The Spread of Falsehood: Quotes on Rumors and Their Effects

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Fake Rumors Quotes

In Hollywood, people get reputations, just rumors that are passed down. – Jason Statham

I’ve never been a big fan of gossip. Being a victim of it, I knew how much it hurt. – Blake Lively

Idle chatter feeds busy rumors. – Ted Sanders

You can hear rumors. But you can’t know them. – Jay Asher

I love rumors. It gives me something to think about and enjoy. – Leonard Lauder

I find very often people like to confront rumors. It depends on how much they trust you. And you have to have a line between what is tasteful and what isn’t. – Barbara Walters

I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them. – Adlai E. Stevenson II

If you have any kind of sex appeal, people are quick to accuse, abuse, lie, assume, and make up rumors. And that’s not just in entertainment – that’s in life. Period. – Mya

Never judge someone’s character based on the words of another. Instead, study the motives behind the words of the person casting the bad judgment. An honest woman can sell tangerines all day and remain a good person until she dies, but there will always be naysayers who will try to convince you otherwise. Perhaps this woman did not give them something for free, or at a discount. Perhaps too, that she refused to stand with them when they were wrong – or just stood up for something she felt was right. And also, it could be that some bitter women are envious of her, or that she rejected the advances of some very proud men. Always trust your heart. – Suzy Kassem

News told, rumors heard, truth implied, facts buried. – Toba Beta

Be warned: A person content to sit with you and criticize others will speak critically of you out of earshot. – Richelle E. Goodrich

I think the hardest part about being a teenager is dealing with other teenagers – the criticism and the ridicule, the gossip and rumors. – Beverley Mitchell

I try to put out fires when bizarre rumors get started. – Chris Weitz

Please ignore rumors! I’ve had them for years and you have to just let them go over your head. Don’t take them personally. – Emma Bunton

Where don’t they come from? I suppose the majority of rumors are a combination of leaked information and the astounding imaginations of numerous storytellers. And, of course, the hope that things aren’t really as boring as they seem on the surface. – Max Frei

Gossip is what you say about the objects of flattery when they aren’t present. – P. J. O’Rourke

None of it was true but rumors are like germs. They spread and multiply almost in a breath and before you know it, everyone is contaminated. – C.J. Tudor

Don’t forget this, too: Rumors aren’t interested in the unsensational story; rumors don’t care what’s true. – John Irving

I guess rumors are more exciting than the truth. – Venus Williams

The trouble with rumors was that they had the tendency to stick. To coat over your logic like tea stains on teeth. What was even more troublesome was that there had been times in the past when they turned out to be accurate. – Tanaz Bhathena

Little effort is needed to create a rumor, but a much greater effort must be made to deny it. – Eraldo Banovac

When you gossip, it’s self-hexing. Because when you do it, it comes back to you. Everything starts with the word. The word is demonstrating a condition of the mind. If it’s in your mind and comes out of your mouth, it will be created. – Iyanla Vanzant

Rumors are like parasites: they feed off of others and leave nothing but damage behind.

I don’t repeat gossip, so listen carefully.

Gossip: Because what you don’t know won’t hurt you as much as what you do know.

A rumor without a leg to stand on will get around some other way.

If you can’t be positive, at least be quiet.

Rumor travels faster, but it doesn’t stay put as long as truth.

Gossip dies when it hits a wise person’s ears.

Rumors are just that: rumors.

If people are talking about you behind your back, just fart.

Don’t waste time on what people say. Focus on what they do.

Gossip is the devil’s radio.

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

Never make negative comments or spread rumors about anyone. It depreciates your reputation.

Rumors are like fires; no one admits starting them.

A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.

Believe half of what you see and nothing of what you hear.

Rumor grows as it goes.

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

Rumors are like mushrooms; they spread quickly and grow in dark places.

It’s amazing how fast rumors can spread, especially when they’re about you.

Don’t believe everything you hear – even a duck has to be in water to quack.

