232 quotes found
“No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.”
“Never speak disrespectfully of Society, Algernon. Only people who can’t get into it do that.”
“Rumor travels faster, but it don't stay put as long as truth.”
“I never gossip. I observe. And then relay my observations to practically everyone.”
“There's a kind of radar that you get, after years of being talked about and made fun of by other people. You can almost smell it when it's about to happen, can recognize instantly the sound of a hu...”
“It's only gossip if you repeat it. Until then, it's gathering information.”
“It’s not technically gossip if you start your sentence with “I’m really concerned about __________________ ,” (fill in the name of the person you’re not gossiping about).”
“You know I don’t listen to market gossip,” she began,“but it is hard not to hear it when my daughter’s name is mentioned.”
“… I wonder why she hasn't spread the tale.""The only reason she would not is if she is ill or the story would somehow reflect badly on herself," replied Lady Badgery. "Otherwise, Portia Troutbridge...”
“The longer you remain in Rome,' said [Cardinal] S.C., ‘the smaller you will find it.”
“We cannot help the way in which people speak of us . . .”
“...but if that's all that they are, that's all that they should be, —rumors. Rumor & gossip will always be an unfortunate consequence of living life in accordance to the decisions we make. People t...”
“people who believed the world to be an undignified,inglorious place, and who spent their evenings and nightstalking on and on about the mistakes others had made. They werepeople whom solitude had m...”
“Ideas are interesting, but people are vastly more so.”
“This is a small town, so everyone talks. Ironic, isn't it—so few people, so many opinions?”
“Gossip till the cows come home.”
“You must learn to ignore what people say,” Sebastian murmured, coming to her. Standing behind her, he rested his fingers lightly on her shoulders, causing her to start a little. “You’ll be much hap...”
“Never engage in gossip, it kills your soul, and wounds another’s heart”
“In that day an educated rich man was acceptable. He might send his sons to college without comment, might wear a vest and white shirt and tie in the daytime of a weekday, might wear gloves and keep...”
“I’ll tell you a piece of news--I hope you have not heard it before: for good, bad, or indifferent, one always likes to be the first to tell.”
