Quote: Gossip is nature's telephone. Author: Sholom Aleichem 1859-1916, Ukraine-Born American Writer
Quote: The idea of strictly minding our own business is moldy rubbish. Who could be so selfish? Author: Myrtle Barker
Quote: Vilify, Vilify, some of it will always stick. Author: Pierre De Beaumarchais 1732-1799, French Dramatist
Quote: He who hunts for flowers will finds flowers; and he who loves weeds will find weeds. Author: Henry Ward Beecher 1813-1887, American Preacher, Orator, Writer
Quote: Where no wood is, the fire goes out; so where there is no tale bearer, the strife ceaseth. Author: Bible Sacred Scriptures of Christians and Judaism
Quote: With well doing you may put to silence foolish men. Author: Bible Sacred Scriptures of Christians and Judaism
Quote: Confidante. One entrusted by A with the secrets of B confided to herself by C. Author: Ambrose Bierce 1842-1914, American Author, Editor, Journalist, ''The Devil's Dictionary''
Quote: Speak no evil of the dead. Author: Chilo 560 BC, Greek Sage
Quote: Alas! they had been friends in youth; but whispering tongues can poison truth. Author: Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772-1834, British Poet, Critic, Philosopher
Quote: None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them. Author: Charles Caleb Colton 1780-1832, British Sportsman Writer
Quote: They come together like the Coroner's Inquest, to sit upon the murdered reputations of the week. Author: William Congreve 1670-1729, British Dramatist
Quote: Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys. Author: Joseph Conrad 1857-1924, Polish-born British Novelist
Quote: Language is the apparel in which your thoughts parade before the public. Never clothe them in vulgar or shoddy attire. Author: George W. Crane
Quote: The inspired scribbler always has the gift for gossip in our common usage he or she can always inspire the commonplace with an uncommon flavor, and transform trivialities by some original grace or sympathy or humor or affection. Author: Elizabeth Drew 1887-1965, Anglo-American Author, Critic
Quote: 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. Author: Andrea Dworkin 1946-, American Feminist Critic
Quote: There are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart; never to believe anything bad about anybody unless you positively know it to be true; and never to tell that unless you feel that it is absolutely necessary, and that God is listening while you tell it. Author: Henry Van Dyke 1852--1933, American Protestant Clergyman and Writer
Quote: 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. Author: George Eliot 1819-1880, British Novelist
Quote: Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea. Author: Henry Fielding 1707-1754, British Novelist, Dramatist
Quote: A lie has no leg, but a scandal has wings. Author: Thomas Fuller 1608-1661, British Clergyman, Author
Quote: There is a lust in man no charm can tame: Of loudly publishing his neighbor's shame: On eagles wings immortal scandals fly, while virtuous actions are born and die. Author: William Harvey 1578-1657, British Physician
Quote: Nobody's interested in sweetness and light. Author: Hedda Hopper
Quote: Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them. Author: Horace BC 65-8, Italian Poet
Quote: Gossip is only the lack of a worthy memory. Author: Elbert Hubbard 1859-1915, American Author, Publisher
Quote: For prying into any human affairs, non are equal to those whom it does not concern. Author: Victor Hugo 1802-1885, French Poet, Dramatist, Novelist
Quote: Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed. Author: Erica Jong 1942-, American Author
Quote: Men have always detested women's gossip because they suspect the truth: their measurements are being taken and compared. Author: Erica Jong 1942-, American Author
Quote: 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. Author: Lisa Kirk
Quote: Don't speak evil of someone if you don't know for certain, and if you do know ask yourself, why am I telling it? Author: Johann Kaspar Lavater 1741-1801, Swiss Theologian, Mystic
Quote: Never trust the teller, trust the tale. Author: D. H. Lawrence 1885-1930, British Author
Quote: Anyone who has obeyed nature by transmitting a piece of gossip experiences the explosive relief that accompanies the satisfying of a primary need. Author: Primo Levi 1919-1987, Italian Chemist, Author
Quote: If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me. Author: Alice Roosevelt Longworth 1884-1980, American Author, Daughter of Theodore Roosevelt
Quote: Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by lovers of the same. Gossip is the tool of the poet, the shop-talk of the scientist, and the consolation of the housewife, wit, tycoon and intellectual. It begins in the nursery and ends when speech is past. Author: Phyllis Mcginley 1905-1978, American Poet, Author
Quote: Of course we women gossip on occasion. But our appetite for it is not as avid as a man s. It is in the boys gyms, the college fraternity houses, the club locker rooms, the paneled offices of business that gossip reaches its luxuriant flower. Author: Phyllis Mcginley 1905-1978, American Poet, Author
Quote: The objection of the scandalmonger is not that she tells of racy doings, but that she pretends to be indignant about them. Author: H. L. Mencken 1880-1956, American Editor, Author, Critic, Humorist
Quote: She poured a little social sewage into his ears. Author: George Meredith 1828-1909, British Author
Quote: A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run. Author: Ouida 1838-1908, British Writer
Quote: I don't care what anybody says about me as long as it isn't true. Author: Dorothy Parker 1893-1967, American Humorous Writer
Quote: I maintain that, if everyone knew what others said about him, there would not be four friends in the world. Author: Blaise Pascal 1623-1662, French Scientist, Religious Philosopher
Quote: If all men knew what each said of the other, there would not be four friends in the world. Author: Blaise Pascal 1623-1662, French Scientist, Religious Philosopher
Quote: My ass contemplates those who talk behind my back. Author: Francis Picabia 1878-1953, French Painter, Poet
Quote: One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers. Author: Titus Maccius Plautus BC 254-184, Roman Comic Poet
Quote: And all who told it added something new, and all who heard it, made enlargements too. Author: Alexander Pope 1688-1744, British Poet, Critic, Translator
