“Gossip and slander are not victimless crimes. Words do not just dissipate into midair. . . . Words can injure and damage, maim and destroy - forcefully, painfully, lastingly. . . . Plans have been disrupted, deals have been lost, companies have fallen, because of idle gossip or malicious slander. Reputations have been sullied, careers have been ruined, lives have been devastated, because of cruel lies or vicious rumors. . . . Your words have such power to do good or evil that they must be chosen carefully, wisely, and well.” LifeWellsHas BeensLyingEvilLostDealsCompanyCareersPlansCrimeChosenReputationFallenDamageGossipIdleRuinedViciousRumorSlanderDevastatedMaliciousIdle GossipRuined Life Author:Wayne D. Dosick
“The media, itself an arm of mega-corporate power, feeds the fear industry, so that people are primed like pumps to support wars on rumor, innuendo, legends, and lies.” PeopleWarLyingSupportMediaArmsIndustryCorporateLegendsRumorPumpsInnuendoMega Author:Mumia Abu-Jamal
“I think something will soon have to be done to protect people from hacking and blogging and lying and spreading rumors and chasing you down the street. Lives are wrecked that way.” PeopleThinkingWayDoneLyingStreetsProtectChasingRumorBloggingHackingStreet LifeSpreading Rumors Author:Ali MacGraw
“The mind that's conscious of its rectitude, Laughs at the lies of rumor.” MindLyingLaughingIntegrityConsciousRumorRectitude Author:Ovid