Quotes of Rumor - somelinesforyou

“ I cannot tell how the truth may be; I say the tale as 'twas said to me. ”

- Walter Scott

“ We don't want to spread any rumors here. ”

- Simon Cowell

“ The flying rumours gather'd as the roll'd, Scarce any tale was sooner heard than told; And all who told it added something new. And all who heard it made enlargements too. ”

- Alexander Pope

“ A rumor without a leg to stand on will get around some other way. ”

- John Tudor

“ Trying to squash a rumor is like trying to unring a bell. ”

- Shana Alexander

“ We must set up a strong present tense against all rumors of wrath, past and to come. ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ What some invent the rest enlarge. ”

- Jonathan Swift

“ Every rumor is believed against the unfortunate. ”

- Publilius Syrus

“ There were a lot of people that contributed to my success as a person as well as a player. Without those people, I wouldn't be sitting in the position that I'm sitting in today. I think that it's extremely important for people to realize all of the things that other people do for them. ”

- Alonzo Mourning

“ Rumors are like wind in the belly — all noise and no nourishment. ”

- Unknown

“ It is rather important to understand the technique of rumors. The wise man does not scoff at them, for while they are often absurd, they are rarely baseless. ”

- Christopher Morley

“ Rumors are like the things that happen to us in sleep. It is almost impossible to think of them rationally; and almost impossible to think of anything else. ”

- Unknown

“ Rumors are like harpoons — once they go in, they're hard to pull out. ”

- Unknown

“ False rumors are like mistresses: more exciting initially than wives, but more deadly. ”

- Gary North

“ Rumors are like soap bubbles. They can be produced en masse by a little bamboo tube, and thus cannot be effectively refuted one by one. ”

- Unknown

“ The first rule to observe about rumors is that they are often exactly opposite in tendency to the coming fact. ”

- Christopher Morley

“ Rumors have wings. ”

- Aeschylus

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

- Alexander Pope

“ The rolling fictions grow in strength and size, Each author adding to the former lies. ”

- Jonathan Swift

“ Rumor doth double, like the voice and echo, The numbers of the feared. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ I will be gone, That pitiful rumor may report my flight To consolate thine ear. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ You and your rumors have two things in common: you're both fake, and you both get around. ”

- Unknown

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

- Will Rogers

“ A rumor is one thing that gets thicker instead of thinner as it is spread. ”

- Richard Armour

“ Rumor is a spark at first, then a fire, then a conflagration, and then ashes; it is like a swarm of bees, the more you fight them the less you get rid of them. ”

- H. W. Shaw

“ I will be gone:That pitiful rumour may report my flight,To coasolate thine ear. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ A rumor which is raised of nothing soon vanishes. ”

- Erasmus

“ When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will often guide him if he asks himself how it will tell a hundred years hence. ”

- Samuel Butler

“ I don't have to listen to rumors about a man when I can judge him for myself. ”

- Stephen King

“ Fake friends believe in rumors. Real friends believe in you. ”

- Unknown
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