“[Also today, we're watching to see whether there's any truth to this rumor that Laura Bush and Teresa Heinz Kerry have secretly become friends. The first lady, who first met her wannabe successor after last week's debate, says she thinks the two have a lot in common.] We even chose the same color suits to wear for that night, ... The Tonight Show.”
Jay Leno
“If humor and rumor are needed more than faith and truth, then it tells me something about the kind of world we live today.”
Toba Beta
“Rumor travels faster, but it don't stay put as long as truth”
Will Rogers
“Today, people can say anything they want. Suddenly it gets in the rumor mill and then it evolves and then somehow it becomes fact and you say, What is this? You know, why don't you ask me?”
Tom Cruise
“This rumor has stimulated call buying by speculators yesterday and today, hoping that the price of the stock will jump.”
Mark Bell
“I'm afraid that was just a rumor. No truth in it,”
James Yonts
“The rumor that China will devalue carries little basis in truth (for now). [It] seems to be largely a by-product of the devaluation of the Brazilian real.”
Anthony Crescenzi