John Lydon Quotes

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.

If you discuss other people, words get twisted; things get turned around.

Well, my whole thing with gossip is I couldn't care less if it's true.

Don't speak evil of someone if you don't know for certain, and if you do know ask yourself, why am I telling it?

My dad always told me that the best way to get somebody to get at you is to talk bad about them to somebody else.

Gossip needn't be false to be evil - there's a lot of truth that shouldn't be passed around.

There are people who take rumors and embellish them in a way that can be devastating. And this pollution has to be eradicated by people in our business as best we can.

Nothing is so swift as calumny; nothing is more easily uttered; nothing more readily received; nothing more widely dispersed.

Do not repeat calumny, neither hear it. It is the way of expression of the hot-bellied Report a thing observed, not heard. If it is negligible, do not say anything

It's a complete lie, why do people buy these papers? It's not the truth I'm here to say. You know, don't judge a person, do not pass judgement, unless you have talked to them one on one. I don't care what the story is, do not judge them because it is a lie.

Someone's always saying something about me.

It's not ok to make up stories about someone's life and you haven't even spoken with them.

Malicious tongues spread their poison abroad and nothing here below is proof against them.

People make up things. If you ask the guys in this clubhouse I played with, I've never been a troublemaker. I don't know where that came from.

Gossip is what you say about the objects of flattery when they aren't present.

I don't like to be talked about, especially by somebody that doesn't know me.

Not to be negative, but I think the biggest lesson is don't trust anyone.

If you put negative things out about anyone every day, they're gonna start believing it, sorta like propaganda if you think about it.

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

Some people will always gossip.

I have learnt this over time, that Peter Jones, you've gotta watch him.

You work hard, you sacrifice for everything you do, and in one second, someone can tarnish your name - someone can bad-mouth you, and someone can say things. People let all of the good things gets washed away because someone spoke ill of them.

Any rumor you can think of, I've been a part of it.

You can't start anything and not trust nobody. You trust everybody until they do something wrong.

Donald Trump talks about everyone behind their backs.