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Talk Quotes

"I liked Camille Paglia. I liked her even better when I heard her talk."

Leslie Fiedler, American Critic

"You can lead a team in a lot of different ways. It can be talking to somebody who is down or, during the course of a game, looking to penetrate and then dropping the ball off to someone else for an easy bucket."

Bill Cartwright, American Athlete

"I'm from the streets of New York. I know what tough talk sounds like."

Aries Spears, American Actor

"Always do something that requires you and your date to talk."

Steven Hill, American Actor

"Talk about yourself as much as you like, but do not expect others to listen."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

"Why talk when you can paint?"

Milton Avery, American Artist

"My ass contemplates those who talk behind my back."

Francis Picabia, French Artist

"If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more."

Jane Austen, British Writer

"The guilty think all talk is of themselves."

Geoffrey Chaucer, English Poet

"He who talks much cannot talk well."

Carlo Goldoni, Italian Playwright

"He's my favorite! He wrote and produced, and starred in and cast all of his movies! Can you imagine? I get really excited when I talk about Charlie Chaplin."

Emma Stone, American Actress

"A loser doesn't know what he'll do if he loses, but talks about what he'll do if he wins, and a winner doesn't talk about what he'll do if he wins, but knows what he'll do if he loses."

Eric Berne, American Psychologist

"I mean, I've been in a hundred and fifty films; I don't want to just sit around and talk about things."

Michael Ironside, Canadian Actor

"We move sometimes. We send messages to each other. We talk on the phone. Tell me, what can we do?"

Walid Jumblatt, Lebanese Politician

"If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales."

Oliver Goldsmith, Irish Poet

"You don't need many words if you already know what you're talking about."

William Stafford, American Poet

Talk, Talking, Words

"They never taste who always drink: They always talk, who never think."

Matthew Prior, English Poet

"Instead of yelling at a TV set, I get to talk."

Art Spiegelman, American Artist

"Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

Talk, Talking, Thinking

"I don't have to talk about whether or not I got raped in jail."

Tupac Shakur, American Musician

"Rich folks always talk hard times."

Lillian Smith, American Novelist

"You're absolutely right: Bob Grant is a racist, Bob Grant is a bigot, he's a despicable talk show host and I agree with that."

Alan Dershowitz, American Lawyer

"Everyone wants to talk, you've just got to find a way to get them to talk."

Jeff Probst, American Entertainer

"We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less."

Diogenes, Greek Philosopher

"Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the tenth will say something good in a bad way."

Antoine Rivarol, French Journalist

"You can talk to a fade but a hook won't listen."

Lee Trevino, American Athlete

"I'll talk about the Everglades at the drop of a hat."

Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American Journalist

"Before I ever put anything on paper, Jerry and I would talk back and forth."

Joe Shuster, Canadian Artist

"Why should I talk to you? I don't know where you're from."

Al Davis, American Businessman

"The only thing I can talk about is just forgiving yourself, because I do not have everything together. And so I tell people: No, you should see my house, it's a mess."

Susan Sarandon, American Actress

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