Quote: At every word a reputation dies. Author: Alexander Pope 1688-1744, British Poet, Critic, Translator
Quote: Gossiping and lying go hand in hand. Author: Proverb
Quote: A malignant sore throat is a danger, a malignant throat not sore is worse. Author: American Proverb Sayings of American Origin
Quote: Your friend has a friend; don't tell him. Author: Chinese Proverb Sayings of Chinese Origin
Quote: Sight before hearsay. Author: Danish Proverb Sayings of Danish Origin
Quote: Loose tongues are worse than wicked hands. Author: Jewish Proverb Sayings of Jewish Origin
Quote: What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth. Author: Jewish Proverb Sayings of Jewish Origin
Quote: Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. Author: Spanish Proverb Sayings of Spanish Origin
Quote: Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will. Author: Pythagoras BC 582-507, Greek Philosopher, Mathematician
Quote: So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip. Author: Will Rogers 1879-1935, American Humorist, Actor
Quote: The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them. Author: Will Rogers 1879-1935, American Humorist, Actor
Quote: No one gossips about other people's secret virtues. Author: Bertrand Russell 1872-1970, British Philosopher, Mathematician, Essayist
Quote: 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. Author: Paul Scott
Quote: The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business. Author: George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950, Irish-born British Dramatist
Quote: When of a gossiping circle it was asked, What are they doing? The answer was, Swapping lies. Author: Richard Brinsley Sheridan 1751-1816, Anglo-Irish Dramatist
Quote: Conversation is three women stand on the corner talking. Gossip is when one of them leaves. Author: Herb Shriner
Quote: Gossip is news running ahead of itself in a red satin dress. Author: Liz Smith 1923-, American Journalist, Gossip Columnist
Quote: How awful to reflect that what people say of us is true! Author: Logan Pearsall Smith 1865-1946, Anglo-American Essayist, Aphorist
Quote: Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip. Author: Sir Richard Steele 1672-1729, British Dramatist, Essayist, Editor
Quote: Remember, every time you open your mouth to talk, your mind walks out and parades up and down the words. Author: Edwin H. Stuart
Quote: Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world. Author: Publilius Syrus 1st Century BC, Roman Writer
Quote: Thy friend has a friend, and thy friend's friend has a friend; be discreet. Author: The Talmud BC 500?-400? AD, Jewish Archive of Oral Tradition
Quote: An expert gossiper knows how much to leave out of a conversation. Author: Source Unknown
Quote: Gossip is sometimes referred to as halitosis of the mind. Author: Source Unknown
Quote: Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. Author: Source Unknown
Quote: Young people do not perceive at once that the giver of wounds is the enemy and the quoted tattle merely the arrow. Author: Source Unknown
Quote: Rumor grows as it goes. Author: Virgil c. 70 - 19 BC, Roman Poet
Quote: Show me someone who never gossips, and I will show you someone who is not interested in people. Author: Barbara Walters 1931-, American TV Personality
Quote: Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But it is not so widely realized that even less can one trust what people say about themselves. Author: Rebecca West 1892-1983, British Author
Quote: It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays saying things against one, behind one's back, that are absolutely and entirely true. Author: Oscar Wilde 1856-1900, British Author, Wit
Quote: There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. Author: Oscar Wilde 1856-1900, British Author, Wit
Quote: Gossip is when you hear something you like about someone, you don't. Author: Earl Wilson 1907-, American newspaper columnist
Quote: Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid. Author: Walter Winchell 1897-1972, American Journalist
Quote: James 3: 8 8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. Author: Bible
Quote: Ps. 57: 4 My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth• are spears and arrows, and their tongue• a sharp sword Author: Bible
Quote: Ps. 52: 2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. Author: Bible
Quote: Job 6: 24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. Author: Bible
Quote: Prov. 15: 2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. Author: Bible
Quote: Prov. 15: 4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. Author: Bible
Quote: Prov. 21: 23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles. Author: Bible
Quote: The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue. Author: Bible
Quote: D&C 112: 9 Thy voice shall be a rebuke unto the transgressor; and at thy are buke• let the tongue of the slanderer cease its perverseness. Author: Doctrine and Covenance
Quote: Job 6: 30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things? Author: Bible
Quote: Job 15: 5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. Author: Bible
Quote: Job 20: 16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him. Author: Bible
Quote: Job 27: 4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. Author: Bible
Quote: Ps. 15: 3 He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbor, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour. Author: Bible
Quote: Ps. 34: 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Author: Bible
Quote: Ps. 39: 1 I SAID, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouthwith a bridle, while the wicked is before me. Author: Bible
Quote: Ps. 50: 19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. Author: Bible
Quote: Ps. 57: 4 My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. Author: Bible
Quote: Ps. 64: 3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: Author: Bible
Quote: Ps. 73: 9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth Author: Bible
Quote: Ps. 120: 2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue Author: Bible
Quote: Ps. 140: 3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison• is under their lips. Author: Bible
Quote: James 3: 6 And the tongueis a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. Author: Bible