Rumor Quotes

"Trying to squash a rumor is like trying to unring a bell."
-Shana Alexander

"Dad, I'm in some trouble. There's been an accident and you're going to hear all sorts of things about me from now on. Terrible things."
-Edward M. Kennedy

"There was a rumor of a terror alert that affected U.S. stocks and raised some concern in Brazilian markets as well."
-Flavio Datz

"Mainly, it was just a hype rumor."
-Lastings Milledge

"Some people have said there are gaping holes in the parking study. But we won't know until a consultant looks at it. Everyone I know here is against the project, but we don't want to make decisions based on rumor."
-Mary Deutsch

"We all thought it was a huge rumor."
-Anjali Sharma

"There's a rumor floating around that we're misleading the public."
-Barry Miller

"It's part and parcel our fault because we didn't get the information out well. The rumor mill took over."
-Jake Stowers

"We were excited when we were told and we hoped it wasn't another piece of the rumor mill. No one's been happy with the big cloud of doubt hanging over the resort and rumors flying around."
-Bob James

"It is something hanging over your head. You come every day with the rumor, and you don't know if you have a job or not."
-Ricky Short

"The market did react quite negatively to the dollar as this rumor triggered speculation this administration may be giving up its strong dollar policy."
-Paresh Upadhyaya

"I want to state for the record, unequivocally: Michael Jackson has not sold Neverland. He is not moving to Europe. That is a rumor."
-Raymone Bain

"The fourth quarter is likely to be filled with anxiety-provoking rumor and speculation - not fun for investors. Moreover, we do think that many investors may feel that they have heard too many excuses about execution to buy into the stock now, even at levels around $100."
-Toni Sacconaghi

"Right now there's a risk in signing any baseball player, whether or not there's been a rumor about him or not. There's a dark cloud over the entire sport."
-Jeff Chown

"The dummy races are always popular. People get graded for how clever and original the dummy is, how well it goes down the hill and how spectacular the crash is -- it goes over a ski jump. Rumor has it that one of the dummies will look like me this year."
-Chuck Shepard

"There could have been some background to the rumor. And if not, Burma right now is at a point where it is probably ripe for some kind of change."
-Josef Silverstein

"The rumor was the major catalyst today that caused [Yahoo] stock to move."
-Jeff Fieler

"If the (Super) Dome and Convention Center had harbored large numbers of middle-class white people, it would not have been fertile ground for this type of rumor-mongering."
-Jim Amoss

"All I remember - I don't actually remember or know what night it was I talked to him but I assume it was that night because he did mention that the rumor was out that we were getting ready to file a charge of Oswald being part of an international conspiracy, and I told him that that was not going to be done."
-Henry Wade

"The rumor was I was being kicked out. But I have a lifetime lease. So I went down and talked with them and they said they weren't. They said they were happy to have me here."
-Johnny Grant

"About a year ago we heard the same rumor again, so Julie and I met with Norman and Hal, and other people at Concord, just to get acquainted. At our first meeting, they expressed great respect and appreciation. When they finally acquired Fantasy, we figured the time was right to see if we could work together."
-John Fogerty

"There is no truth to that rumor."
-Sen. Roosevelt David

"One of the board members came up to a co-worker and myself after the meeting and said 'Your union should have come up with this proposal two months ago,' ... Two months ago they told us it was a rumor so why would we have given them a proposal?"
-Leslie Phillips

"I'd heard the rumor and tried to reach Dallas by telephone."
-Richard Sanchez

"Wall Street was steadier overnight and Hutchison has denied a share placement rumor, so the market rebounds."
-Alan Pau

"The stock pumped up a bit towards the end of the day when the rumor started circulating."
-Ric Klusman

"Foolishly play with the fires of rumor, only to risk being burned by its treacherous flames."
-Josh Homme

"This is a difficult issue that's highly charged and emotional. We want to be really informed and separate rumor from fact."
-Walter Tejada