Quotes About Talk

War talk by men who have been in a war is always interesting; whereas moon talk by a poet who has not been in the moon is likely to be dull.

Conversation is the image of the mind. As the man is, so is his talk.

You're much shorter than my mom." "Brat," she said, surprised into a giggle. "That's no way to talk to a vampire." "Bloodsucking brat." "Better" he said.

Talk isn't work. Work is when you have pages in the evening that you didn't have in the morning.

I'm not against TV; I don't go on the morning talk shows because I'm not invited. If I was, I might go.

Chiron insisted that we talk about the Labyrinth in the morning which is like 'Hey, your life's in mortal danger. Sleep tight!

On my morning run, I listen to sports talk radio.

When I told my mother that I have to give a talk, and was debating what could I possibly say to non-mathematicians, she said: "You got what to wear?".

Strong minds talk about ideas; weak minds talk about people.

I compose music because I must give expression to my feelings, just as I talk because I must give utterance to my thoughts.

I like Wagner's music better than anybody's. It is so loud that one can talk the whole time without other people hearing what one says.

They say music can alter moods and talk to you.

That a Parliament, especially a Parliament with Newspaper Reporters firmly established in it, is an entity which by its very nature cannot do work, but can do talk only.

I think the darker aspect of my fiction-or anybody's fiction-is by its very nature somehow easier to talk about.

The deep of night is crept upon our talk, And Nature must obey necessity.

Female listeners are leaving traditional talk radio because of the rough-edged, shouting nature of it.

Parliament will train you to talk; and above all things to hear, with patience, unlimited quantities of foolish talk.

And, indeed, what little of beauty and peace is to be found in the societies of men is owing to the daily performance of small duties, not to big doings and fine talk.

Most birds are geniuses. We had one that became a pet; he learned to talk, use tools and solve problems.

But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk or even current philosophy.

Nietzsche was personally more philosophical than his philosophy. His talk about power, harshness, and superb immorality was the hobby of a harmless young scholar and constitutional invalid.

Philosophy is talk on a cereal box.

A man of business may talk of philosophy; a man who has none may practice it.

Sometimes poetry, it is incomprehensible. But we need incomprehensible stuff! It is very healthy to talk about incomprehensible things! It is very healthy! We need it!