Rumor – Quotes

[On Washington, D.C.:] There

[On Washington, D.C.:] There was no other city in the world where rumor fed upon itself so virulently. Whispers wiped out careers just as cholera destroyed its human victims. Evelyn Anthony

I don’t have family members calling me and saying, Is this rumor about you in the newspaper true?, because they know it’s all bullshit. I already have that support system, and it’s actually been really helpful. My parents have been in the entertainment business for so long that they really know what not to do. … Read more

Washington is the place

Washington is the place where nobody believes a rumor until it has been officially denied. Evan Esar

And yet because of

And yet because of my attempt at sincerity I have been condemned, hooted at, reviled; filthy rumors have been circulated about me, not about my characterizations but about me personally, my private self. Erich von Stroheim

Of course, there are

Of course, there are hurtful moments of the malice and rumors – the worst are not the ones that affect you, but ones that affect other family members. But you have to distance yourself from it, otherwise you would be unhappy. Emmanuel Macron

There is that doll

There is that doll dress-up quality of adorable teenage girl writer, and I never felt either as adorable as I was supposed to be, or as dark as the rumors, you know, She must have slept with the editor, and I was like, Oh my god, I’m still a virgin. It was very strange. Emma … Read more

Please ignore rumors! I’ve

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

When a rumor doesn\\’t

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

It’s unlikely to change

It’s unlikely to change – there’s nothing in King Salman’s past as governor of Riyadh for about forty years that suggests that he was particularly a reformer, not on the role of women, not on democratic development. There’s been a rumor in the last couple of days that he said to someone in an e-mail … Read more

the not-so-bookish librarian was

the not-so-bookish librarian was half angel, half she-devil, so sayeth the rumor mill. Ellen Hopkins