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Sydney Biddle Barrows Quotes

The more you act like a lady, the more he'll act like a gentleman.

The more you act like a lady, the more he'll act like a gentleman.

Sydney Biddle Barrows
Gentleman
Sydney Biddle Barrows, William Novak (1987). “Mayflower Madam: The Secret Life of Sydney Biddle Barrows”, Ivy Books

sex is a commodity just like anything else.

Sydney Biddle Barrows
Sex, Commodity
Sydney Biddle Barrows, William Novak (1987). “Mayflower Madam: The Secret Life of Sydney Biddle Barrows”, Ivy Books

a call girl is simply someone who hates poverty more than she hates sin.

Sydney Biddle Barrows
Girl, Hate, Poverty

society has no qualms about a masseuse who is paid for touching people, or about laborers, or professional athletes or dancers, all of whom make a living with their bodies. Why should we make an exception for sex?

Sydney Biddle Barrows
Sex, Athlete, Qualms About
Sydney Biddle Barrows, William Novak (1987). “Mayflower Madam: The Secret Life of Sydney Biddle Barrows”, Ivy Books

I was naughty. I wasn't bad. Bad is hurting people, doing evil. Naughty is not hurting anyone. Naughty is being amusing.

Sydney Biddle Barrows
Hurt, Naughty, People

Never say anything on the phone that you wouldn't want your mother to hear at your trial.

Sydney Biddle Barrows
Mom, Mother, Phones

I may be good for nothing, but I'm never bad for nothing.

Sydney Biddle Barrows
May, Be Good
Sydney Biddle Barrows, William Novak (1987). “Mayflower Madam: The Secret Life of Sydney Biddle Barrows”, Ivy Books

I ran the wrong kind of business, but I did it with integrity.

Sydney Biddle Barrows
Kindness, Business, Integrity

If you want an expert on war, you get a retired general. I'm not exactly a general, but I am retired.

Sydney Biddle Barrows
War, Experience, Experts

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