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“Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt
― Eleanor Roosevelt
“If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody come sit next to me.”
― Alice Roosevelt Longworth
― Alice Roosevelt Longworth
“Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.”
― Paulo Coelho
― Paulo Coelho
“How would your life be different if…You walked away from gossip and verbal defamation? Let today be the day…You speak only the good you know of other people and encourage others to do the same.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Isn't it kind of silly to think that tearing someone else down builds you up?”
― Sean Covey, The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens
― Sean Covey, The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens
“Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.”
― Socrates
― Socrates
“Just because something isn't a lie does not mean that it isn't deceptive. A liar knows that he is a liar, but one who speaks mere portions of truth in order to deceive is a craftsman of destruction.”
― Criss Jami
― Criss Jami
“Gossip is just a tool to distract people who have nothing better to do from feeling jealous of those few of us still remaining with noble hearts.”
― Anna Godbersen, Splendor
― Anna Godbersen, Splendor
“Never speak disrespectfully of Society, Algernon. Only people who can’t get into it do that.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
“I never gossip. I observe. And then relay my observations to practically everyone.”
― Gail Carriger, Timeless
― Gail Carriger, Timeless
“It is always assumed by the empty-headed, who chatter about themselves for want of something better, that people who do not discuss their affairs openly must have something to hide.”
― Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
― Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
“There's a kind of radar that you get, after years of being talked about and made fun of by other people. You can almost smell it when it's about to happen, can recognize instantly the sound of a hushed voice, lowered just enough to make whatever is said okay. I had only been in Colby for a few weeks. But I had not forgotten.”
― Sarah Dessen, Keeping the Moon
― Sarah Dessen, Keeping the Moon
“I have Social Disease. I have to go out every night. If I stay home one night I start spreading rumours to my dogs.”
― Andy Warhol
― Andy Warhol
“How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbour says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
“Gossip, as usual, was one-third right and two-thirds wrong.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Chronicles of Avonlea
― L.M. Montgomery, Chronicles of Avonlea
“If there is anything more annoying in the world than having people talk about you, it is certainly having no one talk about you.”
― Oscar Wilde
― Oscar Wilde
“People always did like to talk, didn't they? That's why I call myself a witch now: the Wicked Witch of the West, if you want the full glory of it. As long as people are going to call you a lunatic anyway, why not get the benefit of it? It liberates you from convention.”
― Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
― Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
“Some people say—not to my face, mind you—that I’m a cowardly son of a bitch. And that is simply not true. My mom is not a bitch.
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― Jarod Kintz, At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.
― Jarod Kintz, At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.
“Doesn't matter what you do, or how you do it, your neighbors are gonna talk about you ANYWAY.”
― Felder Rushing
― Felder Rushing
“It’s not technically gossip if you start your sentence with “I’m really concerned about __________________ ,” (fill in the name of the person you’re not gossiping about).”
― Brian P. Cleary, You Oughta Know By Now
― Brian P. Cleary, You Oughta Know By Now
“Prince or commoner, tenor or bass,
Painter or plumber or never-do-well,
Do me a favor and shut your face -
Poets alone should kiss and tell.”
― Dorothy Parker, The Collected Dorothy Parker
Painter or plumber or never-do-well,
Do me a favor and shut your face -
Poets alone should kiss and tell.”
― Dorothy Parker, The Collected Dorothy Parker
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