Quotes About Gossip

There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.

History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.

History is merely gossip.

Some report elsewhere whatever is told them; the measure of fiction always increases, and each fresh narrator adds something to what he has heard.

You do not know it but you are the talk of all the town.

Mert a provincializmus csak a provinciában érdekes. Mert érdekeltek vagyunk. Az itteni pletykák és cinkosságok fontosak: nekünk; a mi bÅ'rünkre megy. Saját nívótlanságunkhoz elérzékenyülten ragaszkodunk.

a qué se dedica el muerto? —Se dedicaba al pedo ajeno. Era dueño de la concesión de la Modelo en el municipio. Pal velorio hubo cerveza gratis para todos.

Rumor exaggerates.

See that's the thing about secrets. All you have to do is tell one person—and suddenly everyone knows.

You yourself, I seem to remember, have a way of soaking up scandal broth even as you seem to have a mind for higher and nobler things. Stir yourself.

It had just been a friendship, normal as anything. But then his mum's "little talk" had happened, and what came next was simple, really, and sudden. No one knew. Then Lily's mum knew, of course. Then Lily knew. And then everyone knew. Everyone. Which changed the whole world in a single day. And he was never going to forgive her for that.

I'd heard you were dead." "I heard you wear a red lace corset," I said matter-of-factly. "But I don't believe every bit of nonsense that gets rumored about.

La diferencia consiste en decirle algo a una persona y decir algo sobre una persona. Lo primero puede ser una grosería, pero lo segundo es, siempre un chisme.

Eso no suena nada sospechoso —dijo—. ¡Y luego te preguntas por qué la gente habla de ti! —No me pregunto por qué hablan —dije—. Me pregunto qué dicen.

there are two types of secrets. There are secrets of the mouth and secrets of the heart. Most secrets are secrets of the mouth. Gossip shared and small scandals whispered. These secrets long to be let loose upon the world. A secret of the mouth is like a stone in your boot. At first you're barely aware of it. Then it grows irritating, then intolerable.

Prefiero tocar canciones que divierten a mis amigos que complacer a quienes me juzgan basándose solo en habladurías" - Kvothe

We talked about who we liked in the University, but more time was spent mulling over who we didn't like, and why, and what we would do about it given the chance. Such is human nature.

The difference is between saying something TO a person and saying something ABOUT a person. The first might be rude but the second is always gossip".

Klebety ?loveka nútia kona? skôr, ako je pripravený, inokedy zni?ia jeho nádej, ešte než dozreje.

Most secrets are secrets of the mouth. Gossip shared and small scandals whispered. These secrets long to be let loose upon the world. A secret of the mouth is like a stone in your boot. At first you're barely aware of it. Then it grows irritating, then intolerable. Secrets of the mouth grow larger the longer you keep them, swelling until they press against your lips. They fight to be let free.

je sais avec quelle facilité les perceptions peuvent être déformées par un seul mot glissé dans la mauvaise oreille.

When I gossip, I confess the sin of another person to someone who is not involved. Gossip doesn't restrain sin; it encourages it. It doesn't build someone's character; it destroys his reputation.

Ah, well, the truth is always one thing, but in a way it's the other thing, the gossip, that counts. It shows where people's hearts lie.

Rumours began with the whispered gossip of native servants and spread quickly to the rest of the population.