Quotes of Rumour - somelinesforyou

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

- Will Rogers

“ Who gossips so much around here? ”

- Bette Davis

“ The nature of rumor is known to all. ”

- Tertullian

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

- Unknown

“ 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

“ 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

“ I like rumors. I find out so much about me that I didn't even know! ”

- Unknown

“ Rumor grows as it goes. ”

- Virgil

“ I pray you bear me henceforth from the noise and rumour of the field, where I may think the remnant of my thoughts in peace, and part of this body and my soul with contemplation and devout desires. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Gossip is sometimes referred to as halitosis of the mind. ”

- Unknown

“ Gossip is sometimes referred to as halitosis of the mind. ”

- Unknown

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

- Shana Alexander

“ All literature is gossip. ”

- Truman Capote

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

- John Tudor

“ 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

“ If I am to die, this is the week for it. — John F. Kennedy June 1962. ”

- John F. Kennedy

“ He that easily believes rumors has the principle within him to augment rumors. It is strange to see the ravenous appetite with which some devourers of character and happiness fix upon the sides of the innocent and unfortunate. ”

- Jane Porter
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