#gossip

Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed. ↗

— Erica Jong

#opiate #oppressed

Men have always detested women's gossip because they suspect the truth: their measurements are being taken and compared. ↗

— Erica Jong

#because #being #compared #detested #gossip

Secrecy sets barriers between men, but at the same time offers the seductive temptation to break through the barriers by gossip or confession. ↗

— Georg Simmel

#between #break #confession #gossip #men

Gossip is just news running ahead of itself in a red satin dress. ↗

— Liz Smith

#dress #gossip #itself #just #news

Gossip is news running ahead of itself in a red satin dress. ↗

— Liz Smith

#dress #gossip #itself #news #red

Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip. ↗

— Richard Steele

#destruction #engines #fire #gossip #slow

The major gossip columnists were more concerned with protecting the industry than with gunning down sinners. ↗

— Gloria Swanson

#concerned #down #gossip #gunning #industry

no one ever gossips about the virtues of others ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#gossip

Lebedev: ...There'll be a scandal, the tongues of the whole district will buzz with gossip, but it's better to go through a scandal, isn't it, than to destroy yourself for your whole life. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

#scandal #life

You said she's a senior? Babe we're ALL crazy. ↗

— Cecily von Ziegesar

#crazy #funny #girl #gossip #love