Quotes about Gossip

Gossip needn't be false to be evil - there's a lot of truth that shouldn't be passed around. Votes: 6

Gossip is nature's telephone. Votes: 4

Today's gossip is tomorrow's headline. Votes: 4

Gossip is the Devil's radio. Votes: 4

Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed. Votes: 4

Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys. Votes: 4

Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip. Votes: 4

Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid. Votes: 4

Gossip can be entertaining: occasionally, I've heard the most fascinating things about myself I never knew. Votes: 4

Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by lovers of the same. Votes: 4

It's an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of gossip. Votes: 4

I think the hardest part about being a teenager is dealing with other teenagers - the criticism and the ridicule, the gossip and rumors. Votes: 4

Gossip is when you have a malice of intent or mindless, third-party conversation to someone about someone, something you haven't said to that someone. Votes: 4

Gossip is hardly uplifting. Votes: 3

Gossip is vice enjoyed vicariously Votes: 3

Gossip is conversation about people. Votes: 3

Gossip is the social mosquito. Votes: 3

Gossip is easy, politics is hard. Votes: 3

Gossip is more popular than literature. Votes: 3

Gossip is the worst form of judging. Votes: 3

Gossip, like ennui, is born of idleness. Votes: 3

Gossip, unlike river water, flows both ways. Votes: 3

You Know You Love Me! XOXO Gossip Girl Votes: 3

Gossip is never fatal until it is denied. Votes: 3

Gossip, as usual, was one-third right and two-thirds wrong. Votes: 3

Gossip is the foul smell from the Devil's backside. Votes: 3

Gossip has been described as halitosis of the mind. Votes: 3

Gossip, as usual, was one-third right and two-thirds wrong. Votes: 3

Gossip is only the lack of a worthy memory. Votes: 3

Gossip is essentially storytelling: storytelling about people whom we know. Votes: 3

Gossip, or, as we gossips like to say, character analysis. Votes: 3

Gossip is called gossip because it's not always the truth. Votes: 3

It's just gossip, you know. Gossip is the new pornography. Votes: 3

Gossip columnists are diseases, like 'flu. Everyone is subject to them. Votes: 3

Gossip is always a personal confession either of malice or imbecility. Votes: 3

Gossip lies nine times and tells a half truth the tenth. Votes: 3

Gossip is putting two and two together, and making it five. Votes: 3

I love 'Gossip Girl'! I still miss 'Veronica Mars,' though. Votes: 3

Gossip is news running ahead of itself in a red satin dress. Votes: 3

Gossip is when you hear something you like about someone you don't. Votes: 3

Gossip is vice enjoyed vicariously - the sweet, subtle satisfaction without the risk. Votes: 3

Gossip bespeaks either a vacant mind or one that entertains jealousy or envy. Votes: 3

Gossip is just news running ahead of itself in a red satin dress. Votes: 3

I loved 'The O.C.' and I totally watch 'Gossip Girl,' too! Votes: 3

Gossip is what you say about the objects of flattery when they aren't present. Votes: 3

Conversation is three women stand on the corner talking. Gossip is when one of them leaves. Votes: 3

Gossip is dying out because fewer and fewer people care to talk about anything besides themselves. Votes: 3

Gossip, even when it avoids the sexual, bears around it a faint flavor of the erotic. Votes: 3

Gossip, even when it avoids the sexual, bears around it a faint flavor of the erotic. Votes: 3

Gossip, even when it avoids the sexual, bears around it a faint flavor of the erotic Votes: 3

Every penny from Gossip Girl, my pension, my stocks has been spent fighting for my children. Votes: 3

Every penny from 'Gossip Girl,' my pension, my stocks has been spent fighting for my children. Votes: 3

Gossip is one thing, hurtful gossip is completely another, and even in high school we weren't THAT mean. Votes: 3

Oh, don't be a spoilsport. Gossip is sexy. Gossip is good. Not everybody does it, but everybody should! Votes: 3

Yeah, 'Gossip Girl' is a good show. It's a real New York show, like 'Sex and the City. Votes: 3

Gossip and rumor are evil; easy to lift up, heavy to carry, and hard to put down again. Votes: 3

And who am I? That's one secret I'll never tell...You know you love me. XOXO, Gossip Girl Votes: 3

Yeah, 'Gossip Girl' is a good show. It's a real New York show, like 'Sex and the City.' Votes: 3

Gossip. The more you talk about why people do things, the more ideas you have about how the world works. Votes: 3

After my first year on 'Gossip Girl,' everybody said, 'You've got to do a big commercial movie, ride this wave.' Votes: 3

I'm 90% performer, 10% musician. I've always said that Gossip are a band I would go see, not a band I would listen to. Votes: 3

Gossip is the currency of the discourse, so you should shut up about yourself. Never confess, never explain, never apologize, and never complain. Votes: 3

I'd never really babysat. I feel like I'm Blair, or 'Gossip Girl.' A teenager, basically - and now suddenly I'm a mom? Votes: 3

Gossip is a kind of misalignment with people around you. You can either gossip about everyone, or you can become one with everyone. Votes: 3

