1,251 Quotes About Talking

Talking to children is pleasing to the ears. Just as an adult talking should be pleasing to a child's eyes.

All communication is a sign of failure. If everybody is pleased with the situation, then there is no need for communication.

Well, they don't talk to me very much," I said. "You see, they're all grown up, and they have grown-up games like whist and lawn tennis, and talking, you know, just for the sake of talking" (this seemed a strange pursuit to me).

Although a drunk man’s words are a sober man’s thoughts, both the words and thoughts are usually muddled and destructive, as is generally the case with drinkers and talkers.

Silence cannot be mispronounced, Silence cannot be misinterpreted, silence cannot be misquoted.

Writing barely differs from Talking and Reading. It appoints your hand while they engage your mouth and eyes respectively. The trio need the mind to combine sensible words from a meaningful arrangement of the ‘simple’ A B C to Z.

He's usually so quiet, but he's talking now, and when quiet people open their mouths the whole world listens.

He could see that drinking and conversation were inexorably intertwined and that one did not occur without the other.

Soon he essentially stopped talking. "I am retreating into silence as a defensive mode," he mentioned. Eventually, he was down to uttering just five words, and only to guards: yes; no; please; thank you. "I am surprised," he wrote, "by the amount of respect this garners me. That silence intimidates puzzles me. Silence is to me normal, comfortable." Later he added, "I will admit to feeling a little contempt for those who can't keep quiet.