Queen of Babble

Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speak by something outside himself—like, for instance, he can’t find any clean socks.

—Jean Kerr (1923–2003), U.S. author and playwright

Gossip isn’t scandal and it’s not merely malicious.
It’s chatter about the human race by lovers of the same.
—Phyllis McGinley (1905–1978), U.S. poet and author