quotations about rumors
When a rumor is revealed to be false, social media posts are usually not removed, no apologies are made, and if there was name-calling, the person's reputation remains tarnished.
PATRICIA GAY
"The Mill", Weston Forum, October 1, 2017
Rumors are a kind of exhalation or intellectual perfume thrown off by the news of the day. Some events are more aromatic than others; they can be detected by the trained pointer long before they happen. When things are going on that have a strong vibration--what foreign correspondents love to call a "repercussion"--they cause a good deal of mind-quaking. An event getting ready to happen is one of the most interesting things to watch. By a sort of mental radiation it fills men's minds with surmises and conjectures. Curiously enough, due perhaps to the innate perversity of man, most of the rumors suggest the exact opposite of what is going to happen.
CHRISTOPHER MORLEY
Mince Pie
Rumors are like a flame blown by the wind.
NELLIE MAE BATSON
Skeet Apples
Rumors are like abstract art or graffiti--they give you the mood of a place. They give you an emotional background.
JOHN STRALEY
The Curious Eat Themselves
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
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