Quotes About Hearsay

A rumor is just a rumor.

Rumors are always out there.

I heard it through the gripevine.

You're very sure of your facts,' he said at last, 'I couldn't trust the thinking of a man who takes the Universe — if there is one — for granted.' ... 'I only decide about my Universe,' continued the man quietly. 'My Universe is my eyes and my ears. Anything else is hearsay.

Rumors have wings.

Have you ever reflected, Madame, on the enormous part that Hearsay plays in life. "Mr. A said," "Mrs. B. told us." "Miss C. explained why –" and so on. And if the known facts seem to fit with what we have been told, then we never question them. There are so many things that do not concern us, and so we do not bother to uncover the actual facts.

rumours, of course, as there always were

When one told Plistarchus that a notorious railer spoke well of him, "I'll lay my life," said he, "somebody hath told him I am dead, for he can speak well of no man living.'

Rumors are the children of truth.

However, though belief on faith alone may be comforting, it is wholly arbitrary and thus does nothing to ensure that you are more correct than anyone else. So it cannot properly be described as knowledge, but rather as a mere wish, a desire that something be true or false, or else it is a naive trust in guesswork or hearsay.

People never believe anything - except scandal - when they first heart it.

The difference between hearsay and prophecy is often one of sequence. Hearsay often turns out to have been prophecy.

People who don't know me have opinions about me. That's the part that's very hurtful. Because how do you form an opinion about somebody if you've never met them or spent any time with them? So it's all based upon hearsay or things that they've read.

The credulous ... advance the authority of hearsay in place of reasons for possible success or facts that can be demonstrated.

People gossip even when they don't care,

Tongues wag and stories circulate with electrifying efficiency.

Rumours would do. When you blacken someone's name in politics, hearsay can be freely deployed. Scandal needs to be colourful, not true.

The biggest liar in the world is They Say.

Wisdom is not what comes from reading great books. When it comes to understanding life, experiential learning is the only worthwhile kind, everything else is hearsay.

Some too, would make mention of the actual word 'rumour', as in 'Rumour says', before going on to personify rumour, as if it wasn't they who were launching or perpetuating Rumour themselves.

And then, she continued, there are all the subtle reformers who tell you the wild stories they've heard about you and how they've been sticking up for you.

We heard it from three people so it must be true

Nevertheless, liking and disliking do not constitute proof any more than hearsay does.

A groundless rumor often covers a lot of ground.