Too many individuals are like Shakespeare's definition of "echo,"--babbling gossips of the air.
That which is everybody's business is nobody's business.
The ball of rumor and criticism, once it starts rolling, is difficult to stop.
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.
Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys.
Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.
no one ever gossips about the virtues of others
Malicious gossip takes the place of creation in non-creative lives.
Men gossip less than women, but mean it.
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.
We spend our time envying people whom we wouldn't wish to be.
Gossip can be entertaining: occasionally, I've heard the most fascinating things about myself I never knew.
He only profits from praise who values criticism.
Journalism is often simply the industrialisation of gossip.
Gossip is when you hear something you like about someone you don't.
We as human beings are slightly masochistic. Everybody is ridden with insecurities and they manifest themselves in different ways, whether you're a pleaser, you're mean, you're super-duper sweet and get walked on, or you're a gossip that talks about someone else.
Myth is nothing more than ancient gossip.
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!).
All the gossip and craziness becomes a kind of sustained narrative which, in turn, can become history. It's scary.
In few people is discretion stronger than the desire to tell a good story.