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Gossip Quotes - Page 15

It seems that the analysis of character is the highest human entertainment. And literature does it, unlike gossip, without mentioning names.

Isaac Bashevis Singer, Richard Burgin (1985). “Conversations with Isaac Bashevis Singer”, Doubleday Books

Gossip, or, as we gossips like to say, character analysis.

"Elizabeth Hardwick, The Art of Fiction No. 87". Interview with Darryl Pinckney, www.theparisreview.org. 1985.

A powerful truth is that if we love the Lord, love His Word, love His people, and love one another, we won't want to gossip.

Elizabeth George (2007). “A Woman After God's Own Heart®--A Daily Devotional”, p.315, Harvest House Publishers

It is curious how much more interest can be evoked by a mixture of gossip, romance and mystery than by facts.

Eleanor Roosevelt, David Emblidge (1989). “Eleanor Roosevelt's My Day: Her Acclaimed Columns, 1936-1945”

There is no friendship that cares about an overheard secret.

Alexandre Dumas (2006). “The Three Musketeers: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.234, Penguin

To create an unfavorable impression, it is not necessary that certain things should be true, but that they have been said.

William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.76

What I learned in the military is that gossip starts early and it stays forever.

"60 minutes" with Dan Rather, www.cbsnews.com. November 19, 2003.