Quotes About Chatter

While Mrs. Odell, Oletta, and Aunt Tootie talked about peach pies, what to add to the grocery list, and how quickly the summer was coming to end, I sat quietly and listened as their chatter lifted into the air, gilding all four corners of the kitchen. And as the sweet aroma of the fresh peaches mingled with the sound of their voices, I folded the memory into myself, feeling a peace I'd never before known. When

They chatter together like birds on Cypress Hill, but all they say is 'Live, live, live, live, live!' It's all they've learned, it's the only advice they can give.

The folks who know the truth aren't talking.... The ones who don't have a clue, you can't shut them up!

There are men everywhere who talk and talk, saying nothing. I am afraid I am becoming one of that kind.

Gossip is nature's telephone.

It is still not enough for language to have clarity and content…it must also have a goal and an imperative. Otherwise from language we descend to chatter, from chatter to babble, and from babble to confusion. —René Daumal (1908–1944), French poet and critic

Have you ever meditated? Then you know what it feels like to shift your consciousness to a witnessing mode and to watch thoughts arise, float across your awareness, and then drift away, to be replaced by the next thought and the thought after that. These are not thoughts. They are chatter.

Chatter is your mother and father's well-intentioned expressions of caution, seeking to shield you from hurting yourself. Chatter is your teachers' equally well-meaning attempts at socialization, training you to follow the rules. Chatter is your friends' regular-Joe buddy-talk, trying to make you like them and follow the rules of the pack. Chatter is Resistance.

When the insane people start the chatter, there's no way to win that fight. It's literally like arguing with someone who is speaking another language, so there's no engaging with that kind of stuff.

The internet is like a gossipy girls' locker room after school, isn't it?

Let's give them something to talk about.

Our youth now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for their elders and love chatter in place of exercise; they no longer rise when elders enter the room; they contradict their parents, chatter before company; gobble up their food and tyrannize their teachers.

The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.

Goodness me, someone's been rumour-mongering for all he's worth, eh?

Buddhists like to compare the mind to a monkey—constantly chattering and hopping about from branch to branch, topic to topic.

Blogs are a great way to monitor and even participate in the chatter about your new site.

I'm a talker. I love a good debate.

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Vergie didn't shut up about movie stars until I fell asleep. Of course, I'm just assuming she shut up then.

Gossip is called gossip because it's not always the truth.

I had discovered the gossip test—what you are really interested in is what you gossip about.

Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't you think?

There is buzz among the populace.

People love to talk, so let them have fun talking.