Sydney Biddle Barrows Quotes

United States, Businesswoman
January 14, 1952

Sydney Biddle Barrows is an American businesswoman who became known as an escort agency owner under the name Sheila Devin; she later became known as the Mayflower Madam. She has since become a management consultant and writer.

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

Sydney Biddle Barrows
- Good
- Bad
- Nothing
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
- Naughty
- Hurting
- Amusing

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

Sydney Biddle Barrows
- Act
- Gentleman
- Lady
A call girl is simply someone who hates poverty more than she hates sin.

Sydney Biddle Barrows
- Girl
- Poverty
- Sin
Sex is a commodity just like anything else.

Sydney Biddle Barrows
- Sex
- Anything
- Commodity
Never say anything on the phone that you wouldn't want your mother to hear at your trial.

Sydney Biddle Barrows
- Hear
- Phone
- Trial
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
- General
- Retired
I ran the wrong kind of business, but I did it with integrity.

Sydney Biddle Barrows
- Business
- Integrity
- Wrong