Quotes About Gossip

Without literacy," Lenin declared, "there can be no politics – there can only be rumors, gossip, and prejudice."3

His curiosity and love of gossip, albeit with an academic slant, made even the loudmouthed women in the bazaar look like rank amateurs.

Moreover, I have heard that those who are fond of praising men to their faces are also fond of damning them behind their backs.

Members of the court still talked in whispers of the lady-in-waiting who had accidentally worn mismatched stockings to an afternoon tea. They said she made a lovely rosebush, always festooned with stunning flowers in two slightly different colors of peach. Beka didn't aspire to be a rosebush.

One man commented that he and I seemed to have different definitions of gossip. He said, 'To you it seems to be discussion of personal details about people known to the conversationalists. To me, it's a discussion of the weaknesses, character flaws, and failures of third persons, so that the participants in the conversation can feel superior to them. This seems unworthy, hence gossip is bad.

Second, withdraw from shaming others. This behavior is a disguise for you. You think that if you gossip, tear people down, try to look superior, or in any other way go on the attack, you will find protection from your own vulnerability. In reality, all you are doing is immersing yourself in the culture of shame. Step away; you can't afford to be there any longer.

I sat at the table and listened to the women swap stories about the people in our town.They were able to find so much to laugh about; I wondered who was sitting at a table somewhere laughing at us.

If you don't see it with your own eyes or hear it with your own ears, don't invent it with your small mind and share it with your big mouth.

Don't tell me what they said about me. Tell me why they were so comfortable to say it to you.

Always pay close attention to how a person speaks about other people to you, because that's exactly how she/he will speak about you to other people. It's axiomatic that whoever gossips to you will always gossip about you. Stay away from Gossipers!

Siempre prestar mucha atención a cómo una persona habla acerca de otras personas a usted, porque eso es exactamente lo que él / ella va a hablar acerca de usted a otras personas. Es axiomático que quien cotillea a usted siempre chismes acerca de usted. mantenerse alejado de chismosos!

Frank Harris has been received in all the great houses - once.

We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.

I told him of the queen's refusal to see me, and"- he hesitated, his cheeks coloring slightly- "about the beautiful maiden I met in the castle gardens." "You did?" she asked, unsure why she was so taken with the fact that he'd mentioned her. "Yes," Henri smiled shyly. "Oh, brother," she heard Grumpy mumble.

Drama dies without an audience

People ostensibly turning a blind eye to their neighbors' activities while really harvesting and analyzing every last detail of their lives. The ingredients for their dinners. The color of their underwear, purchased in the local Ben Franklin. Who is sick, who is well, who is adulterous.

Mrs. Ackerley," Mather said stiffly. "Have a care for your reputation. People might put it about that you're his mistress." By people, Mather likely meant himself. Before Beth could answer, Ian said quietly, "Beth is my wife.

Ignorant people, whispering cruel rumors, her mother whispered. Pay them no mind.

You think it hurts your feelings that girls talk about you behind your back, until they tell you to your face. And they each wanted a turn. Every time, it started with 'girlfriend' and ended with 'bitch.

Boys don't gossip." "Pah! You don't know us as well as you think." This was a disturbing prospect.

You know what they say about boys next door...

My grandmother gave an elegant little shrug. "People will think what they want. I daresay they always do.

I mean, technically, he wasn't fired," Emilia clarified. "He was reassigned. But precision of language has never been the gossip mill's forte, and I guess anything's a pretty big step down after the White House.

I saw you with him. That Hawthorne boy." She managed to stand. "Never trust a Hawthorne," she slurred. "They take everything.