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

The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them. – Will Rogers

Rumors are always out there. – Kevin Jonas

A lie can run round the world before the truth has got its boots on. – Terry Pratchett

Oftentimes, rumors burn white hot only to fizzle as fast as they ignited. – Judy Smith

When an athlete has relegated the persistent rumors of cheating to the back room of the mind, he hasn’t really forgotten them. And when he glances back to where rumors hunker in the darkness, he hopes with a savage heart that somehow, some day, those cheaters will be brought to justice. – Don Kardong

Dear Internet: You are very good at spreading rumors. Truth is more valuable and much harder to come by. – Mark Frost

Never make negative comments or spread rumors about anyone. It depreciates their reputation and yours. – Brian Koslow

There will always be someone willing to hurt you, put you down, gossip about you, belittle your accomplishments and judge your soul. It is a fact that we all must face. However, if you realize that God is a best friend that stands beside you when others cast stones you will never be afraid, never feel worthless and never feel alone. – Shannon Alder

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

I have Social Disease. I have to go out every night. If I stay home one night I start spreading rumors to my dogs. – Andy Warhol

There were a lot of rumors spread about me. Of course, I didn’t show up to defend myself, so my absence helped create even more. – Sean Young

I’ve heard rumors about myself that are true – and nobody likes that. But there’s actually something very liberating when you hear a false rumor because you realize there’s nothing you can do. People are going to say whatever they want – especially on chat boards. – Christian Borle

Watch out for the joy-stealers: gossip, criticism, complaining, faultfinding, and a negative, judgmental attitude. – Joyce Meyer

I like Rumors Quotes

Hearsay, even from the people I love, doesn’t equate to gospel truth. – Katie McGarry

The kids threw the rumors out like lit matches, to see what would catch. I stayed silent, listening to the fizz and spark of their words, pretending I was water, putting them out. – Erica Bauermeister

The media tends to report rumors, speculations, and projections as facts… How does the media do this? By quoting some ‘expert’… you can always find some expert who will say something hopelessly hopeless about anything. – Peter McWilliams

There are people who take rumors and embellish them in a way that can be devastating. And this pollution has to be eradicated by people in our business as best we can. – Bob Woodward

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

And though there’s a grain of truth in every rumor, I’ve found that the worst gossip usually starts with something harmless. – Kathleen O’Dell

It’s not mere extremism that makes folks at the fringes so troubling; it’s extremism wedded to false beliefs. Humans have long been dupes, easily gulled by rumors and flat-out lies. – Jeffrey Kluger

Stay away from people who gossip and spread rumors. They are choosing the path of emotional bullying and negativity. – Steve Maraboli

Rumors travel faster then the speed of light. – Sukant Ratnakar

They made burning statements with questions and killing tools out of laughs. It was mass cruelty. A mood comes alive. Words walking without a master. – Zora Neale Hurston

Anytime you speak to anybody, remember somebody. – Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Rumors spread faster than news and news spreads faster than the happenings. – Amit Abraham

Worse than talking with a mouthful, is gossiping with a mouthful! – Anthony Liccione

The thing about rumors is that everyone believes something about them, even if they are completely unfounded. – Carole Radziwill

People just love rumors. They’re always saying things that aren’t true. – Anuel AA

I hope people stop judging others by blindly following rumors. – Sara Khan

I despise people who go to the gutter on either the right or the left and hurl rocks at those in the center. – Dwight Eisenhower

Rumors are usually nothing more than what jealous people wished were true of you. – Unknown

Gossip is always a personal confession either of malice or imbecility. – Josiah Gilbert Holland

Denying rumors gave them more power. – Unknown

Gossip needs no carriage. – Russian Proverb

Rumor is rarely more interesting than fact, but it is always more readily available. – Unknown

Rumors are the wildlife of the human conversation.

Rumors are like soap bubbles; they pop easily and are soon forgotten.

A rumor is a social cancer: it is difficult to contain and it rots the brains of the masses.

Gossip: The art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid.

Rumors are like pigeons: they fly everywhere and poop on everything.

A rumor is like a snowball – it starts small but can get bigger and bigger.

