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We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
FRANÇOIS DUC DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD![]()
We would rather speak badly of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD We wanted to hear somebody talk about something other than Christianity in Iowa.
JENNA MILLER![]()
Small talk… Bernie resented it more than life itself. The weather, sports scores, frivolous gossip...
REBECCA MCNUTT Just kind of waiting out to hear the locals' chatter, rather than wait to hear everything from the p...
KEVIN BOYLE Let's clear one thing up: Introverts do not hate small talk because we dislike people. We hate small...
LAURIE A. HELGOE We avoid it because we don't talk about it. We just go game to game and keep ourselves enthralled wi...
JACK KEEFER I'd talk to him about what kinds of trees are down here. It was just small talk.
DEAN HARRIS Introverts think about more than just being introverts.
OLIVER MARKUS MALLOY Listen to the air. You can hear it, feel it, smell it, taste it. Woniya wakan—the holy air—which...
JOHN (FIRE) LAME DEER![]()
"Talk to people about what they want to hear, and they'll stay for more. Talk to them about what you...
NABIL N. JAMAL![]()
Saying that men talk about baseball in order to avoid talking about their feelings is the same as sa...
DEBORAH TANNEN![]()
When I hear people talk about juggling, or the sacrifices they make for their children, I look at th...
CHRIS ROCK![]()
[And while the audience waited patiently for what turned out to be a rather perfunctory] Something t...
BONNIE RAITT![]()
The truth of the matter is that it's way too early to talk about extraordinary circumstances. I'm no...
BEN NELSON![]()
We're very good in America at talking about stuff, often stuff to buy. We tend to talk about our...
MILTON GLASER![]()
Laughter is more than just a pleasurable activity...When people laugh together, they tend to talk an...
GRETCHEN RUBIN![]()
Great minds talk about ideas; small minds talk about people
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT![]()
Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
FRAN LEBOWITZ![]()
Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about themselves, and small people talk about oth...
JOHN C. MAXWELL![]()
People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order, so they'll have...
KURT VONNEGUT![]()
People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order so they'll have ...
KURT VONNEGUT Men gossip for just as long and about the same subjects as women, but tend to talk more about themse...
KATE FOX![]()
Great people talk about ideas. Small people talk about other people.
TOBIAS S. GIBSON We'd rather educate than punish people. We talk to owners about their pet and try to check back with...
FRANCESCA CANTALINI![]()
When I hear people talk about juggling, or the sacrifices they make for their children, I look at th...
CHRIS ROCK![]()
We talk little when we do not talk about ourselves.
WILLIAM HAZLITT![]()
There is nothing wrong with the love of Beauty. But Beauty - unless she is wed to something more mea...
DONNA TARTT We need to do something, not just talk about it.
BILL ADAMS![]()
I am not good at small talk. I will hide in a cupboard to avoid chitty-chat.
CAITLIN MORAN![]()
Showbiz is just there to give people something to talk about.
PENN JILLETTE![]()
You won't hear me talk about my politics, you won't hear me talk about my vegetarianism, you...
IAN MCKELLEN![]()
“A warrior seeks to act rather than talk.”
CARLOS CASTANEDA![]()
Introverts, in contrast, may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but ...
SUSAN CAIN![]()
Introverts may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while ...
SUSAN CAIN![]()
I'd much rather try and fail than talk about trying.
MIKE BIRBIGLIA![]()
Talk to people about what they want to hear, and they'll stay for more. Talk to them about what you ...
NABIL N. JAMAL The privilege I've had as a curator is not just the discovery of new works... but what I've ...
THELMA GOLDEN Talk about dance? Dance is not something to talk about. Dance is to dance.
PETER SAINT JAMES![]()
You tend to get reluctant to talk about anything until the day before filming.
WILL FERRELL![]()
I'm one of the people that, when I hear Republicans talk about repealing Obamacare, I just want ...
GARY JOHNSON I have no sense of what I should or shouldn't talk about. I just blather. Which is why it's ...
