John Travolta

I learned early on to stay away from gossip magazines and reviews. That stuff just makes you unhappy, and I know actors that read everything that's written about them and they're miserable. You can choose what to let into your life.

American Actor

Sofia Vergara

Sometimes it can be bad to have too much family. Everybody gets involved in your problems, giving their opinion, gossiping, and making drama. But when bad things happen, they will be there to support you.

Colombian Model

Brene Brown

First and foremost, we need to be the adults we want our children to be. We should watch our own gossiping and anger. We should model the kindness we want to see.

American Author

Julie Bowen

I'm on a strict gossip diet. No gossip websites, no gossip magazines. Otherwise, I find it paralyzing to exist.

American Actress

Gina Schock

Every time I see a story about the Go-Go's, it sounds like a gossip column about our health or our love life.

American Musician

Gloria Swanson

The major gossip columnists were more concerned with protecting the industry than with gunning down sinners.

Jennifer Damiano

I've never been involved in something where people cared about my personal life and the gossip of it!

Kevin Spacey

No one's personal life is in the public interest. It's gossip, bottom line. End of story.

Nani

Trash my acting and my films. But don't gossip about my personal life.

Portuguese Athlete

Tabitha Soren

Knowing policy does help make the gossip more understandable.

American Celebrity

Gossip can damage relationships and reputations. Use carefully in sensitive social situations.

Social Risks

While not always bad, gossip commonly has a negative connotation implying disapproved behavior.

Often Negative

Gossip is often shared for amusement, especially in informal gatherings.

Entertainment Source

Calling someone a gossip usually criticizes their habit of discussing others' private matters.

Negative Label

Be mindful when calling someone a gossip, as it can be seen as an insult.

Avoid Labeling

Perception of a gossip varies by culture, so understand local attitudes before using the term.

Cultural Variability

When gossiping, you're often discussing private matters, which could offend if overheard.

Privacy Sensitivity

Frequent gossiping may lead others to trust you less with their private information.

Trust Impact

Gossiping can strengthen bonds within a group but may alienate those outside it.

Friendship Dynamics

 And as soon as people heard about the punishment issue going on, cooperation shoots up. It shoots up and it keeps going up. Lots of research shows that to solve cooperative problems, it really helps. It's not enough to appeal to people's good motives. It helps to have some sort of punishment. Even if it's just shame or embarrassment or gossip, you need some sort of punishment

Jonathan Haidt: The...

 You know, they eat that all the time there. The women also bring back hay for the animals, to feed the cows. These women go out every day and they are just having a blast. They are laughing all the time, talking all the time they really look forward to these outings. They are going to walk away from the men, walk away from the village and gossip all they want.

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 punishment issue going on cooperation shoots up it shoots up and it keeps going up there's a lot of research showing that to solve cooperative problems it really helps it's not enough to just appeal to people's good motives it really helps to have some sort of punishment even if it's just shame or embarrassment or gossip you need some sort of

The moral roots of...

 this idea that our cars will be watching us, talking about us to other cars, that we'll be going down the road in a sea of gossip. But I believe it can be done in a way that protects our privacy, just like right now, when I look at your car from the outside, I don't really know about you.

Jennifer Healey: If cars...

 And I can cultivate that intuition in you by just asking Who would you rather be if a deadly germ was spreading through the network? Would you rather be C or D? You'd rather be D, on the edge of the network. And now who would you rather be if a juicy piece of gossip -- not about you --

Nicholas Christakis: The...

 If you think about what we normally take as giving life a lot of its meaning -- music, humor, eroticism, spirituality, aesthetics, nurturing and caring, gossip, chatting with people -- all of these, very likely, are enabled by a special circuitry that we humans have,

Nick Bostrom: Humanity's...

 So I answered the phone expecting to hear maybe some church gossip, or maybe something from WorldStarHipHop she had discovered. But when I answered the phone, I was met with a tone that was unlike anything I had ever heard from my mother. My mother's loud.

The political power of...

 to now have a life span of forever. Jennifer Lawrence and several other actors had their iCloud accounts hacked, and private, intimate, nude photos were plastered across the internet without their permission. One gossip website had over five million hits

The price of shame PIPE...

 but the truth is those remarks still have the same sting that they did years ago even if I don't show it's human nature to want to belong and want to participate but the next time you hear a sexist joke racial slur mean-spirited gossip

Bullying must end now PIPE...

 So that's two. Now, what was the third reason why people move to cities? A rich social life. They would need to be in the city for that these days. Because people these days, they make friends, they chat, gossip and flirt