Rumours Quotes

• I've learned to not care. There are always going to be ridiculous rumours.

  Kim Kardashian

  Ridiculous

  "Kim Kardashian: 'I want to be more of a private person'" by Jo Usmar, www.mirror.co.uk. April 04, 2012.

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• 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.

  Paul Scott

  Lying, Heart, People

  Paul Scott (2011). “The Raj Quartet, Volume 2: The Day of the Scorpion”, p.189, University of Chicago Press

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

  Dolley Madison

  People, Gossip, Rumor

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• 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.

  George Eliot

  Dirty, Gossip, Rumor

  'Daniel Deronda' (1876) bk. 2, ch. 13

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• trying to squash a rumor is like trying to unring a bell.

  Shana Alexander

  Squash, Gossip, Rumor

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• Rumor travels faster, but it don't stay put as long as truth.

  Will Rogers

  Business, Long, Gossip

  Will Rogers, James Smallwood, Steven K. Gragert (1980). “Will Rogers' Weekly Articles: The Harding”

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• I hate to spread rumours, but what else can one do with them?

  Amanda Lear

  Hate, Inspiration, Spread

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• There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true.

  Winston Churchill

  Funny, True Friend, Lying

  Sir Winston Churchill (1995). “The Proverbial Winston S. Churchill: An Index to Proverbs in the Works of Sir Winston Churchill”

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• Rumor is a pipe Blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures.

  William Shakespeare

  Rumor, Conjecture, Pipe

  'Henry IV, Part 2' (1597) induction, l. 15

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• My voice is like a rumour. I'm not sure if it came out or not, or if it is true.

  Markus Zusak

  Voice, Not Sure, Ifs

  Markus Zusak (2015). “I Am the Messenger”, p.133, Random House

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• The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Knowledge, People, Gossip

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Rumour doth double, like the voice and echo, The numbers of the feared.

  William Shakespeare

  Echoes, Voice, Numbers

  William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.398

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• Rumour is a pipe Blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures And of so easy and so plain a stop That the blunt monster with uncounted heads, The still-discordant wavering multitude, Can play upon it.

  William Shakespeare

  Play, Rumor, Monsters

  'Henry IV, Part 2' (1597) induction, l. 15

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• Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys.

  Joseph Conrad

  Reality, Gossip, Claims

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• The biggest liar in the world is They Say.

  Douglas Malloch

  Liars, Lying, Gossip

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• No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.

  Bertrand Russell

  Respect, Keeping Secrets, People

  Bertrand Russell (2014). “On Education”, p.50, Routledge

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• 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.

  Horace

  Gossip, Ears, Inquisitive

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• Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.

  Erica Jong

  Reality, Envy, Gossip

  Fear of Flying ch. 6 (1973)

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• Forget the image, forget the ensemble, forget the rumours, forget the short skirts, the big hair, whatever! I owe this to the fans and I will never forget you so I want to accept this award on behalf of all of you.

  Mariah Carey

  Awards, Hair, Fans

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• When rumours increase, and when there is an abundance of noise and clamour, believe the second report.

  Alexander Pope

  Believe, Noise, Abundance

  Alexander Pope, John Wilson Croker (1871). “The Works: Including Several Hundred Unpublished Letters, and Other New Materials”, p.9

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• Never believe a rumour until you hear it officially denied.

  John Mortimer

  Believe, Belief, Denied

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• We've had a day of great drama and of humour too. The rumour mill is now taking over

  Andy Burnham

  Drama, Mills, Humour

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• Rumour is information distilled so finely that it can filter through anything. It does not need doors and windows -- sometimes it does not need people. It can exist free and wild, running from ear to ear without ever touching lips.

  Terry Pratchett

  Running, Doors, People

  Terry Pratchett (2008). “Feet Of Clay: (Discworld Novel 19)”, p.84, Random House

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• There is no knowing beyond that membrane, the meniscus of death. What can be seen from here is distorted, refracted. All we can know are those untrustworthy glimpses--that and rumour. The prattle. The dead gossip: it is the reverberation of that gossip against the surface tension of death that the better mediums hear. It is like listening to whispered secrets through a toilet door. It is a crude and muffled susurrus.

  China Mieville

  Death, Knowing, Doors

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• Actually, I would love to make a music video. Maybe it would finally put to rest those persistent rumours that have followed me throughout my career - particularly when I was on camera performing - that I had died.

  Perry Como

  Careers, Cameras, Video

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