“Rumors are spread by jealous people”

“Rumors spread fast, and they grow. I know. You want to either deny them, or disarm them”

L.J. Smith (1965) American author

“On rumors: I've heard some pretty bad rumors…that I'm gay. If I want to go to a party with a few male friends, it doesn't mean that I'm gay. I don't see why I can't have friends of both sexes without rumors being spread about me. It's crazy.”

Leonardo DiCaprio (1974) American actor and film producer

“We commute through computers.
Spirits stay mute while our ego spread rumors.
We're survivalists turned to consumers”

Talib Kweli (1975) American rapper

“Frank Sinatra is the first punk… punk comes out of nowhere… punk is… a rumor that spreads… that guts and perseverence mean more than anything else…”

Sarah Vowell book Take the Cannoli

“I had rather take my chance that some traitors will escape detection than spread abroad a spirit of general suspicion and distrust, which accepts rumor and gossip in place of undismayed and unintimidated inquiry.”

Learned Hand (1872–1961) American legal scholar, Court of Appeals judge

“It is not facts, but rumors that cause emotions among the people. What is believed creates everything.”

Joseph Joubert (1754–1824) French moralist and essayist

“You will always fine jealous people. They're the ones promoting you.”

Tyler Perry (1966) American actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, producer, author, and songwriter

“A moment later Jonathan’s body wavered in the air, shimmering, and began to go transparent. “Don’t let them spread silly rumors about me, or make me a god. O. K., Fletch? I’m a seagull. I like to fly, maybe…”

Richard Bach book Jonathan Livingston Seagull

“Don't forget this, too: Rumors aren't interested in the unsensational story; rumors don't care what's true.”

John Irving In One Person