As we are concerned with what others think of us, so we are anxious to know all about them; and from this arise the crude and subtle forms of snobbishness and the worship of authority. Thus we become more and more externalized and inwardly empty. The more externalized we are, the more sensations and distractions there must be, and this gives rise to a mind that is never quiet, that is not capable of deep search and discovery.
The affairs of the royal house form a subject of conversation for those who, as a rule, would have no conversation.
I like the way the stories of my relationships sound to music more than the way they look in print, in gossip columns or in me talking about them in interviews. I think it's a better way of telling the stories.
Some say our national pastime is baseball. Not me. It's gossip.
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.
I never read gossip press. I just read books. And I never switch on the TV anymore.
I used to be an editor and I was editing young adult series. I didn't really like the books that I was reading, so I decided that I would write a book about something I'd want to read if I was 16. It turned into a Cinderella story. . . I developed a proposal and the characters of 'Gossip Girl' for my job.
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?
I'm on a strict gossip diet. No gossip websites, no gossip magazines. Otherwise, I find it paralyzing to exist.
Gossip is always a personal confession either of malice or imbecility.
Male and female gossip also sounds different, as women use more animated tones, more detail and more feedback.
I know nothing more annoying when people I don't know jump to conclusions on my person based on nothing but gossip or speculation.
It is curious how much more interest can be evoked by a mixture of gossip, romance and mystery than by facts.
Gossip is vice enjoyed vicariously - the sweet, subtle satisfaction without the risk.
Gossip, even when it avoids the sexual, bears around it a faint flavor of the erotic.
The subtle sauce of malice is often indulged in by maidens of uncertain age, over their tea.
People love gossip because it's slightly removed from actuality. It's a very literary thing. . . You can hear a great story, and it turns out that it's largely not true. Fiction writing is like gossip. It's not malicious gossip, but it's gossip.
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.
Rumor. . . often is fathered and mothered by false reports.
My nature is happy. And all I can control is my response to input. If you come around me and tell me bad news all the time, I can say, "You know what? I don't want to hear it. " If its just gossip, you know, I can choose not to hear it. And that, in effect, can control my mood.