CECILY VON ZIEGESAR![]()
Hard talk punch thought. Hard talk penetrate the heart. A hard talk opens jaws. Hard talk make us po...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH If you talk about preemption you better know things rather than think things.
BYRON DORGAN I talk about hockey everyday. A lot of people don't want to hear it, but I talk about it anyway.
ANDY STRICKLAND Introverts tend to internalize problems. In other words, we place the source of problems within and ...
LAURIE A. HELGOE![]()
People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order so they'll h...
KURT VONNEGUT All talk is small talk.
MARTY RUBIN We’re landing in five minutes everyone.’ He spoke firmly, with conviction.‘ Let’s give these...
CHRISTOPHER BYFORD How often do we talk just to fill up the quiet space? How often do we waste our breath talking about...
COLLEEN PATRICK-GOUDREAU![]()
For a peaceful life: think about peace, talk about peace, give away peace, and fill the world with p...
DEBASISH MRIDHA When we talk about self-confrontations, we are speaking about moral issues rather than social issues...
ASGHAR FARHADI The best way to become good at small talk is not to talk small at all.
KEITH FERRAZZI I think you have to talk about it. I think we should talk about it. We've done enough in November an...
BONNIE HENRICKSON![]()
I'm not an ace at small talk.
PETER FALK When you talk to people about the topics they like talking about they will stick around for more. Ta...
ANDONI GARCIA I'd rather not talk openly than to hurt someone along the way
JOSEPH BULURAN![]()
We like to talk about pioneering Mars rather than just exploring Mars, because once we get to Mars, ...
ELLEN STOFAN We know that the sky is the limit for Andy. Just because he's altered that doesn't matter. Everybody...
GARY HOLCOMB SR![]()
Every waking moments we talk to ourselves about the things we experience. Our self-talk, the thought...
JOHN LEMBO![]()
We've yet to talk about it (with the media). People talk about my rumoured relationship with Dominic...
EVANGELINE LILLY In Air Force basic training we did not talk about the role of a warrior, we did not talk about weapo...
COL. GINA GROSSO![]()
Traditionally, wake-up calls are meant to wake you up rather than send you to sleep: the clue is in ...
CRAIG BROWN![]()
I just want someone to hear what I have to say. And maybe if I talk long enough, it’ll make sense.
RAY BRADBURY![]()
I'm not, you know, Ronald McDonald opening up this Kmart or something. Rather than asking me for my ...
QUENTIN TARANTINO![]()
I'm not, you know, Ronald McDonald opening up this Kmart or something, ... Rather than asking me for...
QUENTIN TARANTINO If I tried to talk to her about it, she'd just pick a fight about something else.
ELVA FARMER![]()
Parliament will train you to talk; and above all things to hear, with patience, unlimited quantities...
THOMAS CARLYLE![]()
Parliament will train you to talk; and above all things to hear, with patience, unlimited quantities...
THOMAS CARLYLE Communication about important issues should be done by appointment only. To make an appoint say: I h...
TERENCE T. GORSKI You know, the purpose of reconciliation is to avoid the filibuster. The filibuster is an effort to t...
DICK DURBIN The best way to find a new job is to hold meaningful conversations with people. Talk about your care...
ANDREA KAY I might be confused sometimes in my head but it is not something you need to talk about. Before you ...
KAYE GIBBONS It's not anti-football. It's just like, now we have something to talk about.
ERIN SNAPE The talk has got to change, ... We need to do it for ourselves -- talk the talk and walk the walk.
YAO MING![]()
When there is noise and crowds, there is trouble; when everything is silent and perfect, there is ju...
DEJAN STOJANOVIC![]()
Perfectionists talk about first love. Realists talk about true love. Optimists talk just about love.
JASLEEN KAUR GUMBER The more we talk about issues, the better we are to protect ourselves. It enables us to make more co...
