The most powerful force in the universe is gossip. — Dave Barry
While gossip among women is universally ridiculed as low and trivial, gossip among men, especially if it is about women, is called theory, or idea, or fact. — Andrea Dworkin
Some people will believe anything if you whisper it to them. — Louis Nizer
Leaks and whispers are a daily routine of news-gathering in Washington. — William Greider
Fake news and rumors thrive online because few verify what’s real and always bias towards content that reinforces their own biases. — Ryan Higa
The vacuum created by a failure to communicate will quickly be filled with rumor, misrepresentations, drivel, and poison. — C. Northcote Parkinson
Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys. — Joseph Conrad
Vulgar and obscene, the papers run rumors daily about people in show business, tales of wicked ways and witless affairs. — Carroll O'Connor
It isn't what they say about you, it's what they whisper. — Errol Flynn
Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid. — Walter Winchell
It is harder to kill a whisper than even a shouted calumny. — Maria W. Stewart
It is harder to kill a whisper than even a shouted calumny. — Mary Stewart
Short Rumor Quotes
Sleep is like the unicorn - it is rumored to exist, but I doubt I will see any — Dr. Seuss
Isn't it kind of silly to think that tearing someone else down builds you up? — Sean Covey
Love doesn’t listen to rumors. — African Proverbs
Buy on the rumor; sell on the news. — American Proverbs
Rumors of sneezing, kissing, tears, sweat, and saliva spreading AIDS caused people to panic. — Bryan White
Death is a distant rumor to the young. — Andy Rooney
The biggest liar in the world is They Say. — Douglas Malloch
trying to squash a rumor is like trying to unring a bell. — Shana Alexander
Oh, and I heard a rumor that I died in a car accident. I didn’t. — Gerard Way
I haven't read anything but regurgitated rumors. Nothing new, and nothing true. — Layne Staley
Rumor Image Quotes
Rumors excite the stupid, facts excite the smart.
Spreading Rumor Quotes
Serious misfortunes, originating in misrepresentation, frequently flow and spread before they can be dissipated by truth. — George Washington
I have Social Disease. I have to go out every night. If I stay home one night I start spreading rumors to my dogs. — Andy Warhol
Monks transgress the Laws of the Buddha, stir up the common people, store wealth and weapons, and spread rumors; under the guise of religion, they are nothing more than self-serving agitators. — Eiji Yoshikawa
Repeating a rumor is as vicious as starting one.
The art of spreading rumors may be compared to the art of pin-making. There is usually some truth, which I call the wire; as this passes from hand to hand, one gives it a polish, another a point, others make and put on the head, and at last the pin is completed. — John Newton
I think something will soon have to be done to protect people from hacking and blogging and lying and spreading rumors and chasing you down the street. Lives are wrecked that way. — Ali MacGraw
What the US does is the kind of thing I described in Italy in 1948. Case after case like that, not hacking or spreading rumors in the media; but saying look, we're going to starve you to death or kill you or destroy you unless you vote the way we want. I mean that's what we do. — Noam Chomsky
People would believe propagate, spread rumors or conspiracy theories in order to protect their own system of denial. — Bassem Youssef
The crickets felt it was their duty to warn everybody that summertime cannot last for ever. Even on the most beautiful days in the whole year - the days when summer is changing into autumn - the crickets spread the rumor of sadness and change. — E. B. White
Rumors and Manure both get spread around but only one is beneficial — Ed Furgol
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
False Rumor Quotes
Facts can be so misleading, where rumors, true or false, are often revealing. — Christoph Waltz
If it were not for a goodly supply of rumors, half true and half false, what would the gossips do? — Thomas Chandler Haliburton
The rumors about me being with Jamal Lewis, Adam Carolla and Tiki Barber are absolutely false. I've never even met Adam or Tiki Barber in person'we did phone interviews. What happens is that a lot of high-profile men saw topless photos of me. — Kola Boof
The information on a baby born to Vladimir Putin is false. I am going to ask people who have money to organize a contest on the best media rumor. — Dmitry Peskov
Rumor ... often is fathered and mothered by false reports. — Andre Norton
For several weeks, I have been the subject of leaked stories, conjecture, and false attacks about a land exchange. None of them bear any resemblance to the truth, including the rumor that I am planning on resigning. — Rick Renzi
Gossiping And Rumors Quotes
Gossip is just a tool to distract people who have nothing better to do from feeling jealous of those few of us still remaining with noble hearts. — Anna Godbersen