Gossip is a very dangerous tool. We should be more wary of the gossiper, and not the gossip they're trying to relay to you. Votes: 3

You know the difference between news and gossip, don't you? News tells you what people did. Gossip tells you how much they enjoyed it. Votes: 3

Here's the main page of motivational quotes, if you want a different topic. Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys. Votes: 3

How damaging is a habit that permits faultfinding, character assassination, and the sharing of malicious rumors! Gossip and caustic comments often create chains of contention. Votes: 3

I avoid the young adult section altogether if possible, although it's sometimes fun to catch a girl lying on the floor, reading 'Gossip Girl.' Votes: 3

Gossip Girl' came out in rapid succession over two years, so the endings always had to be suspenseful so that you couldn't wait for the next one. Votes: 3

Gossip is just a tool to distract people who have nothing better to do from feeling jealous of those few of us still remaining with noble hearts. Votes: 3

'Gossip Girl' came out in rapid succession over two years, so the endings always had to be suspenseful so that you couldn't wait for the next one. Votes: 3

Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who diffuse it: it proves nothing but the bad taste of the smoker. Votes: 3

My mom modeled and made clothes, so I always had such an appreciation for design. And then Gossip Girl completely blew open the door to fashion for me. Votes: 3

I love 'Gossip Girl.' I used to hang out with Blake Lively and Jessica Szohr. I'm also addicted to Bravo and reality shows like 'Top Chef.' Votes: 3

I went straight from high school to 'Gossip Girl,' and both were very structured, scheduled environments, so I never had freedom to explore and carve my own path. Votes: 3

Gossip is a plague that consumes weak, gullible people and blinds them from the truth of reality; it can devour entire city's. I prefer keeping my eyes wide open. Votes: 3

Men and women walked casually about as they did on the main floor, every now and then stopping one another, exchanging pleasantries or scraps of relevantly irrelevant information. Gossip. Votes: 3

My style has definitely grown since moving to New York and working on 'Gossip Girl.' I'm more aware of a lot of designers and I'm more aware of fashion. Votes: 3

The 'Gossip Girl' idea and ideologies, like, they sort of encourage this certain kind of, like, materialism and superficiality that isn't, I would say, the best thing in the world. Votes: 3

Gossip is the tool of the poet, the shoptalk of the scientist and the consolation of the housewife, wit, tycoon and intellectual. It begins in the nursery and ends when speech is past Votes: 3

I have no sense of what I should or shouldn't talk about. I just blather. Which is why it's fun to write 'Gossip Girl.' I do tend to just talk about anything. Votes: 3

Gossip involves saying behind a person's back what you would never say to his or her face. Flattery means saying to a person's face what you would never say behind his or her back. Votes: 3

Gossip has always been a problem. It is one of the most powerful, addictive behaviors there is. As long as the human race has had a common language they have used it to gossip. Votes: 3

My dear Arthur, I never talk scandal. I only talk gossip. What is the difference between scandal and gossip? Oh! Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality. Votes: 3

A lot of people say about 'Gossip Girl,' 'Well, how do you feel about gossip?' Well, who really likes gossip? No one likes to be talked about if it's not flattering or a compliment. Votes: 3

Gossip says she hanged herself from the turret on the tower, but when you have a house like Hill House with a tower and a turret, gossip would hardly allow you to hang yourself anywhere else. Votes: 3

Gossip harms relationships and that's why it's bad. While we all do it at times, there's a point where it crosses the line and becomes bullying if it damages friendships and causes people to dislike someone. Votes: 3

There are always those 'Gossip Girl' walk-and-talk scenes where you're walking and just talking about life and death. You're having a serious conversation, looking someone in the eye, but everywhere around you, it's literally a circus. Votes: 3

Gossip, then, is content, a message about people; rumor is a process. It takes a bit of gossip and reshapes it, modifies it in some way, and passes it along from individual to individual in different ways. Votes: 3

Gossip is irresponsible communication. Irresponsible because it is at the expense of another person who is not there to defend herself. Irresponsible because it is not constructive: it helps no one, least of all the person being gossiped about. Votes: 3

A weird thing about Gossip that I've always said: "If I weren't in this band, I would never listen to it." But I would go see it. It's a band you would go see that you don't necessarily listen to. Votes: 3

My biggest fear in writing 'Gossip Girl' was that the characters would sound like stereotypical rich, air-headed heiresses. These were my friends. They were smart and multifaceted. They had interests and passions. They wanted to become lawyers and doctors and writers and filmmakers. Votes: 3

Working on 'Gossip Girl' was a fantastic experience. It was my first real gig and I'm thankful for it - I got to learn a lot. I'm glad I got to explore getting comfortable in my own shoes in the background on a show like 'Gossip Girl. Votes: 3

Gossip is an idle talk that makes you look worse than the person you are talking about, and people tend to have more confidence in the person you talked about when they get tired of your gossip. Speak with love and kindness or don't speak at all. Votes: 3

Gossip can also kill, because it kills the reputation of the person! It is so terrible to gossip! At first it may seem like a nice thing, even amusing, like enjoying a candy. But in the end, it fills the heart with bitterness, and even poisons us. Votes: 3