ANWAR NASIR We just talk all week about the Lexus Gauntlet. We just want to make sure that we make our contribut...
MARK SCHUBERT We are really trying to arm ourselves right now with all the facts and information, so when we go ta...
JENNIFER STECK That'll give us something to talk about.
GREG KIMBER I guess it is better for people to talk about us than not talk about us.
NICK ATKINSON It takes a lot of thinking to get to the point where you don't believe, Atheism is a head thing. Wom...
ARTHUR JACKSON I tend to do a lot better here when it's big rather than when its small.
KELLY SLATER In fiction workshops, we tend to focus on matters of verisimilitude largely because such issues are ...
TIM O'BRIEN When you hear about those deaths, it is a concern. It's the kind of thing the kids bring to me to ta...
LEXIE SPURLOCK![]()
I like to hear a man talk about himself because then I never hear anything, but good.
WILL ROGERS We're talking about state championships. Is it realistic? I don't know for sure because it's my firs...
CARY JUSTMANN![]()
If you want to talk about something new, you have to make up a new kind of language.
HARUKI MURAKAMI It makes sense, because if he appears with Gore, it just sucks all the air out of everything; it's a...
JAMES CARVILLE Our kids are looking forward to the evening. I think these guys will talk to our guys about more tha...
CHUCK WAGNER![]()
No matter what we talk about, we are talking about ourselves
HUGH PRATHER Don't Just Talk About What You can Do; Make It Happen!
RICK LEVINE I guess that, in an election campaign, it is easier to talk about how to spend money than it is to t...
JAY MYERS I am interested in cultivating the fundamentally holy nature of all language, including most definit...
EUGENE H. PETERSON It was one of those limp conversations two people have who are never going to see each other again. ...
M.E. KERR Saffron, how are you?" Logan asks and he sounds genuinely interested. How am I? Small talk, right. L.A. FIORE How's things, buddy?" Trey asks after we run through a few finger-warming exercises. I realize this ...
JULIE BUXBAUM![]()
The weather is fine,' she said after a moment.
'Have we already run out of things to say?'
JULIA QUINN![]()
When you wish to talk to someone, talk to Jesus, He loves to hear you speak.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA
FRANÇOIS DUC DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD
We would rather speak badly of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all. FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD We wanted to hear somebody talk about something other than Christianity in Iowa.
JENNA MILLER
Small talk… Bernie resented it more than life itself. The weather, sports scores, frivolous gossip... REBECCA MCNUTT Just kind of waiting out to hear the locals' chatter, rather than wait to hear everything from the p...
KEVIN BOYLE Let's clear one thing up: Introverts do not hate small talk because we dislike people. We hate small...
LAURIE A. HELGOE We avoid it because we don't talk about it. We just go game to game and keep ourselves enthralled wi...
JACK KEEFER I'd talk to him about what kinds of trees are down here. It was just small talk.
DEAN HARRIS Introverts think about more than just being introverts.
OLIVER MARKUS MALLOY Listen to the air. You can hear it, feel it, smell it, taste it. Woniya wakan—the holy air—which...
JOHN (FIRE) LAME DEER
"Talk to people about what they want to hear, and they'll stay for more. Talk to them about what you... NABIL N. JAMAL
Saying that men talk about baseball in order to avoid talking about their feelings is the same as sa... DEBORAH TANNEN
When I hear people talk about juggling, or the sacrifices they make for their children, I look at th... CHRIS ROCK
[And while the audience waited patiently for what turned out to be a rather perfunctory] Something t... BONNIE RAITT
The truth of the matter is that it's way too early to talk about extraordinary circumstances. I'm no... BEN NELSON
We're very good in America at talking about stuff, often stuff to buy. We tend to talk about our... MILTON GLASER
Laughter is more than just a pleasurable activity...When people laugh together, they tend to talk an... GRETCHEN RUBIN
Great minds talk about ideas; small minds talk about people ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine. FRAN LEBOWITZ
Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about themselves, and small people talk about oth... JOHN C. MAXWELL
People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order, so they'll have... KURT VONNEGUT
People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order so they'll have ... KURT VONNEGUT Men gossip for just as long and about the same subjects as women, but tend to talk more about themse...