How damaging is a habit that permits faultfinding, character assassination, and the sharing of malicious rumors! Gossip and caustic comments often create chains of contention. — Marvin J. Ashton
The dirt of gossip blows into my face and the dust rumors cover me. But if the arrow is straight and the point is slick, it can pierce through dust no matter how thick. — Bob Dylan
I think the hardest part about being a teenager is dealing with other teenagers - the criticism and the ridicule, the gossip and rumors. — Beverley Mitchell
Rumor is a pipe Blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures. — William Shakespeare
Gossip is called gossip because it's not always the truth. — Justin Timberlake
Rumor travels faster, but it don't stay put as long as truth. — Will Rogers
There is a vital force in rumor. Though crushed to earth, to all intents and purposes buried, it can rise again without apparent effort. — Eleanor Robson Belmont
Most women indulge in idle gossip, which is the henchman of rumor and scandal. — Octave Feuillet
Gossip and rumor are evil; easy to lift up, heavy to carry, and hard to put down again. — Hesiod
Spreading Rumors Quotes
A rumor is one thing that gets thicker instead of thinner as it is spread. — Richard Armour
Dear Internet: You are very good at spreading rumors. Truth is more valuable and much harder to come by. — Mark Frost
I'm sure those rumors are spread, but it's just ah - we're really good friend. We've been since day one in Hollywood. In class, we've been together in school. We've gotten really close, but I don't know about the more than friends stuff. — Scotty McCreery
Never make negative comments or spread rumors about anyone. It depreciates their reputation and yours. — Brian Koslow
A moment later Jonathan’s body wavered in the air, shimmering, and began to go transparent. “Don’t let them spread silly rumors about me, or make me a god. O.K., Fletch? I’m a seagull. I like to fly, maybe… — Richard Bach
[Donald Trump] spreading preposterous rumors that [Ted] Cruz`s father had connections to Lee Harvey Oswald and the assassination of JFK. That put a bit of a damper on the bromance ultimately culminating in Cruz`s epic non-endorsement at the Republican convention. — Chris Hayes
No one is spreading any kind of rumors or saying anything about Donald Trump supporters or, for that matter, the supporters of Ted Cruz and everyone else. — Donna Brazile
I was accused of insulting the president, insulting Islam, insulting - spreading rumors, disturbing the peace. — Bassem Youssef
Rumors spread faster than news and news spreads faster than the happenings — Amit Abraham
Honestly, I wasn't that girl in high school who people spread rumors about. — Josie Loren
Rumour Quotes
Contrary to the rumours you have heard, I was not born in a manger. I was actually born on Krypton and sent here by my father, Jor-el, to save the planet Earth. — Barack Obama
There is a rumour going around that I have found God. I think this is unlikely because I have enough difficulty finding my keys, and there is empirical evidence that they exist. — Terry Pratchett
There is a rumour that I can't draw and never could. This is probably because I work so much with models. Models are one of the most beautiful design tools, but I still do the finest drawings you can imagine. — Jørn Utzon
I've learned to not care. There are always going to be ridiculous rumours. — Kim Kardashian
Forget the image, forget the ensemble, forget the rumours, forget the short skirts, the big hair, whatever! I owe this to the fans and I will never forget you so I want to accept this award on behalf of all of you. — Mariah Carey
I never talk about my personal life. After these rumours, I definitely do not want to comment on anything. — Ajay Devgan
It has been rumoured that I was the brains of the robbery, but that was totally incorrect. I've been described as the tea boy, which is also incorrect. — Ronald Biggs
Rumour was the messenger
Of defamation, and so swift, that none
Could be the first to tell an evil tale. — Robert Pollok
Never believe a rumour until you hear it officially denied. — John Mortimer
... the desert, where there is the communal book of moonlight. We were among the rumour of wells. In the palace of winds. — Michael Ondaatje
Yeah we're not together anymore. She has got - she has got a new boyfriend now. They just moved into together. And I've heard rumors that he is abusive, which makes you want to go over there with a baseball bat. And then blame it on her boyfriend. — Anthony Jeselnik
The media, itself an arm of mega-corporate power, feeds the fear industry, so that people are primed like pumps to support wars on rumor, innuendo, legends, and lies. — Mumia Abu-Jamal
Rations were scarcely issued, and the men about preparing supper, when rumors that the enemy had been encountered that day near Gettysburg absorbed every other interest, and very soon orders came to march forthwith to Gettysburg. — Joshua Chamberlain
Rations were scarcely issued, and the men about preparing supper, when rumors that the enemy had been encountered that day near Gettysburg absorbed every other interest, and very soon orders came to march forthwith to Gettysburg. — Joshua
