For citizens who think themselves puppets in the hands of their rulers, nothing is more satisfying than having rulers as puppets in their hands.

Quote by Pico Iyer

Topics: Citizenship Quotes

American dreams are strongest in the hearts of those who have seen America only in...

American dreams are strongest in the hearts of those who have seen America only in...

In our appetite for gossip, we tend to gobble down everything before us, only to...

In our appetite for gossip, we tend to gobble down everything before us, only to...

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

Who gossips to you, will gossip of you

Who gossips to you, will gossip of you

Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid.

Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid.

Gossip, even when it avoids the sexual, bears around it a faint flavor of the...

Gossip, even when it avoids the sexual, bears around it a faint flavor of the...

A gossip betrays a confidence; so avoid a man who talks too much

A gossip betrays a confidence; so avoid a man who talks too much

If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z,...

If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z,...

Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip a quarrel dies down

Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip a quarrel dies down

A real Christian is the one who can give his pet parrot to the town...

A real Christian is the one who can give his pet parrot to the town...

So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the familiy parrotto the town gossip.

So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the familiy parrotto the town gossip.

A gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who...

A gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who...

Nature abhors a vacuum but why do most people hasten to fill in the blanks...

Nature abhors a vacuum but why do most people hasten to fill in the blanks...

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who...

Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who...

Today's gossip is tomorrow's headline.

Today's gossip is tomorrow's headline.

Gossip, n.: Hearing something you like about someone you don't.

Gossip, n.: Hearing something you like about someone you don't.

Gossip is nature's telephone.

Gossip is nature's telephone.