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75+ Gossip Quotes

Gossip means rumor or talk of a personal, sensational, or intimate nature. Gossip refers to exaggeration or fabrication of a story, regarding somebody other than the tale bearer, in the absence of this person who is being discussed - for the malicious purpose of demeaning, slandering or tarnishing this person's reputation. This is a collection of 75+ Gossip quotes and sayings.


Gossip is called gossip because it's not always the truth. - Justin Timberlake
Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip. - Richard Steele
Gossip is when you hear something you like about someone you don't. - Earl Wilson
Gossip is essentially storytelling: storytelling about people whom we know. - Mona Simpson
Gossip, as usual, was one-third right and two-thirds wrong. - L.M. Montgomery
Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid. - Walter Winchell
Gossip needn't be false to be evil - there's a lot of truth that shouldn't be passed around. - Frank A. Clark
No one's personal life is in the public interest. It's gossip, bottom line. End of story. - Kevin Spacey
Gossip never goes away, no matter where you are in life. - Miranda Kenneally
Gossip is the Devil's radio. - George Harrison
I love rumors. It gives me something to think about and enjoy. - Leonard Lauder
Today's gossip is tomorrow's headline. - Walter Winchell
It is the gossip columnist's business to write about what is none of his business. - Louis Kronenberger
It can be difficult navigating the line between tabloid gossip and authenticity. - Sia
Gossip is nature's telephone. - Sholom Aleichem
Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed. - Erica Jong
Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys. - Joseph Conrad
All literature is gossip. - Truman Capote
People want to hear the gossip. They don't want to hear about the shots. - Jamie Kennedy
Gossip is what you say about the objects of flattery when they aren't present. - P. J. O'Rourke
I can't really comment on rumors. - Larry Page
Historian - a broad-gauge gossip. - Ambrose Bierce
Being a gossip reporter just isn't a respectable job. It'll chew you up and spit you out. - Kim Cattrall
Gossip is poison. - Gisele Bundchen
Gossip is hardly uplifting. - Ginger Rogers
The major gossip columnists were more concerned with protecting the industry than with gunning down sinners. - Gloria Swanson
Some people will always gossip. - Andris Nelsons
I don't want to be involved in endless media gossip. - Kate Adie
don't really care about gossip. I care about building great businesses. - Tamara Mellon
Gossip is easy, politics is hard. - Tabitha Soren
Gossip is more popular than literature. - Hugh Leonard
Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear. - Paulo Coelho
Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas. - Marie Curie
Often those that criticise others reveal what he himself lacks. - Shannon L. Alder
Never speak disrespectfully of Society, Algernon. Only people who can’t get into it do that. - Oscar Wilde
No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues. - Bertrand Russell
I never gossip. I observe. And then relay my observations to practically everyone. - Gail Carriger
Rumor travels faster, but it don't stay put as long as truth. - Will Rogers
Nobody can buy a hat without gossiping. - Diana Wynne Jones
This is how The Jewel operates. Status is our sole occupation. Gossip is our currency. - Amy Ewing
Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality. - Oscar Wilde
They have the unique ability to listen to one story and understand another. - Pandora Poikilos
It's only gossip if you repeat it. Until then, it's gathering information. - Mercedes Lackey
History is idle gossip about a happening whose truth is lost the instant it has taken place. - Gore Vidal
Gossip was usually a mindless distraction from a far too serious world. - Dianne Sylvan
Enter RUMOUR, painted full of tongues. - William Shakespeare
The gossip mill runs on estrogen. - Kim Harrington
One who gossips usually carries boredom in one hand and bitterness in the other. - Suzy Kassem
There was not a lot of room for someone like me, who kept the gossip mill running like a hamster wheel. - Molly Harper
Rumours began with the whispered gossip of native servants and spread quickly to the rest of the population. - Paul Scott
Nothing favourable comes from speculation. - Linda Berdoll
Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. - Spanish Proverb
When gossip starts, be deaf. - Richelle E. Goodrich
The curiosity of lazy men is gossip. - Goitsemang Mvula
Gossip is passing on information when you are neither part of the problem nor part of the solution. - Rick Warren
Gossip and drama are different stages of the same intoxication… the first is the buzz; the latter is the hangover. - Steve Maraboli
Let's gossip.... let's tell everything about us. - Deyth Banger
A man's biggest enemy is his mouth. - Greg Iles
What are acquaintance for, if not to supply the pleasures of gossip? - Zen Cho
Unfounded gossip can turn into sanctioned history if falls into the hands of the right storyteller. - Laila Lalami
For you, it's gossip. For me, it's action. - Gail Carriger
Gossip is a policeman and a teacher. Without it, there would be chaos and ignorance. - Jonathan Haidt
Gossip till the cows come home. - John le Carré
Never engage in gossip, it kills your soul, and wounds another’s heart. - Steven Aitchison
There was a moment of silence and then Sutherland breathed, “But, darling! Gossip is the food of the gods. - Andrew Holleran
First law of gossip - there's no point knowing something if somebody else doesn't know you know it. - Ben Aaronovitch
A writer is like a gossiper who reveal secrets in a professional way. - Janice Valencia Capulso
Gossiping's part of witchcraft,' said Tiffany. 'They're checking to see if they've gone batty yet. - Terry Pratchett
Newspapers, of course, need both news and fanfare. A blending of gossip and truth. - Paul Tobin
Reputations are just history in rumor form. - 12 Dates of Christmas
Spreading rumours is our national past time. - Monica Ali
Never speak about private affairs for the general public to hear. - Habeeb Akande
The news is glorified gossip. - Mokokoma Mokhonoana
An idle tongue is the mother of all conflicts. - Dennis E. Adonis
Gossip: a weed watered by wayward words. - Soul Dancer
Worse than talking with a mouthful, is gossiping with a mouthful! - Anthony Liccione
Gossip's like jam; it don't bear fruit if you don't spread it. - Jan Watson
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