Chatter Quote by Phyllis McGinley

Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by lovers of the same.

— Phyllis McGinley

Gossip is the tool of the poet, the shoptalk of the scientist and the consolation of the housewife, wit, tycoon and intellectual. It begins…

— Phyllis McGinley

I think gossip and scandal is something from Western culture that has pervaded the rest of the world.

— Jimmy Lai

Gossip is when you have a malice of intent or mindless, third-party conversation to someone about someone, something you haven't said to that someone.

— Iyanla Vanzant

Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who diffuse it: it proves nothing but the bad taste…

— George Eliot

Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.

— Oscar Wilde

Scandal is great entertainment because it allows people to feel contempt, a moral emotion that gives feelings of moral superiority while asking nothing in…

— Jonathan Haidt

My dear Arthur, I never talk scandal. I only talk gossip. What is the difference between scandal and gossip? Oh! Gossip is charming! History…

— Oscar Wilde

Gossip is conversation about people.

— Gore Vidal

Good gossip is just what's going on. Bad gossip is stuff that is salacious, mean, and bitchy; the kind most people really enjoy.

— Liz Smith

Another good thing about gossip is that it is within everybody's reach, And it is much more interesting than any other form of speech.

— Ogden Nash

Gossip is essentially storytelling: storytelling about people whom we know.

— Mona Simpson