I certainly didn't say while writing 'Gossip Girl,' 'Oh this is going to be big!' It was really like, 'Oh god, everyone's gong to hate these people! They're so bratty!' But I actually think what is so appealing about them is the humor in them. Votes: 3

I sat around the kitchen every Sunday afternoon listening to my mother and aunts talk about the people in the neighborhood. Gossip - I loved it. And that turns out to be the writer's job: to attend to the gossip and spread it as far as you can. Votes: 3

Working on 'Gossip Girl' was a fantastic experience. It was my first real gig and I'm thankful for it - I got to learn a lot. I'm glad I got to explore getting comfortable in my own shoes in the background on a show like 'Gossip Girl.' Votes: 3

History is merely gossip Votes: 2

All literature is gossip. Votes: 2

Gossip is irresponsible communication. Votes: 2

Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. Votes: 2

No one gossips about other people's secret virtues. Votes: 2

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea. Votes: 2

Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead. Votes: 2

Some say our national pastime is baseball. Not me. It's gossip. Votes: 2

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it. Votes: 2

The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them. Votes: 2

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. Votes: 2

Watch out for the joy-stealers: gossip, criticism, complaining, faultfinding, and a negative, judgmental attitude. Votes: 2

I don't care what anybody says about me as long as it isn't true. Votes: 2

When it comes to gossip, I have to readily admit men are as guilty as women. Votes: 2

It is one of my sources of happiness never to desire a knowledge of other people's business. Votes: 2

Men have always detested women's gossip because they suspect the truth: their measurements are being taken and compared. Votes: 2

I'm on a strict gossip diet. No gossip websites, no gossip magazines. Otherwise, I find it paralyzing to exist. Votes: 2

All the gossip and craziness becomes a kind of sustained narrative which, in turn, can become history. It's scary. Votes: 2

Anyone who has obeyed nature by transmitting a piece of gossip experiences the explosive relief that accompanies the satisfying of a primary need. Votes: 2

I know nothing more annoying when people I don't know jump to conclusions on my person based on nothing but gossip or speculation. Votes: 2

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea. Votes: 2

Ah, well, the truth is always one thing, but in a way it's the other thing, the gossip, that counts. It shows where people's hearts lie. Votes: 2

Rumors chase the dead like flies, and we follow them with our prim noses. None of us are gossips, but we love listening to those who are. Votes: 2

While gossip among women is universally ridiculed as low and trivial, gossip among men, especially if it is about women, is called theory, or idea, or fact. Votes: 2

I get sensationalism, I get gossip, I understand that. If I'm at the dentist, I'll flip through those magazines as well. But it's especially annoying when it's something that is too much. Votes: 2

It is just as cowardly to judge an absent person as it is wicked to strike a defenseless one. Only the ignorant and narrow-minded gossip, for they speak of persons instead of things. Votes: 2

The hometown economic elite - rich local families or individuals whom people used to praise or revile, read about in the society pages, and gossip about incessantly - disappeared from most American cities decades ago. Votes: 2

Be Impeccable With Your Word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love. Votes: 2

People gossip. People are insecure, so they talk about other people so that they won't be talked about. They point out flaws in other people to make them feel good about themselves. I think at any age or any social class, that's present. Votes: 2

If you want to know how far gossip travels, do this - take a feather pillow up on a roof, slice it open, and let the feathers fly away on the wind. Then go and find every single feather and re-stuff the pillow. Votes: 2

I have been hearing gossip and lies since I began working. When I was 17, I used to get very angry because I opened a magazine and I saw myself in a picture on a motorcycle, and the headline was, 'I'm getting married next month.' Votes: 2

It's weird how people who are the least close to me or who've never even met me purport to be experts on the real me; and then, sadly, there are those who could be in touch with me but prefer to gossip with strangers about me instead. Votes: 2

The queen of aggregation is, of course, Arianna Huffington, who has discovered that if you take celebrity gossip, adorable kitten videos, posts from unpaid bloggers and news reports from other publications, array them on your Web site and add a left-wing soundtrack, millions of people will come. Votes: 2

We print journalists are victims of economic forces beyond our control. We were as surprised as everyone else was by the sudden collapse of the reliable reporting market. We had no idea that real news and clear-eyed analysis were being 'bundled' with subprime celebrity gossip, 'U.S. Weekly' derivatives, and Jennifer Aniston/Angelina Jolie swaps. Votes: 2

Back in my days as a children's book editor, my superiors caught on to the fact that teenagers were using the Internet to gossip about each other, and thought it might be nifty to develop a series of books about an anonymous high-school blogger who gossips about her classmates. The concept was passed on to me. Votes: 2

I enjoyed 'Gossip Girl' so much. I cannot tell you how impressed I am with the cast of that show. I was so intimidated doing that show because I thought, 'Oh my gosh, those people are so young and gorgeous, and I'm a million years old, and I need a spray tan, and I'm going to be wearing all these fabulous clothes.' Votes: 2