Rumors are the trademarks of little minds.

Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.

A rumor can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes.

Rumors are like wildfire; they spread quickly and can cause a lot of damage.

Believe nothing of what you hear and only half of what you see.

Rumors are like flies: they’re small, annoying, and hard to get rid of.

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

Rumors are like chocolate – they can be sweet, but too much can make you sick.

Rumors are the oldest form of mass media.

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.

Rumors are like a dent from a sledgehammer – you can repair it, but it will never be as it was before. – Emma Chase

There’s nothing more poisonous to a community than rumors and gossips. They taint the good character of those who effortlessly stand out. They provide mediocre individuals with a means to become relevant. They set in like gangrene and eat away at the sense of decency that differentiates humans from animals. – Wiss Auguste

One who gossips usually carries boredom in one hand and bitterness in the other. – Suzy Kassem

There are rumors, rumors, rumors. I’m always the last one to know about these things, literally. – Shawn Ashmore

I haven’t read anything but regurgitated rumors. Nothing new, and nothing true. – Layne Staley

I think that people who make judgements about other people they don’t even know are shallow, and people who start rumors are shallow, and I really don’t care what shallow people say about me. – Nina LaCour

Fake friends believe in rumors. Real friends believe in you. – Yolanda Hadid

Rumors spread on nights like this, under the cold darkness. – Moïra Fowley-Doyle

Rumor dies when it hits the hardest soul. – Unknown

Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. – Spanish Proverb

The rumors are lies. There were a lot of people said we’re not going to play that we don’t have a contract. … We got it worked out got it hammered out. – Ron Hargrave

Always remember… Rumors are carried by haters, spread by fools, and accepted by idiots. – Ziad K. Abdelnour

Rumours Are Spread By Fools Quotes

But it feels good to love a thing and not expect anything back. It feels good to not get an argument or any pushiness or any rumors or any bullshit. It’s love without strings. It’s ideal. – A.S. King

Rumors of coal’s demise may have been greatly exaggerated. – Alan Johnson

Appreciate the power of rumor, often malicious, no matter how preposterous, within the local populations you are seeking to help. – Alvin Adams

Rumor … often is fathered and mothered by false reports. – Andre Norton

Death is a distant rumor to the young. – Andy Rooney

The ball of rumor and criticism, once it starts rolling, is difficult to stop. – Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Rumor, once started, rushes on like a river, until it mingles with, and is lost in the sea. – Antoine Rivarol

Money talks. It starts rumors about careers and complicity and speaks of the tragedies and triumphs of our social lives. – Barbara Kruger

Rumors about me? Calista Flockhart, Pam Anderson, and Matt Damon. That’s who I’m dating. – Ben Affleck

People rely on Wikipedia, and a lot of it is wrong. But because there it is on the Internet, they assume it’s right. Rumor gets printed as fact. We may have lost our critical facility as a nation. – Ben Mezrich

If your foot slips, you may recover your balance, but if your tongue slips, you cannot recall your words. – Martin Vanbee

Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people. – Henry Thomas Buckle

Don’t waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear. – Paulo Coelho

A coward talks to everyone but YOU. – Shannon L. Alder

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas. – Marie Curie

Let today be the day you speak only the good you know of other people and encourage – others to do the same. – Steve Maraboli

Often those that criticize others reveal what he himself lacks. – Shannon L. Alder

Most gossip is envy in disguise. – Matt Haig

No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues. – Bertrand Russell

Insecure people only eclipse your sun because they’re jealous of your daylight and tired of their dark, starless nights. – Shannon L. Alder

We must set up a strong present tense against all rumors of wrath, past and to come. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

The vacuum created by a failure to communicate will quickly be filled with rumor, misrepresentations, drivel, and poison. – C. Northcote Parkinson

Every rumor is believed against the unfortunate. – Publilius Syrus

A rumor is one thing that gets thicker instead of thinner as it is spread. – Richard Armour

[Rumors are a] vehicle for anxieties and aspirations that may not be openly expressed. – James Scott

