1,251 Quotes About Talking

Maybe the difference between speech and music isn't all that great. We infer a lot from the tone of someone's voice, so imagine that aspect of speech pushed just a little further. The weird cadences of a Valley girl, for instance, might be viewed as a species of singing. The malls of Sherman Oaks are a setting for a kind of massed choir.

We talk, even if no one listens, because we never know when someone will.

Far more beguiling than the idea that evil can be destroyed by throwing a piece of expensive jewelry into a volcano is the possibility that evil can be defused by talking. The fantasy of justice is more interesting than the fantasy of fairies, and more truly fantastic.

How unfair, he thought; I can close my mouth whenever I like, as tight as I like, and what has a mouth to say? It is there for taking in nourishment, yet it is well defended, but ears - ears are a prey to every onslaught.

When people talk about you behind your back, they're not just behind you, they're beneath you.

It's easier to get over a thing" Scobie said, "if you talk about it

I considered the concept of "oversharing", and what undersharing might be, and whether it was ever possible to settle on something in between.

Like a good Indian, he knew when to talk and when to remain silent. Like a good Indian, he knew there was never a good time to talk.

Talking with three people deeply is better than talking with thirty people superficially.