Today's gossip is tomorrow's headline Votes: 1

Who gossips so much around here Votes: 1

It's none of my business what people say about me Votes: 1

Don't talk about yourself it will be done when you leave Votes: 1

What's wrong with gossip? We all live on it, but we deny it we're hypocrites Votes: 1

So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the familiy parrotto the town gossip Votes: 1

Nature abhors a vacuum but why do most people hasten to fill in the blanks with garbage Votes: 1

Journalism is organized gossip. Votes: 0

History is only gossip. Votes: 0

History: gossip well told. Votes: 0

I don't gossip about myself. Votes: 0

The news is glorified gossip. Votes: 0

Historian - a broad-gauge gossip. Votes: 0

To silence gossip, don't repeat it. Votes: 0

Life would be boring without gossip. Votes: 0

Data without generalization is just gossip. Votes: 0

The gossip will kill your Great Grandmother. Votes: 0

I believe all literature started as gossip. Votes: 0

Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality. Votes: 0

gossip ... is only fiction produced by non-professionals. Votes: 0

Myth is nothing more than ancient gossip. Votes: 0

Mike Walker is the Hemingway of gossip. Votes: 0

When gossip grows old it becomes myth. Votes: 0

When gossip gets old it becomes a myth. Votes: 0

Do not jump the gun because of gossip. Votes: 0

Journalism is often simply the industrialisation of gossip. Votes: 0

gossip is just the small change of conversation. Votes: 0

Men gossip less than women, but mean it. Votes: 0

Knowing policy does help make the gossip more understandable. Votes: 0

The most powerful force in the universe is gossip. Votes: 0

Those who gossip with you will gossip about you. Votes: 0

I don't really listen to any of the gossip. Votes: 0

A gossip is someone who's the knife of the party. Votes: 0

I don't want to be involved in endless media gossip. Votes: 0

That's gossip. Journalism was invented as an antidote to gossip. Votes: 0

Women are more skilled than men at making gossip entertaining. Votes: 0

Malicious gossip takes the place of creation in non-creative lives. Votes: 0

Do your part to silence gossip - don't repeat it. Votes: 0

The last to learn of gossip are the parties concerned Votes: 0

Quit sharing bad news and gossip you aren't a garbage truck. Votes: 0

It was the basilica of gossip, the Vatican of inside dope. Votes: 0

You know how gossip is. It's the toxic waste of small town Votes: 0

Brainless writers gossip nonsense to others heads as dense as they is. Votes: 0

In Texas, two things are cherished above all else- football and gossip. Votes: 0

Blood sport is brought to its ultimate refinement in the gossip columns. Votes: 0

I don't really care about gossip. I care about building great businesses. Votes: 0

It's only gossip if you repeat it. Until then, it's gathering information. Votes: 0

Buy tabloids. Celebrity gossip is engrossing. Celebrity cellulite can make you forget turbulence. Votes: 0

Don't gossip- particularly about other women. Kindness is the secret to true femininity. Votes: 0

People love gossip. It's the biggest thing that keeps the entertainment industry going. Votes: 0

I never gossip. I observe. And then relay my observations to practically everyone. Votes: 0

I can't stand the gossip of celebrities' lives, all the time! Every minute! Votes: 0

If you're a public figure, people have the right to speculate and gossip. Votes: 0

When people don't gossip or talk about you, you are not making waves. Votes: 0

Don't read Variety. Don't listen to gossip. Don't live in L.A., and write. Votes: 0

When our life ceases to be inward and private, conversation degenerates into mere gossip. Votes: 0

People want to hear the gossip. They don't want to hear about the shots. Votes: 0

Well, my whole thing with gossip is I couldn't care less if it's true. Votes: 0

In this world of gossip, a good listener is rarer than a great orator. Votes: 0

The gossip is like chocolate - a small indulgence in an otherwise serious diet. Votes: 0

I hate cellphones. They are not for good, they're for evil. They're for gossip. Votes: 0

Most women indulge in idle gossip, which is the henchman of rumor and scandal. Votes: 0

What I learned in the military is that gossip starts early and it stays forever. Votes: 0

I'm focused on doing the job the treasurer should do.I don't respond to gossip. Votes: 0

Despair is the central part of the psychopathology. For the handmaiden of gossip is treachery: Votes: 0

The difference between gossip and philosophy lies only in one's way of taking a fact. Votes: 0

Some people rely on rumors and gossip because they are devoid of any original thought. Votes: 0

It is the gossip columnist's business to write about what is none of his business. Votes: 0

Sometimes I think the human animal doesn't really need food or water to survive, only gossip. Votes: 0

Rumor and gossip, like sound itself, appear to travel by wave-effect, sheer preposterosity being no barrier. Votes: 0

No one's personal life is in the public interest. It's gossip, bottom line. End of story. Votes: 0

The major gossip columnists were more concerned with protecting the industry than with gunning down sinners. Votes: 0

Play the Reverse gossip game. See how many nice things you can say behind someones back. Votes: 0

History is nothing but gossip about the past, with the hope that it might be true. Votes: 0

A real Christian is a person who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip. Votes: 0

