Appetite Quote by Pico Iyer

What is the meaning of 'gossip?' Doesn't it originate with sympathy, an interest in one's neighbor, degenerating into idle curiosity and love of tattling?…

— Lucy Larcom

When our life ceases to be inward and private, conversation degenerates into mere gossip.

— Henry David Thoreau

Malicious gossip takes the place of creation in non-creative lives.

— Nancy Hale

The gossip is like chocolate - a small indulgence in an otherwise serious diet.

— Roxanne Roberts

“No one is any longer carried away by the desire for the good to perform great things, no one is precipitated by evil into…

— Søren Kierkegaard

These are the evils which result from gossiping habits.

— Ovid

When gossip grows old it becomes myth.

— Anonymous

Gossip ends at a wise person ears.

— JOHN REYES

Gossip is vice enjoyed vicariously - the sweet, subtle satisfaction without the risk.

— Kin Hubbard

Gossip is just a tool to distract people who have nothing better to do from feeling jealous of those few of us still remaining…

— Anna Godbersen

Gossip ends at a wise person's ears.

— Anonymous

no one ever gossips about the virtues of others

— Bertrand Russell