Gossip Quotes - Page 15

• What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil, envy is evil, hatred is evil, to cling to false doctrine is evil; all these things are evil. And what is the root of evil? Desire is the root of evil, illusion is the root of evil.

  Gautama Buddha

  Lying, Roots, Evil

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• I grew up on a farm in a small town where you do or say one thing and everybody knows about it. You see it happen, there's always the town gossip - 'Oh did you hear about so and so, or did you hear what went on in this household?' So I learned at a very young age just to keep my mouth shut.

  Garrett Hedlund

  Age, Mouths, Towns

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

  Anna Quindlen

  Kids, Phones, Stuff

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• Talking things over has its place in an organization [but] so-called conferences are being grossly overdone. One executive stops at the desk of another to tell him, perhaps, about the wonderful score he made at golf on Saturday afternoon. This chin-chin immediately becomes a conference, and neither the office boy nor the telephone operator must disturb either gentleman. More idle gossip is indulged in at many business conferences these days than an old wives' sewing circle would be guilty of.

  B. C. Forbes

  Golf, Boys, Talking

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• It is among uneducated women that we may look for the most confirmed gossips. Goethe tells us there is nothing more frightful than bustling ignorance.

  Nicolas Chamfort

  Ignorance, Looks, May

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• If it were not for a goodly supply of rumors, half true and half false, what would the gossips do?

  Thomas Chandler Haliburton

  Rumor, Half, Ifs

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• When a couple decides to divorce, they should inform both sets of parents before having a party and telling all their friends. This is not only courteous but practical. Parents may be very willing to pitch in with comments, criticism, and malicious gossip of their own to help the divorce along.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Couple, Party, Divorce

  P. J. O'Rourke (1983). “Modern manners”, Dell Books

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• Only the slow reader will notice the odd crowd of images-flier, butcher, seal-which have gathered to comment on the aims and activities of the speeding reader, perhaps like gossips at a wedding.

  William H. Gass

  Reading, Crowds, Odd

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• The talent of insinuation is more useful than that of persuasion, as everybody is open to insinuation, but scarce any to persuasion.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Talent, Persuasion, Propaganda

  Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield (1855). “The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author”, p.629

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• If there is a god, he is not only a wizard at leaving clues behind. More than anything, he's a master of concealment. And the world is not something that gives itself away. The heavens still keep their secrets. There is little gossip amongst the stars. But no one has forgotten the Big Bang yet. Since then, silence has reigned supreme, and every thing there is moving away. One can still come across a moon. Or a comet. Just don't expect friendly greetings. No visiting cards are printed in space.

  Jostein Gaarder

  Stars, Moving, Moon

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• Well, I find it interesting first that this all centers around the issue of homosexuality and we don't bring in any other sin issue into the picture - the ones that are running rampant within our churches largely go unaddressed. Issues of pride and judgment and gossip and slander and other types of sexual immorality, gluttony, you name it.

  Alan Chambers

  Running, Pride, Names

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• If you want to have a nonmiraculous day, I suggest that newspaper and caffeine form the crux of your morning regimen. Listen to the morning news while you're in the shower, read the headlines as you are walking out the door, make sure you're keeping tabs on everything: the wars, the economy, the gossip, the natural disasters. . . But if you want the day ahead to be full of miracles, then spend some time each morning with God.

  Marianne Williamson

  God, Morning, War

  Marianne Williamson (2004). “Everyday Grace: Having Hope, Finding Forgiveness, and Making Miracles”, p.60, Penguin

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• I am more interested in the purpose of government than its mechanics-though the means should at least be good enough to lead to the ends desired.

  Aminu Kano

  Mean, Government, Purpose

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• Gossip is hardly uplifting.

  Ginger Rogers

  Uplifting

  Ginger Rogers (1991). “Gineger My Story”

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• Increasingly, the picture of our society as rendered in our media is illusionary and delusionary: disfigured, unreal, out of touch with reality, disconnected from the true context of our life. It is disfigured by celebrity, by celebrity worship, by gossip, by sensationalism, by denial of our societies

  Carl Bernstein

  Reality, Media, Denial

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• Gossip, unlike river water, flows both ways.

  Michael Korda

  Rivers, Water, Way

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• 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.

  Howard W. Hunter

  Daughter, Father, Faithful

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• When Veronica Mars was canceled, the following season of pilots for The CW had been announced, and one was Gossip Girl. I read it, and I knew I was sort of old to play any of the kids. I called Dawn Ostroff -- who was the head of The CW at the time -- and said, 'Hey, I did so much narration on Veronica Mars, can I narrate this show? And she said, 'Hey, that's a very good idea.' They knew I had a younger voice, they liked me and they knew I'd show up for work, and I guess that was all I really needed. It was so clear to me how sassy and catty she needed to be.

  Kristen Bell

  Girl, Kids, Sassy

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• 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.

  Marshall McLuhan

  Taverns, Bumps, Village

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• Slander is poison to the soul.

  David O. McKay

  Soul, Poison, Slander

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• Gossip is the worst form of judging.

  Nathan Eldon Tanner

  Judging, Form, Worst

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• Through microscopic examination one can find in almost every life incidents or traits that can be destructive when they are magnified.

  Marvin J. Ashton

  Examination, Incidents, Destructive

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• 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.

  Marvin J. Ashton

  Character, Rumor, Habit

  Marvin J. Ashton (1987). “Be of Good Cheer”, Deseret Book Co

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• The literature has become too vast to comprehend...It is...difficult to grasp even for workers in closely neighboring fields. ...There is much more reliance on word of mouth for the transmission of scientific data...gossip.

  Lewis Thomas

  Dark, Data, Age

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• At early previews, the theater gossips are there, wishing you ill every night. They don't grant you any slack. Agents are in from Hollywood. Your friends are there. People who are going to spread the word-of-mouth. If something doesn't work, everyone will know.

  Peter Stone

  Friends, Night, People

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