I tried to discover, in the rumor of forests and waves, words that other men could not hear, and I pricked up my ears to listen to the revelation of their harmony. — Gustave Flaubert
I know that a lot of misinformation and rumors are being spread now. In particular, it is claimed that I have left Kyiv. I remain in the capital, I am staying with my people. My family is not a traitor, but a citizen of Ukraine. According to our information, the enemy marked me as the number one target. My family is the number two goal. They want to destroy Ukraine politically by destroying the Head of State. — Volodymyr Zelenskyy
If during the wild rumors of 1914–17, the imagined treason of the tsarist court to the Germans had never been real, in 1918, the abject sellout to the Germans by the Bolsheviks was all too real. The August 27 treaty was a worse capitulation than Brest-Litovsk, and one that Lenin voluntarily sought. He was bribing his way to what he hoped was safety from German overthrow as well as the right to call upon German help against attempted Entente overthrow. — Stephen Kotkin
The smile that flickers on a baby’s lips when he sleeps- does anyone know where it was born? Yes, there is a rumor that a young pale beam of a crescent moon touched the edge of a vanishing autumn cloud, and there the smile was first born in the dream of a dew-washed morning. — Rabindranath Tagore
My spirituality is more private. I've got my own personal relationship with god. I know that there's a god because I was able to survive everything that I've been through - all of the tough times - and I'm still at the top of my game. With all the rumors and all the hate, I'm still strong, still happy, still blessed. — Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Rather than ignore those who choose to publish their opinions without actually talking to me, I am happy to dispel any rumors or misconceptions and am quite proud to say that I am a very content gay man living my life to the fullest and feel most fortunate to be working with wonderful people in the business I love. — Neil Patrick Harris
I think threat of change is pretty potent. In humans, blood pressure doesn't go up when people get laid off: it goes up when they first hear rumors that layoffs are coming at the end of the month. — Robert M. Sapolsky
Journalism, spooked by rumors of its own obsolescence, has stopped believing in itself. Groans of doom alternate with panicked happy talk. — Maureen Dowd
I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are. — William Tecumseh Sherman
While helping hundreds of thousands of refugees, Red Cross volunteers undoubtedly heard stories of Nazi brutality and rumors of mass gassings and they noted those rumors and kept an eye out for any evidence of them, but they saw nothing to indicate that the rumors were true. — David Duke
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it.Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many.Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books.Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations.But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it. — Buddha
You've all heard some rumors about me over the years. I guess this is the moment to do it. My name is Richard Gere and I am a l*sbian. — Richard Gere
I don’t like to live in fear about things like rumors and backlash to begin with - that’s the way I was raised - but I just can’t see what’s so wrong about being gay. — Zac Efron
We both grew up in the atmosphere of struggle, both Ossie and me, ... I come out of Harlem and Harlem comes out of me - wailing police sirens and street parties, rumors and landlords, that cultural, spiritual scene. And Ossie came up from the South, where struggle and dying were part of everyday life. That is who we are. — Ruby Dee
There is nothing on earth that can satisfy our deepest longing. We long to see God. The leaves of life are rustling with the rumor that we will - and we won't be satisfied until we do. — Max Lucado
It has been rumored that we have fired scud missiles into Kuwait. I am here now to tell you, we do not have any scud missiles and I don't know why they were fired into Kuwait. — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
You can hear rumors. But you can't know them. — Jay Asher
A rumor that followed me forever was that my family was in the mafia. For years I had to live with it. They'd call me the mafia princess, so I rolled with it for the rest of high school. People even joke about it today. — Giuliana Rancic
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. — Buddha
A lot of the songs on the new album are about imaginary things, things that you can't touch - ghosts and rumors, my dead grandmother, things visiting you in a dream. — Florence Welch
We must set up a strong present tense against all rumors of wrath, past and to come. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
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