It occurs to me that cricket is not the true sport in London - gossip is. Votes: 0

Oh yeah, gossip. I heard you on the secret wireless. You know the devil's radio child. Votes: 0

Being a gossip reporter just isn't a respectable job. It'll chew you up and spit you out. Votes: 0

Tallulah [Bankhead] never beat about the bush - she'd gossip about you in front of your back! Votes: 0

I fear that we read of war, like women gossip, to enjoy the bitter misery of others. Votes: 0

I'm drawing the gossip surrounding the celebrity, or the image the celebrity tries to push on us. Votes: 0

The whole world can gossip about you, and if you don't take it personally you are immune. Votes: 0

My dog is half pit bull, half poodle. Not much of a watchdog, but a vicious gossip! Votes: 0

I never read gossip press. I just read books. And I never switch on the TV anymore. Votes: 0

We are disgusted by gossip; yet it is of importance to keep the angels in their proprieties. Votes: 0

History is idle gossip about a happening whose truth is lost the instant it has taken place. Votes: 0

If you think about it, fiction is nothing more than gossip about the people you've made up. Votes: 0

PS: It's all gossip about the prince. I'm not in the habit of taking my girlfriends' beaux. Votes: 0

In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense. Votes: 0

I haven't any close friends. Friendship needs time to interact, sit down, gossip. I don't have that time. Votes: 0

I don't like gossip stories. Facts are okay. But when gossips begin making items, that's something else again. Votes: 0

Male and female gossip also sounds different, as women use more animated tones, more detail and more feedback. Votes: 0

People usually gossip about people they don't quite understand, are jealous of, or have other negative feelings for. Votes: 0

Rumours began with the whispered gossip of native servants and spread quickly to the rest of the population. Votes: 0

Don't indulge in gossip. ... People who throw mudballs always manage to end up getting a little on themselves. Votes: 0

I tried to steer the student newspaper toward more pertinent information instead of the usual gossip and bull. Votes: 0

For pines are gossip pines the wide world through And full of runic tales to sigh or sing. Votes: 0

I've never been involved in something where people cared about my personal life and the gossip of it! Votes: 0

No gossip ever dies away entirely, if many people voice it: it, too, is a kind of divinity. Votes: 0

The gossip might make better reading, but the simple fact of the matter is that it isn't true. Votes: 0

She just got out of the hospital. Why don't you go gossip behind her back, like decent people? Votes: 0

Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip. Votes: 0

[Some outlets] shouldn't even call themselves news providers; they're just entertainment gossip without any sort of accountability or fact-checking. Votes: 0

Simple minded people do things like gossip, lie, spread rumors, and cause troubles. But, I know you're more intelligent. Votes: 0

Despite how entertaining certain stories were, at the bottom of every item of gossip there was someone getting hurt. Votes: 0

I'm sure all that you've heard is just the usual gossip, invented to injure feelings rather than illuminate truth. Votes: 0

gossip, after it reaches a certain point of insult and falsehood, becomes a source of amusement to its victims. Votes: 0

I've noticed the people most uptight about smokers and drinkers don't really have a problem with gluttony and gossip. Votes: 0

My position attracts a fair amount of rumors and gossip and misperceptions, but I'd rather not focus on that. Votes: 0

At the heart of all good fiction and at the heart of all good gossip is the same thing: trouble. Votes: 0

Men gossip for just as long and about the same subjects as women, but tend to talk more about themselves. Votes: 0

Few things parallel the bonding that occurs post-performance when congratulatory remarks are awarded, regrets are confessed, and gossip is exchanged. Votes: 0

If you look at the newspapers here - the Washington papers - most of the discussion deals with campaign gossip. Votes: 0

That's always been my test for what makes a story: is this something journalists would gossip with each other about? Votes: 0

I was so deeply involved in music, I had already outgrown all the pressure of high school cliques and gossip. Votes: 0

Someone who gossips well has a reputation for being good company or even a wit, never for being a gossip. Votes: 0

A writer's business is minding other people's business ... all the vices of the village gossip are the virtues of the writer. Votes: 0

It seems that the analysis of character is the highest human entertainment. And literature does it, unlike gossip, without mentioning names. Votes: 0

The power to gossip is more democratically distributed than power, property, and income, and, certainly, than the freedom to speak openly. Votes: 0

gossip ... was like any other commodity in the marketplace. You received it only if you had something of value to give. Votes: 0

We've all seen the media endlessly focus on the personal lives of celebrities. Most of it is gossip and tabloid fodder. Votes: 0

Can we not do without the society of our gossip a little while, - have our own thoughts to cheer us? Votes: 0

Be deaf, be blind, be dead to gossip, and it will grow disgusted with you and select a more sensitive victim. Votes: 0

No bodyguard can ever protect us from the gossips; because in the case of gossip, we are beaten in our absence! Votes: 0

It is curious how much more interest can be evoked by a mixture of gossip, romance and mystery than by facts. Votes: 0

If we could measure the damage to corporations from gossip, it might be more than the GNP of the Third World! Votes: 0

For summer there, bear in mind, is a loitering gossip, that only begins to talk of leaving when September rises to go. Votes: 0

