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Never believe a rumour until you hear it officially denied. — John Mortimer

probably (as the rumour had spread through the town, reaching her ears) one of the poor maddened turn-outs, — Elizabeth Gaskell

History is the distillation of rumour. — Thomas Carlyle

A rumour is like a prostitute;
it will go with whoever embraces it. — Matshona Dhliwayo

At any rate it seems unlikely that there is any truth in the rumour as I have just this moment invented it. — Auberon Waugh

Nigeria [in 1990] was all rumour, an unbelievable amount of rumour - largely about crime and almost mythical manifestations of evil. — Rem Koolhaas

Rumour has it you've turned castration into an occupation."
"You go cutting one guy's cock off and you never hear the end of it," Nyx said. — Kameron Hurley

We've had a day of great drama and of humour too. The rumour mill is now taking over — Andy Burnham

But then again, impossible never became rumour, did it? — Todd Strasser

RUMOUR:
Upon my tongues continual slanders ride,
The which in every language I pronounce,
Stuffing the ears of men with false reports. — William Shakespeare

My voice is like a rumour. I'm not sure if it came out or not, or if it is true. — Markus Zusak

Words are water in this city. One drop of rumour could drown us. — Jessie Burton

Wild rumours abound, wherever there is any adequate reality for them to cling to. — Herman Melville

History, a distillation of rumour. — Thomas Carlyle

Anti-Semitism is the rumour about the Jews. — Theodor Adorno

There's always a bit of truth in each rumour, the trouble is finding out which bit.
- Tayend — Trudi Canavan

The right rumour in the right ears can kill the emperor, as they say. — Trudi Canavan

Rumour,Light,Air — Anthony Doerr

You can fight a rumour only with an even wilder rumour. — Werner Herzog

The wildest imaginings that dark rumour had ever suggested to the hobbits fell altogether short of the actual dread and wonder of Moria. — J.R.R. Tolkien

People are telling me I might be going back to MotoGP, but a rumour is a rumour. — Casey Stoner

Her clear conscience mocked rumour's mendacity, But we are a mob prone to credit sin. — Ovid

Far below there was a rumour and a trouble as of great engines throbbing and labouring. — J.R.R. Tolkien

Rumour doth double, like the voice and echo, The numbers of the fear'd. — William Shakespeare

For your popular rumour, unlike the rolling stone of the proverb, is one which gathers a deal of moss in its wanderings up and down. — Charles Dickens

A rumor is usually a lie that the media can legally profit from. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

My business affairs are entirely proper, and no amount of smear, rumour or innuendo will alter that fact. — Michael Ashcroft

Enter RUMOUR, painted full of tongues.
[Stage direction, Henry IV, Part 2, Induction] — William Shakespeare

Rumour was the messenger
Of defamation, and so swift, that none
Could be the first to tell an evil tale. — Robert Pollok

Nothing beats effective communication because it clears all doubts, misunderstandings, accusations, rumour, insecurities, gossip, hearsay, etc. — Uzoma Nnadi

Sometimes the rumour of an army is just as effective as the army itself. — Patrick Ness

The desert, where there is the communal book of moonlight. We were among the rumour of wells. In the palace of winds. — Michael Ondaatje

Rumours are like sexually transmitted diseases, both are spread by whores. — Habeeb Akande

A mind conscious of right laughs at the falsehoods of rumour.
[Lat., Conscia mens recti famae mendacia risit.] — Ovid

There's a rumour going around that states cannot go bankrupt. This rumour is not true. — Angela Merkel

The CorpSeCorps always substituted rumour for action, if action would cost them anything. They believed in the bottom line. — Margaret Atwood

If you haven't heard a good rumour by 11:00am, start one. — Billy Connolly

Rumour is the vehicle truth rides on. — Anonymous