651 Quotes About Gossip

Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.

Rumours travel faster than the speed of light.

This gossip did not mean that her servants were disloyal, but rather that they were proud of their mistress.

[There are] lies of two varieties. There is the truly bad, “I know that what I am saying is untrue, but it suits my agenda to say it anyway” kind. There is the less bad, “I came upon information I liked or found persuasive, and repeated it before verifying it was true” kind. The latter is not about willful dishonesty, just carelessness. But since both varieties promulgate misinformation, both kinds are harmful.

When a precious secret is collected It tends to glow in the darkness. Placed in daylight, fitted along a wide landscape of fact, it often loses its brilliance.

Literature and gossip are closely related. People who are curious and imaginative long to know 'what it's like for other people.' This longing can be satisfied in its basest, most banal form through gossip, just as it can attain a more refined and complex gratification in art. Both gossip and literature, each in its own way, are capable of offering a partial antidote to fanaticism, because they both relish the fascinating differences between people.

Never judge someone's character based on the words of another. Instead, study the motives behind the words of the person casting the bad judgment.

God wants us to humbly and sincerely ask him things. How often do you enjoy people talking about you without taking the time to get to know you?

You will never know the moon or stars, unless you breathe in their solar system and inspect it from many diverse vantage points as possible.