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Quotes About Gossip

My aunts did not share in the housework, but they contributed greatly to all of the village gossip. They had fake faces, showing Mama kindness and calling her ate, "big sister," but once they were alone, I heard the snide remarks they shot like an arrow in her direction. They had no shame. On that day of our deepest sorrow, the two of them snorted, elbowing each other while Mama writhed in agony on the floor
~ Tess Uriza Holthe
Journalists are still inventing things that never existed about me. Before, it made me cry, but now I laugh about it.
~ Isabelle Adjani
The 'Celeb Juice' job was never mine - people just guessed - but it was quite funny to watch the rumours.
~ Emily Atack
Do not read 'Hard Choices' if you seek a nuanced analysis of the people who run the world's foreign policy, let alone any juicy gossip.
~ Anne Applebaum
People should mind their own business. This particularly applies to those who are inquisitive, and those who jump to conclusions.
~ Arbaaz Khan
Yes, Adam Sandler is a good kisser, and other actresses have said the same thing to me. They've come up to me - other actresses who've kissed him - and said, 'Hey, so good, right?'
~ Brooklyn Decker
I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin.
~ Oscar Levant
The nature of rumor is known to all.
~ Tertullian
Some of us talk about other people and what they do and la la la. But I'm not that person.
~ Mariah Carey
Not everything I do is gossip or bedroom. To the contrary, I think that's just an easy label to dismiss me and to dismiss the new medium.
~ Matt Drudge
Her father always said that the price for hearing gossip was having someone else gossip about you.
~ Karin Slaughter
You must never believe everything they say about a person. Generally speaking, most of it will be lies, half-truths at best.
~ Kate Atkinson
I want a hands-off rule on all my stuff. Including my bike." "Okay…" "And I want everyone to stop calling me Megan C Cups behind my back." Doug's jaw went slack as he flushed. "How did you know about that?" Megan raised her eyebrows. "All right, fine. Is that all?" Doug said.
~ Kate Brian
Women are more skilled than men at making gossip entertaining.
~ Kate Fox
Do we know anything about Drummond – apart from what the cheese-woman said about his fondness for horse-racing?
~ Kate Saunders
I don't care what is written about me as long as it isn't true.
~ Katharine Hepburn
They didn't put a scarlet letter on her chest, but they didn't need to. That's what the Internet is for.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
Caldwell is the most expensive date in town," he quoted the other boys as saying. "She'll drink you under the table and she'll never put out.
~ Gail Caldwell
I grew up on a farm in a small town where you do or say one thing and everybody knows about it. You see it happen, there's always the town gossip - 'Oh did you hear about so and so, or did you hear what went on in this household?' So I learned at a very young age just to keep my mouth shut.
~ Garrett Hedlund
Would that it were the reverse, with girlfriends seriously discussing with their friends their boyfriends' weakness so that they could make a wise decision, and wives seriously defending their husbands' honor so that they could make a lasting marriage. Unfortunately, ignoring your boyfriends' weakness and gossiping about your husband's failures are two sure paths to divorce.
~ Gary L. Thomas
They couldn't reach the cord to make it stop & so it flew about scaring the older ladies just out of church. It left behind a trail of wet feathers & a renewed sense of the presence of evil among the faithful. Once they found out who started it, everyone settled down & went back to hating the usual stuff.
~ Brian Andreas
scents gossip of previous winters.
~ Brian Patten
Word can travel fast when it wants to, but the truth? The truth is rarely so reliable.
~ Brian Wood
Most people know more about their congressmen via smear campaigns than they know about their own neighbor via conversations, and a lot of people know more about Britney Spears via tabloids than they know about their own congressmen via voting booklets. Does anyone else see the problem here?
~ Brock Fiant