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Rumor Quotes - Page 6

Denying rumors gave them more power.

E. C. Myers (2016). “Fair Coin”, p.16, Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.

Rumors are spread by jealous people

Laurie Halse Anderson (2011). “Speak”, p.90, Macmillan

RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.

Ambrose Bierce (2012). “The Devil's Dictionary”, p.110, Courier Corporation

Every Gag I tell must be based on truth. No matter how much I may exaggerate it, it must have a certain amount of Truth.... Now Rumor travels Faster, but it don't stay put as long as Truth.

Will Rogers, Steven K. Gragert, Judy G. Buckholz, Oklahoma State University, Will Rogers Memorial Commission (1974). “The Writings of Will Rogers”

I note the derogatory rumors concerning the use of alcoholic stimulants and lavish living. It is the penalty of greatness.

W. C. Fields (2016). “W.C. Fields by Himself: His Intended Autobiography with Hitherto Unpublished Letters, Notes, Scripts, and Articles”, p.143, Rowman & Littlefield

Everyone makes their own comments. That's how rumors get started.

"What happened at Indian Wells?". Interview with Joel Drucker, www.espn.com. March 11, 2009.

The first rumors about Zenith came from the Czechoslovakians.

Tom Clancy, Mark Greaney (2013). “Command Authority”, p.298, Penguin