Gossip Quotes - Page 16

When I was collecting material for a political gossip column, and someone said something interesting, I would wait for them to add, "and I don't want to read that in your magazine!" In which case I wouldn't use it. But if they didn't remember to say it, I'd nip off to the loo, write the story up, come back and change the subject.

Rumor and gossip, like sound itself, appear to travel by wave-effect, sheer preposterosity being no barrier.

Twitter, Facebook and Reddit, that’s not journalism. That's gossip. Journalism was invented as an antidote to gossip.

[Some outlets] shouldn't even call themselves news providers; they're just entertainment gossip without any sort of accountability or fact-checking.

There is a photographer in every bush, going about like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour.

The gossip is like chocolate - a small indulgence in an otherwise serious diet.

It's funny what you really see when you're the subject of the completely bizarre gossip magazine industry. It's just like, 'WHAT?!?' All this stuff with Emilie [de Ravin, his costar in Remember Me] as well. The tabloids say stuff like 'They went on a date to an Indian restaurant.' We were doing a scene! There's a film crew there!

Don’t read Variety. Don’t listen to gossip. Don’t live in L.A., and write.

And one of the three great things in the world is gossip, you know. First there's religion; and then there's science; and there's-and then there's friendly gossip. Those are the three-the three great things.

Gossip is irresponsible communication.

Gossip is irresponsible communication. Irresponsible because it is at the expense of another person who is not there to defend herself. Irresponsible because it is not constructive: it helps no one, least of all the person being gossiped about.

When you gossip about another person, listeners unconsciously associate you with the characteristics you are describing, ultimately leading to those characteristics' being “transferred” to you. So, say positive and pleasant things about friends and colleagues, and you are seen as a nice person. In contrast, constantly complain about their failings, and people will unconsciously apply the negative traits and incompetence to you.

I am grown by sympathy a little eager and sentimental, but leave me alone, and I should relish every hour and what it brought me, the pot-luck of the day, as heartily as the oldest gossip in the bar-room.

A scholar does not wish to be always pumping his brains; he wants gossips.

Every thought is public, Every nook is wide; Thy gossips spread each whisper, And the gods from side to side.

gossip is just the small change of conversation.

sometimes gossip is by far the most reliable source of information about yourself and all your friends, especially in Manhattan. I always say why trust myself when gossip can tell moi the real truth about moi?

Rumours began with the whispered gossip of native servants and spread quickly to the rest of the population.

I don't like gossip stories. Facts are okay. But when gossips begin making items, that's something else again.

I think someone's sexual orientation is great fodder for gossip. But again, it's non-news to me or anyone who knows me.

gossip ... was like any other commodity in the marketplace. You received it only if you had something of value to give.

History is only gossip.

Another recollection is that [ Paul Johnson] mostly kept away from ideas and dedicated activism, and concentrated on sex lives and other gossip.

That's always been my test for what makes a story: is this something journalists would gossip with each other about?

Gossip is one thing, hurtful gossip is completely another, and even in high school we weren't THAT mean.