Quotes About Gossip

Your world may think what it chooses...but really, opinion and gossip count for nothing at all against truth...

The women had one of their get-togethers last night. From what I heard, it was lots of margaritas and ice cream and calling you a bastard. They're all hungover this morning, so

women had one of their get-togethers last night. From what I heard, it was lots of margaritas and ice cream and calling you a bastard. They're all hungover this morning, so I'd stay clear if I were you." He

That I'd get over being publicly humiliated? That your running away wouldn't be the topic of conversation around town for months?" She lowered her head. She'd pulled her long

Feed your friends, and their mouths will be too full to gossip, Bubbie used to say. Feed your enemies, and they'll become your friends.

How did you convince a whole town that their homegrown hero was a vicious rapist?

And all the nursemaids and kitchen maids I ever knew when I was a child, always had a aunt, who knew a woman, whose first cousin's boy had been put into just such a box, and had never been seen again.

In fact there was no such thing as a rumor. There was fact, and there was what did not come up in conversation.

It is presumptuous to draw conclusions about a person from what one has heard

You cannot believe everything you hear

I should say no more. Because when we dislike someone we are always very ready to believe any ill of them

As dear Erasmus said in De Civilitate, "It is safe to admit nothing that might embarrass one if repeated." Gossip

Rumors are easy to plant; they grow like no other crop.

Hollywood is a strange place if you're in trouble. Everybody thinks it's contagious.

I'm a bad dater - I'm just not good at it. It's so weird dating in this town. It's like high school. I get a lot of people who have their publicist call my agent to ask, 'Is she dating anyone?'

And so, on an otherwise unremarkable Friday afternoon, in the heart of Mayfair, in a quiet drawing room on Mount Street, Colin Bridgerton kissed Penelope Featherington.

You'll marry the earl and carry on with the nephew on the side." "Grandmother!

Tarryton did so, but not before saying, "I wouldn't be surprised if Billington came up to scratch on this gel." "Billington, Farnsworth, and a few others," Alex said with his most affable smile. "Ashbourne?" Dunford's voice was colder than ice. "Dunford?" "Shut up.

if one read [Lady Whistledown's Society Papers] often enough, one could almost feel a part of London society without actually attending any balls.

She shrugged. "I'm surprised your mother didn't inform you of my presence. Or Belle. She has spoken about you a great deal." His eyes narrowed as his heart sank. "You've become friendly with Belle?" He saw all his hopes for a flirtation with this girl going up in smoke.

It isn't gossip," Hyacinth retorted. "It's the honest dissemination of information.

Me?" "Yes, you," Lady Danbury grumbled. "I'd be happy to talk with someone else if you could find me a body with more than half a brain." Penelope choked on the beginnings of laughter as she motioned to her companions. "Er, I assure you that Lady Bridgerton—" Lady Bridgerton was furiously shaking her head. "She's too busy trying to get that oversized brood of hers married off," Lady Danbury announced

Many a woman has been ruined by a single kiss. LADY WHISTLEDOWN'S SOCIETY PAPERS

There were always whispers. And whispers, if left unchecked, could quickly grow into roars.