Quotation Explorer - 'Gossip'

Conversation is an exercise of the mind; gossip is merely an exercise of the tongue.
Gossip is sometimes referred to as halitosis of the mind
Gossip needs no carriage. - Russian Proverb
Gossip is an idle talk that makes you look worse than the person you are talking about, and people tend to have more confidence in the person you talked about when they get tired of your gossip. Speak with love and kindness or don't speak at all. - Uzoma Nnadi
Lead your life so you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip. - Will Rogers
To live so that you would not be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip, is to have lived well
Free your life from the fangs of gossips by not associating yourself with them. Anyone who helps you to gossip about someone can also help someone to gossip about you. - Israelmore Ayivor
Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality. - Oscar Wilde
Gossip is when you hear something you like about someone you don't. - Earl Wilson
Once you have listened to the gossip for some time, you will soon feel as if you know everyone, even if you have never met them. - Monica Fairview
Gossip till the cows come home. - John le Carré
Nothing beats effective communication because it clears all doubts, misunderstandings, accusations, rumour, insecurities, gossip, hearsay, etc. - Uzoma Nnadi
Women divided by ego and united by gossip ,Men divided by women and united by beer - Yash Gupta
Richard Papen: As it happened, I knew Gartrell. He was a bad painter and a vicious gossip, with a vocabulary composed almost entirely of obscenities, gutteral verbs, and the world "postmodernist. - Donna Tartt
Gossip and reputation make sure that what comes around-a person who is cruel will find that the others are cruel hack to him, and a person who is kind will find others are kind in return. Gossip paired with reciprocity allow karma to work here on earth, not in the next life. - Jonathan Haidt
Don't be fooled...If they gossip to you, they'll gossip about you. - Steve Maraboli
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip. - Will Rogers
Every week I read about myself in a magazine, about something that I haven't done or some place that I've never been or don't even know. It's just gossip, rumors, egos, and politics. - Hilary Duff
Many species reciprocate, but only humans gossip, and much of what we gossip about is the vale of other people as partners for reciprocal relationships. - Jonathan Haidt
If you truly love film, I think the healthiest thing to do is not read books on the subject. I prefer the glossy film magazines with their big color photos and gossip columns, or the National Enquirer. Such vulgarity is healthy and safe. - Werner Herzog
History is gossip that's been legitimized, and that's really the case when you get into some of the Roman historians. Wow! They'd be right at home on reality tv. - Esther M. Friesner
What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil, envy is evil, hatred is evil, to cling to false doctrine is evil; all these things are evil. And what is the root of evil? Desire is the root of evil, illusion is the root of evil. - Gautama Buddha
Emotional states are fairly quick bursts of neuronal gossip. Traits, on the other hand, are more like the neuronal equivalent of committed relationships. - Yongey Mingyur
To be silent the whole day long, see no newspaper, hear no radio, listen to no gossip, be thoroughly and completely lazy, thoroughly and completely indifferent to the fate of the world is the finest medicine a man can give himself. - Henry Miller
Do not gossip about monks and speak ill of spiritual teachers - Radhe Maa
A wise man once found peace in the practice of saying nothing, leaving the gossiper with no other choice but to fabricate gossip about a wise man saying nothing - Herbert Maurice Brunner
HISTORIAN, n. A broad-gauge gossip. - Ambrose Bierce
Try to live your life so that you wouldn't be afraid to sell the family parrot to the town gossip. - Will Rogers
Gossip about a person and his shadow will appear. - Japanese Proverb
Don't be fooled... If they gossip to you, they'll gossip about you. - Steve Maraboli
Gossip is the sound of jealously. - Anton Rubaclini
A wise woman invests her time and doesn’t squander it in gossip, judgment or idleness. She knows every moment gone is one that she will not get back. - Toni Sorenson
Gossip is always a personal confession of malice or imbecility; it is a low, frivolous, and too often a dirty business. There are neighborhoods where it rages like a pest; churches are split in pieces by it, and neighbor made enemies for life. Let the young avoid or cure it while they may.
The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them. - Will Rogers
Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid. - Walter Winchell
The 6 greatest detriments to our health, happiness, and ultimate success: Regret, Worry, Guilt, Blame, Gossip, & ResentmentRemoving just one can change your life. - Charles F. Glassman
Be blind to people who mock at you,Be deaf to people who gossip behind you. - Luffina Lourduraj
The wise will hide your follies and help you learn, but the wicked ones will gossip about it with scoundrels. - Aniruddha Sastikar
You must however pay attention to the fact that we don’t only lose time to lateness. We also lose time to jokes, gossip, empty talks, sleep on duty, social media etc. - Sunday Adelaja
Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. - Spanish Proverb
When someone speaks against a person its gossip; until the person isn't heard it's still a hearsay. - Joey Lawsin
Where there's love, gossip won't strive or thrive. - Kemi Sogunle
Becareful about what you say , do not be happy when a gossip talks about someone to you..for he/she talks about you to others - delahosi
Gossip is only the lack of a worthy memory. - Elbert Hubbard
Who gossips to you will gossip about you.
I’ve never been bothered with my conduct. I’ve only been bothered by people that don’t get it correct when they gossip about me. - Shannon L. Alder
Small streams of hatred can quickly lead to unstoppable, horrific things, so [people] should stand up to any type of persecution or discrimination, whether bullying or malicious gossip. - Susan Pollack
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