I’ve discovered that the less I say, the more rumors I start. – Bobby Clarke

My position attracts a fair amount of rumors and gossip and misperceptions, but I’d rather not focus on that. – Queen Rania of Jordan

Those who feed on rumors are small, suspicious souls. – Charles R. Swindoll

Rumor travels faster, but it don’t stay put as long as truth. – Will Rogers

Rumor is a pipe Blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures. – William Shakespeare

You try and live your life as normally as possible and if someone invents a rumor that I have two vaginas, so be it. There’s nothing I can do about it. – Michael Vartan

Foolishly play with the fires of rumor, only to risk being burned by its treacherous flames. – Joshua Homme

It ain’t that I’m too big to listen to the rumors, It’s just that I’m too damn big to pay attention to ’em. – Dr. Dre

Let me dispel a few rumors so they don’t fester into facts. – Tom Schulman

Before I was even in high school, I had dark circles under my eyes. Rumor was that I was a junkie. I have dark circles under my eyes, deal with it. – Benicio Del Toro

I haven’t really addressed those rumors because why defend yourself against something that isn’t offensive? – Johnny Galecki

Never pay attention to the rumors and what they assume. – Drake

Facts can be so misleading, where rumors, true or false, are often revealing. – Christoph Waltz

I don’t like to live in fear about things like rumors and backlash to begin with – that’s the way I was raised – but I just can’t see what’s so wrong about being gay. – Zac Efron

If a rumor comes out that I’m gay, I could care less. There are so many worse things that they could be saying. – James Van Der Beek

Rumors are like wildfire; you are burned up before you know it. – Kenneth D. Mcllroy

Rumors are like a flame blown by the wind. – Nellie Nae Batson

You know what rumors are like like a jar full of moths. Once they escape, they’re all over the place. – Rhys Bowen

Old rumors never die; nor do they fade away. They simply lay dormant for a while until the next appropriate time appears. – Terry Ann Knopf

Rumors, at times, can be more severe than the truth. – Fuwa Aika

Rumors generally grow deformed as they travel. – Edward Counsel

Rumors and lies about a person can be fabricated by anyone. But what matters is the truth between you and God. – Kailin Gow

Be discerning with rumors on leaders, for most are birthed by the envy of the idle or the desperation of the defeated. – Orrin Woodward

Expectations are the rumors we spread inside us. – Himanshu Chhabra

Rumors are like bees; once they get going, it’s hard to stop them.

Gossip is just a tool to distract people who have nothing better to do from feeling envious.

Rumors are the gossip of fools.

A rumor is a half-truth wrapped in a whole lie.

Rumors are the breadcrumbs of the truth.

Gossip is the tattletale of the insecure.

Rumors are the mosquitoes of conversation; they annoy and spread disease.

A rumor is the swiftest bird in the air.

Rumors are like ripples in a pond – they spread out far and wide, often distorting the truth along the way.

Gossip is the shadow of the truth.

Rumors are the whispers of the unimportant.

Gossip is the devourer of decency.

Savage Rumors Quotes

Simple-minded people do things like gossip, lie, spread rumors, and cause troubles. But, I know you’re more intelligent. – Amaka Imani Nkosazana

Never repeat a rumor before you have verified it. And if it is true, hold your tongue all the more. – Selma Lagerlöf

Rumor is like bees; the more you fight them the more you don’t get rid of them. – Josh Billings

A rumor is like a check-never endorse it till you’re sure it’s genuine. – Grenville Kleiser

People make up rumors and put them on the Internet. – Shiloh Fernandez

Most women indulge in idle gossip, which is the henchman of rumor and scandal. – Octave Feuillet

I should never go with rumors because they’re often not correct. – Jason Statham

Aren’t rumors great. Anyone can start them. They’re a wonderful way to put out feelers. It’s like getting the benefits of a publicist without paying one. – Michelle Beadle

I was a big rugby player and into my motocross, so I lost loads of weight and a rumor went around the town that I had picked up a drug addiction! – John Newman