KATE FOX
Great people talk about ideas. Small people talk about other people. TOBIAS S. GIBSON We'd rather educate than punish people. We talk to owners about their pet and try to check back with...
FRANCESCA CANTALINI
When I hear people talk about juggling, or the sacrifices they make for their children, I look at th... CHRIS ROCK
We talk little when we do not talk about ourselves. WILLIAM HAZLITT
There is nothing wrong with the love of Beauty. But Beauty - unless she is wed to something more mea... DONNA TARTT We need to do something, not just talk about it.
BILL ADAMS
I am not good at small talk. I will hide in a cupboard to avoid chitty-chat. CAITLIN MORAN
Showbiz is just there to give people something to talk about. PENN JILLETTE
You won't hear me talk about my politics, you won't hear me talk about my vegetarianism, you... IAN MCKELLEN
“A warrior seeks to act rather than talk.” CARLOS CASTANEDA
Introverts, in contrast, may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but ... SUSAN CAIN
Introverts may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while ... SUSAN CAIN
I'd much rather try and fail than talk about trying. MIKE BIRBIGLIA
Talk to people about what they want to hear, and they'll stay for more. Talk to them about what you ... NABIL N. JAMAL The privilege I've had as a curator is not just the discovery of new works... but what I've ...
THELMA GOLDEN Talk about dance? Dance is not something to talk about. Dance is to dance.
PETER SAINT JAMES
You tend to get reluctant to talk about anything until the day before filming. WILL FERRELL
I'm one of the people that, when I hear Republicans talk about repealing Obamacare, I just want ... GARY JOHNSON I have no sense of what I should or shouldn't talk about. I just blather. Which is why it's ...
CECILY VON ZIEGESAR
Hard talk punch thought. Hard talk penetrate the heart. A hard talk opens jaws. Hard talk make us po... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH If you talk about preemption you better know things rather than think things.
BYRON DORGAN I talk about hockey everyday. A lot of people don't want to hear it, but I talk about it anyway.
ANDY STRICKLAND Introverts tend to internalize problems. In other words, we place the source of problems within and ...
LAURIE A. HELGOE
People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order so they'll h... KURT VONNEGUT All talk is small talk.
MARTY RUBIN We’re landing in five minutes everyone.’ He spoke firmly, with conviction.‘ Let’s give these...
CHRISTOPHER BYFORD How often do we talk just to fill up the quiet space? How often do we waste our breath talking about...
COLLEEN PATRICK-GOUDREAU
For a peaceful life: think about peace, talk about peace, give away peace, and fill the world with p... DEBASISH MRIDHA When we talk about self-confrontations, we are speaking about moral issues rather than social issues...
ASGHAR FARHADI The best way to become good at small talk is not to talk small at all.
KEITH FERRAZZI I think you have to talk about it. I think we should talk about it. We've done enough in November an...
BONNIE HENRICKSON
I'm not an ace at small talk. PETER FALK When you talk to people about the topics they like talking about they will stick around for more. Ta...
ANDONI GARCIA I'd rather not talk openly than to hurt someone along the way
JOSEPH BULURAN
We like to talk about pioneering Mars rather than just exploring Mars, because once we get to Mars, ... ELLEN STOFAN We know that the sky is the limit for Andy. Just because he's altered that doesn't matter. Everybody...
GARY HOLCOMB SR
Every waking moments we talk to ourselves about the things we experience. Our self-talk, the thought... JOHN LEMBO
We've yet to talk about it (with the media). People talk about my rumoured relationship with Dominic... EVANGELINE LILLY In Air Force basic training we did not talk about the role of a warrior, we did not talk about weapo...
