Rumour Quotes

39 Rumour quotes by 30 unique authors

Anti-Semitism is the rumour about the Jews. — Theodor Adorno
Memory itself is an internal rumour. — George Santayana
I pray you bear me henceforth from the noise and rumour of the field, where I may think the remnant of my thoughts in peace,… — William Shakespeare
You can fight a rumour only with an even wilder rumour. — Werner Herzog
Mother of three; divorcee; American. Twenty years experience as an actress in motion pictures. Mobile still and more affable than rumour would have it. Wants… — Bette Davis
Your mind now, moldering like wedding-cake, heavy with useless experience, rich with suspicion, rumour, fantasy, crumbling to pieces under the knife-edge of mere fact. In… — Adrienne Rich
Memory itself is an internal rumour; and when to this hearsay within the mind we add the falsified echoes that reach us from others, we… — George Santayana
In any fairly large and talkative community such as a university there is always the danger that those who think alike should gravitate together where… — C.S. Lewis
Rumour has it that the gardens of natural history museums are used for surreptitious burial of those intermediate forms between species which might disturb the… — David Lack
It has been suggested by some people in this country that I and my Government will be a 'soft touch' in the Community. In case… — Margaret Thatcher
Even the absurdest report may in nearly every instance be traced to an actual occurrence; and had there been no such actual occurrence, this preposterous… — Herbert Spencer
Rumour doth double, like the voice and echo, The numbers of the feared. — William Shakespeare
By the end of the 1980s, Seattle had taken on the dangerous lustre of a promised city. The rumour had gone out that if you… — Jonathan Raban
We are entering an era of heightened disaster, thanks to climate change. Being prepared for disaster will mean being prepared to sift truth from rumour,… — Rebecca Solnit
As a print journalist, if you hear a rumour you try to stand it up and if you can't, the story dies. With a blog… — Nick Denton
The public is so in awe of its own opinion that it never dares to form any, but catches up the first idle rumour, lest… — William Hazlitt
Never believe a rumour until you hear it officially denied. — John Mortimer
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 different… — Matthew Perry
Rumour is information distilled so finely that it can filter through anything. It does not need doors and windows -- sometimes it does not need… — Terry Pratchett
There is a rumour going around that I have found God. I think this is unlikely because I have enough difficulty finding my keys, and… — Terry Pratchett
At present we are on the outside of the world, the wrong side of the door. We discern the freshness and purity of morning, but… — C.S. Lewis
My voice is like a rumour. I'm not sure if it came out or not, or if it is true. — Markus Zusak
There's always a bit of truth in each rumour, the trouble is finding out which bit. - Tayend — Trudi Canavan
. . . the first spring in five free from the rumour of guns across the Channel, a spring anxious to make up for the… — Laurie R. King
In the dark that followed - Lucy said; "where I was born, the trees were always in the sun. And I left that place because… — Timothy Findley

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