Scandal begins where the police leave off.
—Karl Kraus, 1909Quotes
Everyone knows about everybody in Hollywood—who sleeps with whom, who doesn’t sleep, who does it standing on his head or in the dentist’s chair.
—Rock Hudson, 1982Journalists belong in the gutter, because that is where the ruling classes throw their guilty secrets.
—Gerald Priestland, 1988The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.
—Henry Fielding, 1730There is a demon who puts wings on certain tales and launches them like eagles out into space.
—Alexandre Dumas, 1846A false report rides post.
—English proverbShow me someone who never gossips, and I’ll show you someone who isn’t interested in people.
—Barbara Walters, 1975Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco pipes of those who diffuse it; it proves nothing but the bad taste of the smoker.
—George Eliot, 1876The more sifted, the finer the flour; the more often repeated, the rougher the gossip.
—Korean proverbShamelessness is the shame of being without shame.
—Mencius, c. 290 BCKeep no company with those whose position is high but whose morals are low.
—Ge Hong, c. 320It is one thing to slander, another to accuse.
—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 56 BCA private sin is not so prejudicial in this world as a public indecency.
—Miguel de Cervantes, 1615