Keyword: Gossip

Gossip: Hearing something you like about someone you don’t.

(1907 – 1987) journalist & columnist

In Hollywood now when people die they don’t say, “did he leave a will?” but “did he leave a diary.”

(1946 – ) American actress & singer

Getting talked about is one of the penalties for being pretty, while being above suspicion is about the only compensation for being homely.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

Gossip: Something negative that is developed and then enlarged.

Don't talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

A gossip columnist is someone who uses dirt to make a mountain out of a molehill.

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

I usually get my stuff from people who promised somebody else that they would keep it a secret.

(1897 – 1972) broadcast journalist & gossip columnist

It isn't what they say about you, it's what they whisper.

(1909 – 1959) Australian-born American actor

Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid.

(1897 – 1972) broadcast journalist & gossip columnist

She’s got tongue enough for 10 rows of teeth.

Gossip: Anything that goes in one ear and over the back fence.

No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.

(1872 – 1970) British philosopher, mathematician, historian & social critic

A gossip is someone who talks to you about others, a bore is someone who talks to you about himself, and a brilliant conversationalist is one who talks to you about yourself.

(1925 – 1990) American actor

Gossip is nature’s telephone.

(Sholem Naumovich Rabinovich) (1859 – 1916) Jewish author & humorist

The most powerful force in the universe is gossip.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

Some say our national pastime is baseball. Not me… it's gossip.

(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist

Gossip: One with a keen sense of rumor.

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

(1923 – ) American journalist & gossip columnist

I believe in talking behind peoples’ backs; that way, they hear it more than once.

(1950 – ) writer & humorist

If you can't say anything good about someone, sit right here by me.

(1884 – 1980) author & wit

Names were not so much dropped as thrown in a perpetual game of catch.

(1908 – 1992) English actor