COL. GINA GROSSO
Traditionally, wake-up calls are meant to wake you up rather than send you to sleep: the clue is in ... CRAIG BROWN
I just want someone to hear what I have to say. And maybe if I talk long enough, it’ll make sense. RAY BRADBURY
I'm not, you know, Ronald McDonald opening up this Kmart or something. Rather than asking me for my ... QUENTIN TARANTINO
I'm not, you know, Ronald McDonald opening up this Kmart or something, ... Rather than asking me for... QUENTIN TARANTINO If I tried to talk to her about it, she'd just pick a fight about something else.
ELVA FARMER
Parliament will train you to talk; and above all things to hear, with patience, unlimited quantities... THOMAS CARLYLE
Parliament will train you to talk; and above all things to hear, with patience, unlimited quantities... THOMAS CARLYLE Communication about important issues should be done by appointment only. To make an appoint say: I h...
TERENCE T. GORSKI You know, the purpose of reconciliation is to avoid the filibuster. The filibuster is an effort to t...
DICK DURBIN The best way to find a new job is to hold meaningful conversations with people. Talk about your care...
ANDREA KAY I might be confused sometimes in my head but it is not something you need to talk about. Before you ...
KAYE GIBBONS It's not anti-football. It's just like, now we have something to talk about.
ERIN SNAPE The talk has got to change, ... We need to do it for ourselves -- talk the talk and walk the walk.
YAO MING
When there is noise and crowds, there is trouble; when everything is silent and perfect, there is ju... DEJAN STOJANOVIC
Perfectionists talk about first love. Realists talk about true love. Optimists talk just about love. JASLEEN KAUR GUMBER The more we talk about issues, the better we are to protect ourselves. It enables us to make more co...
ANWAR NASIR We just talk all week about the Lexus Gauntlet. We just want to make sure that we make our contribut...
MARK SCHUBERT We are really trying to arm ourselves right now with all the facts and information, so when we go ta...
JENNIFER STECK That'll give us something to talk about.
GREG KIMBER I guess it is better for people to talk about us than not talk about us.
NICK ATKINSON It takes a lot of thinking to get to the point where you don't believe, Atheism is a head thing. Wom...
ARTHUR JACKSON I tend to do a lot better here when it's big rather than when its small.
KELLY SLATER In fiction workshops, we tend to focus on matters of verisimilitude largely because such issues are ...
TIM O'BRIEN When you hear about those deaths, it is a concern. It's the kind of thing the kids bring to me to ta...
LEXIE SPURLOCK
I like to hear a man talk about himself because then I never hear anything, but good. WILL ROGERS We're talking about state championships. Is it realistic? I don't know for sure because it's my firs...
CARY JUSTMANN
If you want to talk about something new, you have to make up a new kind of language. HARUKI MURAKAMI It makes sense, because if he appears with Gore, it just sucks all the air out of everything; it's a...
JAMES CARVILLE Our kids are looking forward to the evening. I think these guys will talk to our guys about more tha...
CHUCK WAGNER
No matter what we talk about, we are talking about ourselves HUGH PRATHER Don't Just Talk About What You can Do; Make It Happen!
RICK LEVINE I guess that, in an election campaign, it is easier to talk about how to spend money than it is to t...
JAY MYERS I am interested in cultivating the fundamentally holy nature of all language, including most definit...
EUGENE H. PETERSON It was one of those limp conversations two people have who are never going to see each other again. ...
M.E. KERR Saffron, how are you?" Logan asks and he sounds genuinely interested. How am I? Small talk, right.
JULIE BUXBAUM
The weather is fine,' she said after a moment.'Have we already run out of things to say?'
JULIA QUINN
When you wish to talk to someone, talk to Jesus, He loves to hear you speak. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA
I went to Boston University and got my BFA, and performed Off Broadway. 
I worked in theater my whole life. My mom was a drama teacher at my middle school. In high school, I... 
I think that vampires are sexy. The idea of them being untouchable has been really exciting for peop... 