quotations about rumors
Rumor is a certain kind of report widely spread, and untraceable to, unfixable on, any distinct author, originating in malignity, and constantly receiving accessions of strength from the credulity of the world of mankind.
QUINTILIAN
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attributed, Day's Collacon
[Rumor] has a hundred tongues, a hundred mouths, a voice of iron.
VIRGIL
Georgics
Rumors are hearsay; they are told, believed, and passed on not because of the weight of evidence but because of the expectations by tellers that they are true in the first place.
ERICH GOODE & NACHMAN BEN-YEHUDA
Moral Panics
Most rumors aren't true; but that's what makes them interesting.
JERRY DAMPIER
The Downfall and Rise of Steven Leroy Zienner
Rumors are nuisances, which it is wise not to molest, as they will die of their own stench.
CHATFIELD
attributed, Day's Collacon
You know what rumors are like--like a jar full of moths. Once they escape, they're all over the place.
RHYS BOWEN
Oh Danny Boy
Rumors are nearly as old as human history, but with the rise of the Internet, they have become ubiquitous. In fact we are now awash in them. False rumors are especially troublesome; they impose real damage on individuals and institutions, and they often resist correction. They can threaten careers, policies, public officials, and sometimes even democracy itself.
CASS R. SUNSTEIN
On Rumors
Trying to dispel a rumor is like trying to unspread butter.
LLOYD CARY
attributed, Quote Unquote
The subject of a rumor is always the last to hear it.
STEFAN ZWEIG
The Post Office Girl
False rumors are like mistresses: more exciting initially than wives, but more deadly.
GARY NORTH
The Sinai Strategy
When a man is in trouble, any rumor is sufficient to complete his ruin.
G. W. CLINTON
attributed, Day's Collacon
The flying rumours gather'd as they roll'd,
Scarce any tale was sooner heard than told;
And all who told it added something new,
And all who heard it made enlargements too.
ALEXANDER POPE
Temple of Fame
Rumors are like wind in the belly--all noise and no nourishment.
ANONYMOUS
The Canadian Historical Review, vol. 23
There's a rumor going 'round about you
I'd quite like to find out if it's true
I am free baby, tonight, are you?
There's a rumor going 'round
PEP & RASH
"Rumors"
News told, rumors heard, truth implied, facts buried.
TOBA BETA
My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut
Rumors are compelling to the extent that they circulate in ways that can position their hearers and tellers in new and unexpected relation to what lies beyond them. To hear or relate a rumor is to pass on the possibility of something having happened or yet to happen and thereby claim for oneself a place within the circuit on which rumor travels. And by staking for oneself a position from which to imagine the potential occurrence of events (that is, events as they could have been or might be), one begins to share in the circulation of potentiality itself.
VICENTE L. RAFAEL
White Love and Other Events in Filipino History
Where do rumors come from?... I suppose the majority of rumors are a combination of leaked information and the astounding imaginations of numerous storytellers. And, of course, the hope that things aren't really as boring as they seem on the surface.
MAX FREI
The Stranger
Rumors are like a big onion--when peeled, all layers, all tears, and nothing there.
RAYMOND LUCZAK
Whispers of a Savage Sort
The opinions of men depend very much on rumors; and they have a greater dread of an enemy who proclaims himself ready to begin the attack, than of one who merely professes his intention to defend himself against assaults, as they think that there will be then only an equality of danger.
THUCYDIDES
attributed, Day's Collacon
It is rather important to understand the technique of rumors. The wise man does not scoff at them, for while they are often absurd, they are rarely baseless.
CHRISTOPHER MORLEY
"As To Rumors", Mince Pie: Adventures on the Sunny Side of Grub Street