#sip

My dear Arthur, I never talk scandal. I only talk gossip. What is the difference between scandal and gossip? Oh! Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#gossip

The key to good eavesdropping is not getting caught. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#gossip #gossip

When you are rich and powerful, no one will challenge you to your face or give you a chance to explain yourself. All the whispers are behind your back. You are left with no means of clearing your own name. And after a while you realize there is no point in even attempting to do so. No one wants the truth. All anyone wants is the chance to add more fuel to the fires of gossip. The whispers become so loud that sometimes you think you will drown in them. ↗

— Amanda Quick

#rumors #truth #gossip

If I maintain my silence about my secret it is my prisoner...if I let it slip from my tongue, I am ITS prisoner. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#gossip #secrets #gossip

She just got out of the hospital. Why don't you go gossip behind her back, like decent people? ↗

— Rachel Vincent

#gossip

It's only gossip if you repeat it. Until then, it's gathering information. ↗

— Mercedes Lackey

#gossip

I give boring people something to discuss over corn. ↗

— Aimee Bender

#sensationalism #gossip

In this world of gossip, a good listener is rarer than a great orator. ↗

— Christopher Pike

#gossip

There’s a fine line between gossip and history, when one is talking about kings. ↗

— Michelle Cooper

#royalty #gossip

It is presumptuous to draw conclusions about a person from what one has heard ↗

— Jude Morgan

#society #gossip