There were rumours and counter­rumours. There were rumours…

A mind conscious of right laughs at the falsehoods of rumour. [Lat., Conscia mens recti famae mendacia risit.]

— Ovid

Rumour is a pipe Blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures And of so easy and so plain a stop That the blunt monster with uncounted…

— William Shakespeare

There's always a bit of truth in each rumour, the trouble is finding out which bit. - Tayend

— Trudi Canavan

Rumour doth double, like the voice and echo, The numbers of the feared.

— William Shakespeare

“You can do more with rumour than you can with fact”

— Jessie Burton

We've had a day of great drama and of humour too. The rumour mill is now taking over

— Andy Burnham

“Rumours are like sexually transmitted diseases, both are spread by whores.”

— Habeeb Akande

It has been suggested by some people in this country that I and my Government will be a 'soft touch' in the Community. In…

— Margaret Thatcher

Memory itself is an internal rumour.

— George Santayana

“Sometimes the rumour of an army is just as effective as the army itself.”

— Patrick Ness

“Rumour has a hundred mouths.”

— Paul Verlaine

“They won't live their lives... They see things they don't wanna see Yet they won't shut their eyes 'Coz they ain't willing to shut…

— Flonja Akshija

My voice is like a rumour. I'm not sure if it came out or not, or if it is true.

— Markus Zusak

I certainly like the rumour that I was the father of Elizabeth Hurley's baby. It made me think I could impregnate women in a…

— Matthew Perry

History is the distillation of rumour.

— Thomas Carlyle