Quotes About Talk

Now, as I expect you know, there is nothing more cruel than talk, and there is nothing more difficult to combat. When people say things behind your back there is nothing you can refute or deny, and the rumours go on growing and growing, and no one can stop them. I

Now, as I expect you know, there is nothing more cruel than talk, and there is nothing more difficult to combat. When people say things behind your back there is nothing you can refute or deny, and the rumours go on growing and growing, and no one can stop them.

But I've always found that those who talk most about blood have never actually seen it run.

His manner, as always, was incurious - almost lazy. He asked the question, it seemed, more from politeness than because he had any desire for the information. It was a manner particularly soothing to Mary Aldin. She wanted badly to talk to someone - but she much preferred to talk to someone who was not too much interested.

That old mountebank? He won't find out anything. He's all talk and moustaches.

People who go about talking of what they are going to do don't usually do that.

rumours, of course, as there always were

I give boring people something to discuss over corn.

I figured out once that if you decide to have fun when you give a public talk, then you relax. It is psychologically impossible to have fear and fun at the same time. When I am relaxed, ideas flow freely into my mind during my talk, then leave through my mouth with the smoothness of eloquence. Moreover, the audience doesn't get bored when it is fun.

spies and journalists were fated to go through life together, and it was sometimes hard to tell one from the other. Their jobs weren't all that different: they talked to politicians, developed sources in government bureaux, and dug around for secrets.

THE LESS SAID, the fewer mistakes; the greater the talk, the greater the headache. —YOSEF QIMHI (C. 1160–1235)

Good afternoon, Detective. This is Dawn from Chief Ehrlich's office. Are you available to talk to the Chief?" "I'm great at multitasking, Dawn. I'm good to talk and piss him off at the same time.

I had a persona as a player, and I know this will come as a shock, but I liked to talk. But don't let the persona overshadow the person. The persona liked to have fun. The person knew when it was time to get to work.

I learned through experience that it doesn't work for me to talk about my personal life. I've had earlier times in my career when I did talk about it.

People do like to talk us down, it's a Scottish thing. We are pessimistic, we look for the negatives all the time.

I wanted to be a director of photography for a while, because I'm fascinated by what they do. You're made to look good by them and you can learn so much from talking to them.

Ric Flair is one of the most entertaining guys to sit down with and by entertaining I don't mean he has catchy phrases, but that he's been through so much and his experiences are so genuine I could listen to him talk all day.

I have a lot of friends and fans in Canada and as a matter of fact I met a fan from there that came down to my office. It was nice and we took pictures and had a nice talk.

It's very important to understand that the 'Talk' piece was not an excerpt, it was an adaptation, which means I compressed different parts of the book and made a new piece.

The Sophists' paradoxical talk pieces and their public debates were entertainment in 5th century Greece. And in that world, Socrates was an entertainer.

People talk, talk, but when it's time to fight me, they all wanna hug me.

I want to stay humble, but I have to talk because the other guys talk too much, and... I understand the crazy power the UFC PR machine has.

I really enjoyed shooting in Ireland. The people are so lovely. I hope I don't offend anyone in saying this, but the nature reminded me of Americans: everyone was warm and open and easy to talk to. And Ireland is so beautiful and lusciously green.

There was something of the schoolteacher about Fabio Capello, which made him difficult to warm to, let alone talk to. He was a real disciplinarian, a very stern, strict man.