There was really nothing for serious men to do in cases of wild gossip, for superstitious rustics will say and believe anything. Votes: 0

If music is frozen architecture, then the potpourri is frozen coffee-table gossip... Potpourri is the art of adding apples to pears… Votes: 0

Senators don't really provide good gossip - until they do, and then it's an A1 story and they're out of a job. Votes: 0

Poetry is a puppet-show, where riders of skyrockets and divers of sea fathoms gossip about the sixth sense and the fourth dimension. Votes: 0

The only gossip I'm interested in is things from the Weekly World News - 'Woman's bra bursts, 11 injured'. That kind of thing. Votes: 0

Silence is regarded as a sort of sin now, and it has to be filled with a lot of gossip and soundbites. Votes: 0

Another recollection is that [ Paul Johnson] mostly kept away from ideas and dedicated activism, and concentrated on sex lives and other gossip. Votes: 0

If people can keep track of all the celebrity gossip, there's no reason we can't also assimilate the key concepts of economic philosophy. Votes: 0

Soup simmering, music of idle gossip, yammering kids, domestic chaos - long adjusted to this rolling scene, you show them your lofty calm. Votes: 0

Secrecy sets barriers between men, but at the same time offers the seductive temptation to break through the barriers by gossip or confession. Votes: 0

In the corporate-owned media, men dressed like Ronald Reagan and women dressed like Rita Hayworth disseminate grotesque exaggerations and gossip in authoritative tones. Votes: 0

The Internet is just one big gossip chamber - that's why it's so fascinating and entertaining. It's a fabulous platform for superficial communication. Votes: 0

Emotional states are fairly quick bursts of neuronal gossip. Traits, on the other hand, are more like the neuronal equivalent of committed relationships. Votes: 0

Emotional states are fairly quick bursts of neuronal gossip. Traits, on the other hand, are more like the neuronal equivalent of committed relationships. Votes: 0

Well, we tell our kids things like 'don't gossip' and then an hour later they hear us on the phone. Stuff like that. Votes: 0

I get accused all the time of having a big mouth. But if you ask me, guys gossip way more than girls do. Votes: 0

Unhappy women are given to protecting their sensitiveness by cynical gossip, by whining, by high-church and new-thought religions, or by a fog of vagueness. Votes: 0

I really admire really good reporters. Obviously not the gossip ones, but it could be quite an interesting profession, depending on what you're investigating. Votes: 0

Another good thing about gossip is that it is within everybody's reach, And it is much more interesting than any other form of speech. Votes: 0

I've stopped reading the comments below news articles and on gossip blogs because those are the ones that'll ruin your day in a second. Votes: 0

Posting your thoughts on any social media site is like telling you most deeply held secret to the town gossip. Not a wise move. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Hating anything in the way of ill-natured gossip ourselves, we are always grateful to those who do it for us and do it well. Votes: 0

A boomerang returns back to the person who throws it. But first, while moving in a circle, it hits its target. So does gossip. Votes: 0

I'd rather make all my secrets public than have an image based on gossip. I'd rather put it out there myself and control it. Votes: 0

[Adolf] Hitler had a very strong adolescent side to him, emotionally he was like a boy in certain things, like film stars and gossip. Votes: 0

Many stories are invented about me - too many stories; almost everyone uses me, and I'd say about 0.01 percent of the gossip is true. Votes: 0

What good does it do to speak in tongues on Sunday if you have been using your tongue during the week to curse and gossip? Votes: 0

In Israel, waves of anger and fear circulate all the time, but so do jokes and gossip and silky evening breezes. So, too, in America. Votes: 0

I live in New York, but I still get the village gossip. My apartment is a crash pad for so many Singaporean cousins and friends. Votes: 0

People who are well-known, famous people, I think, make very poor characters for fiction. They make good characters for gossip columns. But not for fiction. Votes: 0

Many species reciprocate, but only humans gossip, and much of what we gossip about is the vale of other people as partners for reciprocal relationships. Votes: 0

A powerful truth is that if we love the Lord, love His Word, love His people, and love one another, we won't want to gossip. Votes: 0

Notice, we never pray for folks we gossip about, and we never gossip about the folk for whom we pray! For prayer is a great deterrent. Votes: 0

Some of the best news stories start in gossip. Monica Lewinsky certainly was gossip in the beginning. I had heard it months before I printed it. Votes: 0

He had to accept the fate of every newcomer to a small town where there are plenty of tongues that gossip and few minds that think. Votes: 0

The world of rumor and gossip is like a privileged world with which a social scientist or an anthropologist can take the temperature of popular aspirations. Votes: 0

I remember being 18, and my first boyfriend said to me, "Unless you're in the room, you don't know if it's true." We were talking about gossip. Votes: 0

A snake knows more about what is happening around than any other creature, because it has no ears to listen to gossip - only direct perception. Votes: 0

I don't like the celebrity gossip culture, and I certainly don't want to contribute to it. I don't care about the Kardashians, or any of them. Votes: 0

I don't like to read. The only things I read are gossip columns. If someone gives me a book, it had better have lots of pictures. Votes: 0