Rumor is a vagrant without a home, and lives upon what it can pick up. – Josh Billings

Rumors are not news; but they sometimes foreshadow news. – Ernest Hamlin Abbott

The dirt of gossip blows into my face and the dust rumors cover me. But if the arrow is straight and the point is slick, it can pierce through dust no matter how thick. – Bob Dylan

Rumors chase the dead like flies, and we follow them with our prim noses. None of us are gossips, but we love listening to those who are. – Stephen L. Carter

When a rumor doesn’t go away it’s not a rumor. – Elton John

There were all these rumors about me… so I went indoors. No one saw me for years. And since I wasnt around, people believed what they wanted. – Karen Black

Overly persuasive a woman’s ordinance spreads far, traveling fast; but fast dying a rumor voiced by a woman perishes. – Aeschylus

I don’t see the country audience looking forward to an out male singer. There are rumors about people but no one ever confirms because there is a tremendous amount of money at stake. – Callie Khouri

Rumor and gossip, like sound itself, appear to travel by wave-effect, sheer preposterosity being no barrier. – Shana Alexander

Rumor is untraceable, incalculable, and infectious. – Margot Asquith

I began hearing rumors of apossible recording session with Neil Young. I was a huge fan of Neil’s. – Jack Irons

A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. – Mark Twain

Rumors are like wildfire; they spread quickly and can cause a lot of damage.

If you can’t say something nice, say it in a rumor. – Lois Wyse

Rumors are just a weapon of the weak.

Rumors are like annoying flies, both can be swatted away.

Rumors: Creating drama from the little things since forever.

Rumors are as dumb as the people who started them.

Rumors are like mushrooms; they grow in the dark and spread rapidly.

If you don’t want people talking about you, then stop being so interesting.

Rumors are like a bad rash. They spread quickly and are impossible to ignore.

A rumor is like a bee; it can sting you, but it doesn’t have to.

Rumors are the devil’s radio. – George Harrison

Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. – Steve Jobs

People will question all the good things they hear about you but believe all the bad without a second thought.

Rumors are carried by haters, spread by fools, and believed by idiots. – Ziad K. Abdelnour

Rumors are like clouds: they may cover the sun, but they can’t stop its shining.

A rumor without a leg to stand on will get around some other way. – John Tudor

Rumors are like wildfires. It’s better to be prepared and extinguish them before they spread.

Rumors are just a way for jealous people to feel better about themselves.

A rumor is like a check: never endorse it until you are sure it is genuine. – George Bernard Shaw

If rumors were like leaves, our forests would be infinite.

Rumors are like waves; they can lift you up or knock you down.

The worst thing about a rumor is that it can stick to you like gum on a shoe.

Rumors are like grapes; they grow in bunches.

Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see. – Benjamin Franklin

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

Rumors are like pennies: two-faced and worthless.

Rumors are like credit cards: fun to spread but painful when the bill comes.

Rumors are like confetti: once they are out there, it’s impossible to gather them all back up.

Rumors are the currency of small minds.

Don’t spread rumors, unless you’re ready for the boomerang.

Rumors are like boomerangs: they always come back to you.

Rumors are like cheap perfume: it doesn’t last long, and it’s usually not worth it.

Rumors are like shadow puppets: only fools believe they are real.

Gossiping and lying go hand in hand. – Proverb

Rumors are like chocolate bars; you know they’re bad for you, but they taste so good.

Rumors are like bugs: small, annoying, and everywhere.

Rumors are like balloons: it takes one prick to burst them.

A rumor is just a way for people to feel important without actually doing anything.

Rumors are like radio signals; sometimes you just need to change the channel.

Rumors are like magnets; they attract attention and cling to you.

Rumors are the echo of our own insecurities.

Rumors are like rubber bands; the more you stretch them, the more they snap back.

Rumors are the shadows of truth.

Rumors are the tools of the jealous and the spiteful.

Rumors are like fast food; quick, easy, and often unhealthy.

Rumors are like fingerprints: everyone has their own version.

Rumors are the lies that cowards spread.