Quotes about gossip
gossip taverns bumps
Information and images bump against each other every day in massive quantities, and the resonance of this interfacing is like the babble of a village or tavern gossip session. Marshall McLuhan
gossip flattery objects
Gossip is what you say about the objects of flattery when they aren't present. P. J. O'Rourke
gossip examination incidents
Through microscopic examination one can find in almost every life incidents or traits that can be destructive when they are magnified. Marvin J. Ashton
gossip slander
Whoever listens to slander is himself a slanderer. Muhammad Ali
gossip political scandal
Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality. Oscar Wilde
gossip reputation good-company
Someone who gossips well has a reputation for being good company or even a wit, never for being a gossip. Louis Kronenberger
gossip rumor
Rumor is untraceable, incalculable, and infectious. Margot Asquith
gossip amusement insult
gossip, after it reaches a certain point of insult and falsehood, becomes a source of amusement to its victims. Margaret Deland
gossip feelings faults
by some mysterious method, Susan Carr's gossip gave the listener a gentler feeling towards his kind. When she spoke of her neighbors' faults, one knew that somehow they were simply virtues gone to seed ... Margaret Deland
gossip people world
If there is anything more annoying in the world than having people talk about you, it is certainly having no one talk about you. Oscar Wilde
gossip rumor inquiry
I had rather take my chance that some traitors will escape detection than spread abroad a spirit of general suspicion and distrust, which accepts rumor and gossip in place of undismayed and unintimidated inquiry. Learned Hand
gossip population servant
Rumours began with the whispered gossip of native servants and spread quickly to the rest of the population. Paul Scott
gossip beats fronts
Tallulah [Bankhead] never beat about the bush - she'd gossip about you in front of your back! Patsy Kelly
gossip
History is merely gossip Oscar Wilde
gossip
History is only gossip. Oscar Wilde
gossip history merely scandal tedious
Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality. Oscar Wilde
gossip wide
For pines are gossip pines the wide world through.
gossip columnists concerned
The major gossip columnists were more concerned with protecting the industry than with gunning down sinners. Gloria Swanson
gossip care wells
Well, my whole thing with gossip is I couldn't care less if it's true. Kathy Griffin
gossip people world
We live in a world, a medieval type of world, where someone can accuse you - through gossip and hearsay, and all of a sudden you're supposed to respond to specific charges from people you don't know, are not aware of who these people are, and you're supposed to respond to their specific allegations? Rand Paul
gossip rumor sound
Rumor and gossip, like sound itself, appear to travel by wave-effect, sheer preposterosity being no barrier. Shana Alexander
gossip accountability
[Some outlets] shouldn't even call themselves news providers; they're just entertainment gossip without any sort of accountability or fact-checking. Scott Eastwood
gossip information gathering
It's only gossip if you repeat it. Until then, it's gathering information. Mercedes Lackey
gossip people annoying
I know nothing more annoying when people I don't know jump to conclusions on my person based on nothing but gossip or speculation. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
gossip mosquitoes social
Gossip is the social mosquito. Myrtle Reed
gossip ears tongue
Tattletales, and those who listen to their slander, by my good will, should all be hanged. The former by their tongues, the latter by their ears. [Lat., Homines qui gestant, quique auscultant crimina, si meo arbitratu liceat, omnes pendeant gestores linguis, auditores auribus.] Plautus
gossip rumor behind-your-back
Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. Philip Sidney
gossip stories use
Many stories are invented about me - too many stories; almost everyone uses me, and I'd say about 0.01 percent of the gossip is true. Mario Balotelli
gossip people dying
Gossip is dying out because fewer and fewer people care to talk about anything besides themselves. Mason Cooley
gossip towns littles
There isn't much to be seen in a little town, but what you hear makes up for it. Kin Hubbard
gossip wish may
The ladies pass the timee with gossip and hearsay. This is what they have in place of freedom- gime and gossip. Their lives are small and careful. I do not wish to live this way. I should like to make my mark. To venture opinions that may not be polite or even correct but are mine nonetheless. If I am to be hanged for anything, I should like to feel that I go to the gallows on my own strength. Libba Bray
gossip might corporations
If we could measure the damage to corporations from gossip, it might be more than the GNP of the Third World! Harvey Mackay
gossip people stories
I got around a lot, and lots of people talked to me. I salted down stories by the barrel load. Hedda Hopper