(72 quotes found)
“This opportunity shall not come again! I say to you, O my body, listen to my advice! You slander, and then praise others; you indulge in lies and gossip. You gaze upon the wives of others, O my soul; you steal and commit evil deeds.”
Sri Guru Granth Sahib
“A generous confession disarms slander.”
Thomas Fuller
“I did not slander anybody. I said there is no consistency. I do not intend to apologize for my concerns.”
Mike Kokura
“Slander expires at a good woman's door.”
Danish Proverb
“The only thing more frustrating than slanderers is those foolish enough to listen to them.”
Criss Jami
“credible evidence that an organized campaign of slander and intimidation may exist.”
Louis Freeh
“That's slander, and we all know that's against one of the Ten Commandments -- bearing false witness.”
Liz Smith
“If you sue for slander - and I don't think anyone is immune at that level - then the first thing that happens is you get indicted.”
Larry Moore
“Bearing false witness is not just one of the Ten Commandments. The Bible has numerously repeated warnings against slander, false testimony and just plain old lying. Interestingly, it has been a socially acceptable form of oppressing minorities and the poor for centuries: slander, sensationalism, hearsay, innuendo, half-truths, insinuations, rumors, myth, and outright lies. We should learn these words, and call it what it really is . . .”
Mike E. Knezevich, Jr.
“I don't mind what the opposition say of me so long as they don't tell the truth about me.”
Mark Twain