Charles Barkley Quotes

My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character.

Yet my humble capacity has not preserved me from calumnies.

I'm not trying to take Cate Blanchett down.

I would not do anything to besmirch my reputation any further than it has already been.

There is no need to smear my name or to defame my character for the sake of news.

This is a smear on the image that Thurmond has as a person of high integrity.

Political leaders are not and cannot reasonably be expected to be indifferent to the cruelest calumnies aimed at their character.

People are sensible enough to know who's dragging my name in dirt for publicity.

People can have whatever ideas that they like. But what I'm not OK with is my character being in question.

Nobody is allowed to make money by defaming me. I may forgive, but I'll never forget.

Some one called Sir Richard Steele the "vilest of mankind," and he retorted with proud humility, "It would be a glorious world if I were.

If I were you, I'd sue my face for slander.

I've had to take a lot of stick down the years but the one thing that really got to me was when someone questioned my integrity. It's the one thing that really grates with you.

I don't care what you say about me. Just spell the name right.

Every article I've read about myself always winds up concluding that I am not, in fact, completely stupid.

I have much to say why my reputation should be rescued from the load of false accusation and calumny which has been heaped upon it.

I've stopped caring about skeptics, but if they libel or defame me they will end up in court.

Now that I have called you on your false accusation, you are using additional smear tactics.

People have already dirtied my name too much.

Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.

Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing; 'twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands; but he that filches from me my good name robs me of that which not enriches him and makes me poor indeed.

Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny.

I wasn't aware I was trading on my good name; I've never had a good name.

Why would you want a picture with a wee, chubby guy from Bathgate? I just don't understand my appeal.

A lot of people want to discredit me.