Quotes About Gossip

Unhealthy gossiping is one way that divides heaven and hell.

At times it is so enjoyable to mire your neighbor into the filth you already got stuck in long ago!

Beware of those who speak ill of others in your presence don't be surprised of what they say about you in your absence.

If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.

My whole thing is, if you love me, then love me. If you don't, then believe what you hear and run with that.

The English press, are so nosy, and the English seem to love that eavesdropping

I'm a typical college girl; I love to shop and gossip with my roommates about boys and whatnot.

I've asked about you and they told me things but my mind didn't change and I still feel the same.

Nancy Reagan fell down and broke her hair.

What do you say, Will? Going to give me a whirl?" "What?" "Come on. Let's give these fuckers something to talk about.

The most enjoyable element of Kentucky society, she observed, was the endless stories: the misfortunes of families, gossip about neighbors—every anecdote served up beautifully formed and with a punch-line that would leave the table rocking with laughter.

This is the thing about growing up in a small town. Every part of your life is up for grabs. Nothing is secret.

It seems to take more than just a high level of social intelligence to get reciprocal altruism going. It takes the sort of gossiping, punitive, moralistic community that emerged only when language and weaponry made it possible for early humans to take down bullies and then keep them down with a shared moral matrix.43

she'd heard he was some sort of karate honcho, occasionally

A flapping tongue puts out the light of wisdom."~Polly Shine

A flapping tongue puts out the light of wisdom.

One of the more surprising things about lashon hara, evil speech, in Judaism, is that it refers to speech that is true. False speech, libel, or slander, are something else and fall under a different prohibition.

Mum is sexing David.' It isn't sexing, it is having sex with.

There was all the world and his wife.

Nor do they trust their tongue alone, but speak a language of their own; can read a nod, a shrug, a look, far better than a printed book; convey a libel in a frown, and wink a reputation down.

If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, "He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.

A lie gets half way around the world before the truth can get it's pants on.

one day a disciple came to complain to his teacher. 'Rabbi, some of the congregants are gossiping in the midst of prayer!' " Spira smiled crookedly. "Not such a different world after all, then. And the rabbi's response?" " 'O God,' said the rabbi. 'How wonderful are your people! Even in the midst of gossip, they devote a few moments to prayer!

Men have always detested women's gossip because they suspect the truth: Their measurements are being taken and compared.