Rebecca Pidgeon Quotes

A lie has no leg, but a scandal has wings.

When the honey's out of the comb, there's no putting it back.

What I learned in the military is that gossip starts early and it stays forever.

With bombs and fires, you get only one mistake.

The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.

Once you become famous, you can't become unfamous. You can become a failure.

The moving finger writes, and having written moves on. Nor all thy piety nor all thy wit, can cancel half a line of it.

I grew up in a very small town where nearly everyone knew each other, and odds were that whatever you said about a person would make it back to them by nightfall - something incomers learned, to their frequent embarrassment.

A lot of people believe what other people say.

People don't always realize that a record is forever. It'll always be there under your name. You've got to be certain that it's right.

The word of the mouth is a very powerful thing and you can say something about someone that is not necessarily true, but people will believe it and it will become a constant reminder and every time that your name is bought up, that will come up.

So I have been careful about where I go and who I hang out with because if you tell someone the wrong thing, then it's everywhere.

Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it's hard to get it back in.

Hurl your calumnies boldly; something is sure to stick. Audacter calumniare, semper aliquid haeret

There's some bells you can't unring.

There's no way I can go back and uninjure myself.

Don't say things about people that aren't true... because there are consequences for that.

The world is small, and the film industry is even smaller. So, if someone does something wrong, you really can't hide it, and if it's good work, it also can't remain hidden.

History is an omlette. THe eggs are already broken.

Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.

We don't have to start all over again and try to keep the slate clean. There is no more slate.

But once that string gets cut, kid, you can't uncut it. Do you get what I'm saying?

The ball of rumor and criticism, once it starts rolling, is difficult to stop.

Calumniate, calumniate; there will always be something which sticks.

Gossip is never fatal until it is denied.