History…

— Oscar Wilde