36 Quotes About Chatter

Listening to a good song is usually consolation for being unable to enjoy silence.

In the night, I am kept awake by the endless chatter of my inner self. I hear it speak softly of old hurts and fondly of past loves, while its demands and anxieties resound throughout me in multitudes.I could be calm and composed all day long, but the moment it is dark, my mind riots.

Humans are communicative beings—and for most of them, it’s their downfall. (Victor)

It is the nature of physics to hear the loudest of mouths over the most comprehensive ones.

A sign of a lover of wisdom is his delight in not running his mouth about things he doesn't know.

In his field, and with his means, Rilke carries out an operation that one could philosophically describe as the 'transformation of being into message' (more commonly, 'linguistic turn'). 'Being that can be be understood is language', Heidegger would later state - which conversely implies that language abandoned by being becomes mere chatter.

If talk is cheap, then being silent is expensive. And many people it seems, can't afford to buy into it.

There is already enough chattering nonsense on the ground. Do we really need aviaries in pressurised tin cans at 30,000 feet as well ?

When you have nothing to say, say nothing.