Every Day Quotes: October
Oct 1
What is the difference between unethical and ethical advertising? Unethical advertising uses falsehoods to deceive the public; ethical advertising uses truth to deceive the public.
Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879 - 1962)
Jennifer Shepard felt sometimes as though she did not speak the same language as her ex-partner. It was like communicating across several galaxies, when he only understood half of her language.
"You lied," he crowed.
She flexed her fingers, and resisted the urge to put them around his neck and squeeze. This was her office; there had to be some semblance of propriety in here.
"When?" she demanded, although she had a funny feeling she knew his answer.
"Charity event last night," he confirmed. "Your speech was full of lies."
"I did not lie. I simply didn't tell the whole truth."
"It's called lying, Jen."
She shook her head in frustration. "If I was going to tell them the whole truth about this agency, I would have talked exclusively about paperwork and rotting corpses. They'd just eaten dinner!"
"Would have been the truth," he persisted.
She scowled. "The whole point of the event was for people to donate generously to charity and possibly view NCIS in a new light, encouraging them to help us. I couldn't tell them the whole truth, but I didn't lie either."
He shrugged his shoulders. "Same thing."
"Did you ever study philosophy?" she questioned. "Oh wait, I don't think they offered that at Parris Island."
It was his turn to scowl. "Diplomacy always was your strong suit," he retorted angrily, before storming out of her office.
She rubbed her brow and sighed. Just what she needed. Gibbs in a mood always meant more trouble.