I don't like to read. The only things I read are gossip columns. If someone gives me a book, it had better have lots of pictures Votes: 0

People like to think the worst. They like to have hushed gossip sessions and point their fingers at someone's problems that are more obvious than their own. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

If you remember the creation (gossip about such and such a person), then remember Allah the Most High. Remembering Him is the medicine for remembering His creation. Votes: 0

I just think there's more paparazzi, there's more cable TV, there's millions of networks now, there's more paparazzi. People liked gossip then, and they like gossip now. Votes: 0

Supermarket tabloids and celebrity gossip shows are not just innocently shallow entertainment, but a fundamental part of a much larger movement that involves apathy, greed and hierarchy. Votes: 0

Once i spoke the language of the flowers,Once i undrestand each word the caterpillar said,Once i smiled in secret at the gossip of the starlings, Votes: 0

I'm kind of a gossip hound, but watching the media whip the small fires into giant forest fires so that they can cover the result is infuriating. Votes: 0

Certainly there are people who like me, but then there are those who don't know me who gossip about me. You can't believe the things I've heard. Votes: 0

You don't gossip while your man is driving. You sit there quietly until you're about 5 minutes from your destination then you say, would you like some road head? Votes: 0

There's a village in my computer - friends, fans, readers, and colleagues. It's a populous, sometimes chaotic little burg always bustling with news, gossip, opinions and potential excitement. Votes: 0

I sometimes compare press officers to riflemen on the Somme -- mowing down wave upon wave of distortion, taking out rank upon rank of supposition, deduction and gossip. Votes: 0

Always keep a good distance between yourself and lying, quarreling, detracting, insulting and gossip. The person who can do that will some day learn to enjoy the silence. Votes: 0

Cautiously avoid speaking of the domestic affairs either of yourself, or of other people. Yours are nothing to them but tedious gossip; and theirs are nothing to you. Votes: 0

It is the disease of cowards, who do not have the courage to speak upfront and so talk behind one's back... Watch out against the terrorism of gossip! Votes: 0

Information and images bump against each other every day in massive quantities, and the resonance of this interfacing is like the babble of a village or tavern gossip session. Votes: 0

Because the truth is that gossip is as good as gospel in this town. You can save face but you won't ever save your soul. And that's a fact. Votes: 0

History is gossip that's been legitimized, and that's really the case when you get into some of the Roman historians. Wow! They'd be right at home on reality tv. Votes: 0

I sometimes read in a gossip column that I was at a party when I was in Europe at the time. It sometimes feels I've got a Doppelganger somewhere. Votes: 0

A wise man once found peace in the practice of saying nothing, leaving the gossiper with no other choice but to fabricate gossip about a wise man saying nothing Votes: 0

The laws of literature, like the laws of gossip, usually demand exaggeration, decontextualization, a heightened or minimalized reality, and a lot more shape and order and impact than everyday life. Votes: 0

If you talk about yourself, he'll think you're boring. If you talk about others, he'll think you're a gossip. If you talk about him, he'll think you're a brilliant conversationalist. Votes: 0

There are no events but thoughts and the heart's hard turning, the heart's slow learning where to love and whom. The rest is merely gossip, and tales for other times. Votes: 0

Free your life from the fangs of gossips by not associating yourself with them. Anyone who helps you to gossip about someone can also help someone to gossip about you. Votes: 0

Do not leave your reputation to chance or gossip; it is your life's artwork, and you must craft it, hone it, and display it with the care of an artist. Votes: 0

I still enjoy acting. I love the moment in front of the camera, but it's all the other moments that I don't enjoy. The 'business' aspect of it, the gossip. Votes: 0

There is too much talk and gossip; pictures are apparently made, like stock-market prices, by competition of people eager for profits... All this traffic sharpens our intelligence and falsifies our judgment. Votes: 0

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). Votes: 0

If you are insulted, if you are accused, if they gossip about you, don't say anything bad. Don't be the one who sees the shame, be the one who corrects it. Votes: 0

Popular culture is a place where pity is called compassion, flattery is called love, propaganda is called knowledge, tension is called peace, gossip is called news, and auto-tune is called singing. Votes: 0

Yiddish is the voice of exile, the tongue of ghettos, but I'll shed a tear when it joins ancient Greek and dead Latin. For gossip and insult, you can't beat Yiddish. Votes: 0

I won't lie - I picked up the occasional gossip magazine in the past because I thought that maybe 5 to 10 percent of it was true. Now I think it's zero percent. Votes: 0

Go to faeries for gossip about vampires, to werewolves for gossip about faeries, and do not gossip about werewolves, because they try to bite your face off: that was Magnus's motto. Votes: 0

People gossip. People are insecure, so they talk about other people so that they won't be talked about. They point out flaws in other people to make them feel good about themselves. Votes: 0

A life filled with silly social drama and gossip indicates that a person is disconnected from purpose and lacking meaningful goals. People on a path of purpose don't have time for drama. Votes: 0

Since reality TV everything is much more celebrity-oriented, there are gossip magazines, people seem to be obsessed with every little detail. That's why I'm so pleased that I'm not starting out now. Votes: 0

