GOSSIP

If you haven’t got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me.

Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884–1980), daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt

She’ll wear the pants in that marriage.

Harvey Smith, British show-jumping champion, on Princess Anne

Men have always detested women’s gossip because they suspect the truth about their measurements being taken and compared.

Erica Jong, American writer

I am not some sort of sexpot or randy masseuse.

Carole Caplin, lifestyle coach to Cherie Blair, denying she ever had sex with Tony, 2011