quotations about rumors
Trying to squash a rumor is like trying to unring a bell.
CROFT M. PENTZ
The Complete Book of Zingers
Rumors aren't always your best source of information.
MICHAEL PRESCOTT
In Dark Places
Some people and some groups are predisposed to accept certain rumors, because those rumors are compatible with their self-interest, or with what they think they know to be true.
CASS R. SUNSTEIN
On Rumors
He that easily believes rumors has the principle within him to augment rumors. It is strange to see the ravenous appetite with which some devourers of character and happiness fix upon the sides of the innocent and unfortunate.
JANE PORTER
attributed, Day's Collacon
Rumors are like the things that happen to us in sleep. It is almost impossible to think of them rationally; and almost impossible to think of anything else.
ANONYMOUS
Antioch Notes, 1938
Rumor travels faster, but it don't stay put as long as truth.
WILL ROGERS
The Illiterate Digest
Rumors are like being stabbed in the back. You're injured before you know what's happening. And while the knife might be pulled out later, it's going to leave a permanent scar.
JOE WHITE
The Gift of Self Esteem