| Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988. |
| NUMBER: | 5195 |
| AUTHOR: | Phyllis McGinley |
| QUOTATION: | Gossip is the tool of the poet, the shoptalk of the scientist and the consolation of the housewife, wit, tycoon and intellectual. It begins in the nursery and ends when speech is past. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | “A New Year and No Resolutions” Woman’s Home Companion Jan 57 |
| SUBJECTS: | Humankind: Wisdom, Philosophy & Other Musings |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. Copyright © 1988 by James B. Simpson. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | ||||
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