Don't forget this, too: Rumors aren't interested in the unsensational story; rumors don't care what's true.

Persons of rank do not talk about such trifles as the common people do; but the common people do not busy themselves about such frivolous things as do persons of rank.

We value virtue but do not discuss it. The honest bookkeeper, the faithful wife, the earnest scholar get little of our attention compared to the embezzler, the tramp, the cheat.

Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others

You shouldn't worry about what people think of you because they don't do it that often.

SecUnits don’t care about the news…mostly because the news was boring and I didn’t care what humans were doing to each other as long as I didn’t have to a) stop it or b) clean up after it.

Even today we don't pay serious attention to the issue of poverty, because the powerful remain relatively untouched by it. Most people distance themselves from the issue by saying that if the poor worked harder, they wouldn't be poor.

The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.

society is unconcerned with the aftermath of sensation.

I didn’t feel the need to examine every stranger that approached.

Very few crooks perform with a police audience.

I never notice what is said about me. I am credited with things I have never done, and abused for them. It would be idle to attempt to contradict newspaper talk and street rumors.

People are paying no attention to the best act of worship: Humility.

It is a lucky thing that newspaper reporters do not attend these meetings. If they did, they would see how little our activities are related to the real needs of society.