Dustin Lance Black Quotes

It's hard sometimes to not want to know what people are saying behind your back and to ignore certain things that are being written.

I'm frustrated by something, it's my fault for exposing myself to it in the first place. The rumor mill always seemed like a grass fire to me. Why walk out in the middle of the field, it's just going to flame out and go away just like everything else does?

As soon as you start listening to the gossip surrounding you, you just get dragged down by it.

Small pitchers have wyde eares.

The thing about rumors is that everyone believes something about them, even if they are completely unfounded.

I'm tired of the speculation about my personal life.

Oftentimes, rumors burn white hot only to fizzle as fast as they ignited.

In social settings, under the guise of joking, being collegial, flirting, or having a good time, I undoubtedly caused some women to question themselves, retreat, feel alone, and worry they can't be their authentic selves.

As with any moderately famous person, footballers are the source of much gossip. In fact, I'd go as far as to say they are targeted. The fun part as their partner is not knowing who, or what, to believe.

Speculation and rumor is nothing new in the industry.

I get embarrassed saying what I do. If you're chatting to a cabbie, and they don't know you're an actor, I cringe because it's always coupled with the inevitable, 'So, what have I seen you in?' And you're left reciting your CV.

There is an art to eavesdropping, but I think to some extent we are all guilty of picking up those little odds and ends that can be quite intriguing if you analyse them.

There's all sorts of rumors... there's so many variables there. And I've learned with AC/DC also not to believe the rumors, because even fans fake things.

You know the difference between news and gossip, don't you? News tells you what people did. Gossip tells you how much they enjoyed it.

Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.

Because the truth is that gossip is as good as gospel in this town. You can save face but you won't ever save your soul. And that's a fact.

The mind conscious of innocence despises false reports: but we are a set always ready to believe a scandal.

Nine-tenths of the world is entertained by scandalous rumors, which are never dissected until they are dead and, when pricked, collapse like an empty bladder.

On Rumor's tongue continual slanders ride.

Rumors chase the dead like flies, and we follow them with our prim noses. None of us are gossips, but we love listening to those who are.

The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.

One has to live in Washington to know what a city of rumors it is.

The world of rumors and gossip is a world of wish fulfillment. And one of the things that gives volume and amplitude to a rumor is that it satisfies people's dreams and expectations about the world...

To speak behind others' backs is the ventilator of the heart.

As you know, no one over thirty years of age is afraid of tittle-tattle. I myself find it much less difficult to strangle a man than to fear him.