I love jezebel.com for the latest on fashion, style, and celebrity gossip. I also love gawker.com for New York celebrity sightings, and galleycat.com and trashionista.com for book news. Votes: 0

It's better to be talked about than to be forgotten. (In other words, if you are the subject of gossip or speculation, enjoy it! Don't let someone else's negative energy control you!). Votes: 0

A gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who talks to you about himself; and a brilliant conversationalist is one who talks to you about yourself. Votes: 0

A 'gossip partner' is someone you love and trust, with whom you may go through the day's events with impunity, and with whom you may air your feelings, without them falling asleep. Votes: 0

If there is gossip to be garnered, garner it. If there are new dress styles to be imitated, imitate them. If there are hearts to be broken, break them. That's my girls. Votes: 0

For my part, I can compare her (a gossip) to nothing but the sun; for, like him, she knows no rest, nor ever sets in one place but to rise in another. Votes: 0

I'm the exact same person I was before (cancer). I'm still shallow, I still love clothes, I still want to talk fashion, I still want to gossip, so lay it on me. Votes: 0

The best ammunition against lies is the truth, there is no ammunition against gossip. It is like a fog and the clear wind blows it away and the sun burns it off. Votes: 0

A man once told me that his dog was half pit bull and half Poodle. He claimed that it wasn't much good as a guard dog, but it was a vicious gossip. Votes: 0

Everybody likes to gossip. But it can be a little scary to have people knowing secrets about me when I don't know anything about them. It's not exactly a two-way street there. Votes: 0

I'm so sick of immaturity, of name-calling, of labels, of gossip, of high school. It doesn't make sense anymore, and I find myself being nice to people that I want to strangle. Votes: 0

Honestly, I'm not interested in gossip. Thing is, I know a lot of successful actors, and in hoping to be successful myself, I would like to think others would respect my privacy. Votes: 0

Fiction basically is a form of gossip where you want to enter other people's lives, the lives of people you don't know, and you want to know what's going to happen to them. Votes: 0

The way people appear in the gossip papers, as they're depicted as celebrities, it's not often much like who they are. The more people I meet, the more that's true. Sometimes, they're worse. Votes: 0

Our social relationships are limited, most of the time, to gossip and criticizing people's behavior. This observation slowly pushed me to isolate from the so-called social life. My days pass by in solitude. Votes: 0

Refraining from false speech: speech from the heart. Undertake for one week not to gossip (positively or negatively) or speak about anyone you know who is not present with you (any third party). Votes: 0

Every week I read about myself in a magazine, about something that I haven't done or some place that I've never been or don't even know. It's just gossip, rumors, egos, and politics. Votes: 0

Make use of all free time at the office and elsewhere for chanting your mantra or reading spiritual books. Avoid indulging in unnecessary gossip and try to talk about spiritual subjects with others. Votes: 0

I had rather take my chance that some traitors will escape detection than spread abroad a spirit of general suspicion and distrust, which accepts rumor and gossip in place of undismayed and unintimidated inquiry. Votes: 0

And one of the three great things in the world is gossip, you know. First there's religion; and then there's science; and there's-and then there's friendly gossip. Those are the three-the three great things. Votes: 0

I feel that there's a lot of would-be guardians of the culture who think that high-minded literary purpose and the life that gets chronicled in the gossip columns, that these two things are incompatible. Votes: 0

by some mysterious method, Susan Carr's gossip gave the listener a gentler feeling towards his kind. When she spoke of her neighbors' faults, one knew that somehow they were simply virtues gone to seed ... Votes: 0

The dirt of gossip blows into my face and the dust rumors cover me. But if the arrow is straight and the point is slick, it can pierce through dust no matter how thick. Votes: 0

I'm not really sure what people's preconceived notions are. I don't look at the gossip websites - it's unhealthy and I think it's a large part of what drives people in L.A. crazy. Votes: 0

Professional psychologists seem to think that they are the only people who make sense out of human actions. The rest of us know that everybody tries to do just this. What else is gossip? Votes: 0

I was both very successful and very left; the living demonstration of how you could be on the left and still be in the gossip columns and be envied for the money you made. Votes: 0

You have grown abominably lazy, and you like gossip, and waste time on frivolous things, you are contented to be petted and admired by silly people, instead of being loved and respected by wise ones. Votes: 0

My dear heart, never think you are better than others. Listen to their sorrows with compassion. If you want peace, don't harbor bad thoughts, do not gossip and don't teach what you do not know. Votes: 0

Be sure then to read no mean books. Shun the spawn of the press on the gossip of the hour. Do not read what you shall learn, without asking, in the street and the train. Votes: 0

Celebrity is a national drama whose characters' parts and plots are written by the tabloids, gossip columnists, websites and interactive buttons. The famous don't actually have to turn up to their own lives at all. Votes: 0

You are chosen to be faithful women of God in our day, to stand above pettiness, gossip, selfishness, lewdness, and all other forms of ungodliness. Recognize your divine birthright as daughters of our Heavenly Father. Votes: 0