The idea of strictly minding our own business is moldy rubbish. Who could be so selfish? – Myrtle Barker

Nothing travels faster than light, with the possible exception of bad news, which follows its own rules. – Douglas Adams

Gossip is the art of saying nothing in such a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid. – Walter Winchel

No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues. – Bertrand Arthur William Russell, On Education, 1926

Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world. – Publilius Syrus

Gossip is just news running ahead of itself in a red satin dress. – Liz Smith

It isn’t what they say about you, it’s what they whisper. – Errol Flynn

Trying to squash a rumor is like trying to unring a bell. – Shana Alexander

Do not repeat anything you will not sign your name to. – Author Unknown

Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed. – Erica Jong

Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip a quarrel dies down. – Bible

The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them. – William Penn

What you don’t see with your eyes, don’t witness with your mouth. – Jewish Proverb

If an American was condemned to confine his activity to his own affairs, he would be robbed of one half of his existence. – Alexis de Tocqueville, 1835

The biggest liar in the world is They Say. – Douglas Malloch

A gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who talks to you about himself; and a brilliant conversationalist is one who talks to you about yourself. – Lisa Kirk

When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars. – Edgar Watson Howe, Country Town Sayings, 1911

I don’t care what anybody says about me as long as it isn’t true. – Dorothy Parker

Nobody’s interested in sweetness and light. – Hedda Hopper

To a friend, who asked him how to find out a girl’s faults, he gave the sage advice to praise her to her girl friends. – Edwin Lillie Miller

There are persons who, when they cease to shock us, cease to interest us. – F.H. Bradley, Aphorisms

The best-loved man or maid in the town would perish with anguish could they hear all that their friends say in the course of a day. – John Hay

Gossip is sometimes referred to as halitosis of the mind. – Source Unknown

Even doubtful accusations leave a stain behind them. – Thomas Fuller

If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees. – Kahlil Gibran, Sand and Foam

Ah, well, the truth is always one thing, but in a way it’s the other thing, the gossip, that counts. It shows where people’s hearts lie. – Paul Scott

He’s gone, and who knows how may he report Thy words by adding fuel to the flame? – John Milton

A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run. – Ouida

There isn’t much to be seen in a little town, but what you hear makes up for it. – Kin Hubbard

Gossip needn’t be false to be evil – there’s a lot of truth that shouldn’t be passed around. – Frank A. Clark