Jonathan Scott Quotes

No failure in America, whether of love or money, is ever simple; it is always a kind of betrayal, of a mass of shadowy, shared hopes.

Nothing keeps its promise.

In the end, I didn't get a dime of the money I was shortchanged.

I believe we have been fleeced.

I had a gentleman steal or 'misplace' - I guess I should say 'allegedly' - a lot of money from me. It didn't make any sense when it was happening, because I just didn't understand why I didn't have any money. I was a perfect mark because I had all of this shame and insecurity about money.

We've all had someone break our hearts or have been fired from a job or have been cheated.

I woke up one morning to an email from my friend Alex that said she'd had her bag stolen. Ordinarily, I'm quite quick on the uptake, but - maybe because of the way it was worded - I immediately replied, 'What??????' As soon as I hit send, I realised I was being scammed. But then they replied, and I thought, 'Well, why not?'

..."better to have loved and lost" bullshit. Don't show me paradise and then burn it down.

All of my husbands have robbed me blind.

If you get a call to go to a certain place in the middle of the night to pick up stolen goods, and it turns out the stolen goods don't show up but the cops show up, I think you're going to have a very weak story saying, 'Well, I got swindled here.'

On September 11, 2015, only hours before my mother passed away, I learned that the man I planned to build a life with was a convicted felon and con artist whose criminal career spans more than 25 years.

Serious collectors and art experts, among the world's most educated, often cannot fathom the possibility of being rooked, and then once taken, cannot face the humiliation of admitting it.

I'm gutted, devastated that in front of my own fans I've lost my belt.

I had people think I was brilliant, then 'Half Baked' bricked. They literally look at me like a homeless person.

A person could look at me through ninety-five per cent of my experience and know that I had no shot. Because I was so unreliable. The only thing you could rely on me for was to betray you.

When I was younger, my family suddenly and unexpectedly lost all of our life savings to a man we had trusted as a friend. The financial loss was difficult, especially because my sister and I were both in college. But the breach of trust was even more painful.

I don't like talking about cheaters.

The people you are supposed to be able to trust the most is your family, and when that trust is broken, it's painful.

I like to stand near ATM machines, and when somebody types in their pin number, I go, 'Got it!' And then I run away.

I thought, 'OK, I'm done here. I'll take responsibility and go away.' Little did I know I was going to be going away limping because someone cut my legs out from under me.

What had seemed like love was betrayal

Adults are constantly telling teenagers that it's what's on the inside that matters. It's always painful to find out that adults have lied to you.

Why is it that loving something provides such little protection from betrayal?

It is often our best friends who throw us down.

She chased after her dream with much desire, but when she got to close to her expectations, well the dream burned up like paper in fire.