Creative Quotations from Sydney Biddle Barrows (1952-___

Creative Quotations from . . .

Sydney Biddle Barrows
(1952-____) born on Jan 14

US madam. The "Mayflower Madam" was from a wealthy, distinguished, "old" family background.

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

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

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

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

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

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	As quoted in Newsweek magazine, p. 33 (November 21, 1994).
R:	Quoted by Marian Christy "'Mayflower Madam' Tells All" Boston "Globe," 10 Sep 86
A:	Advice to women she employed in escort service, "Mayflower Madam," with William Novak, Arbor House 86
N:	Instructions to employees of her escort service, "Mayflower Madam," with William Novak, Arbor House 86
K:	Quoted by Marian Christy "'Mayflower Madam' Tells All" Boston "Globe," 10 Sep 86