Talkative Quotes
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“If talk is cheap, then being silent is expensive. And many people it seems, can't afford to buy into it.”
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“The measure of a man is his silence. The measure of a woman is her elocution. Beware of an overly talkative man and an inordinately silent woman.”
― The Influencer: Speed Must Have a Limit
― The Influencer: Speed Must Have a Limit
“Not every person that speaks less than you do is more ignorant than you are.”
― N for Nigger: Aphorisms for Grown Children and Childish Grown-ups
― N for Nigger: Aphorisms for Grown Children and Childish Grown-ups
“This lunch, however, was going nowhere. Li Yong sat across the table running his mouth like a nervous sewing machine, never missing an opportunity for self-congratulations.”
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“Yimello,' said Bernard finally, breaking the silence.
'Gesundheit?' I asked.
'It's a name for one of the colors that's invisible to us. Yimello," said Bernard. "There could also be glowl and novaly and replitz."
'Yes.' I nodded, stunned the kid could actually string together so many words at once. 'And, uh, don't forget the beautiful grynn, the luminous dulloff, or the subtle winooze.'
Bernard's face lit up. He stood and started pacing the room, speaking quickly. 'Or salty, and insomnia, and carefree, and talkative, and lonely, and burnt, and punctual.'
'Some of my favorite colors,' I agreed, nodding. 'We could paint this room whisper. Or zigzag. Or maybe a nice shade of ignored and invisible.”
― Confessions of an Imaginary Friend
'Gesundheit?' I asked.
'It's a name for one of the colors that's invisible to us. Yimello," said Bernard. "There could also be glowl and novaly and replitz."
'Yes.' I nodded, stunned the kid could actually string together so many words at once. 'And, uh, don't forget the beautiful grynn, the luminous dulloff, or the subtle winooze.'
Bernard's face lit up. He stood and started pacing the room, speaking quickly. 'Or salty, and insomnia, and carefree, and talkative, and lonely, and burnt, and punctual.'
'Some of my favorite colors,' I agreed, nodding. 'We could paint this room whisper. Or zigzag. Or maybe a nice shade of ignored and invisible.”
― Confessions of an Imaginary Friend
“You say you have nothing to write about? How do you find things to talk about? You can write about those things you like to talk about, that's your area of expertise”
― Pearls Of Eternity
― Pearls Of Eternity
“She wasn't like a jukebox; you never had to put in a dime and she never came unplugged.”
― Night Shift
― Night Shift
“One way of keeping your dreams alive is to keep it to yourself. It can save you and protect your dreams to a greater extent.”
― The Infinity Sign
― The Infinity Sign
“Why is a talkative person called a Chatty Cathy? That phrase possesses brevity, when someone verbose should instead be called a Chattering Catherine. Cathy talks so much and manages to say nothing. She could learn from ducks, who speak only one word, quack, but say everything.”
― Music is fluid, and my saxophone overflows when my ducks slosh in the sounds I make in elevators.
― Music is fluid, and my saxophone overflows when my ducks slosh in the sounds I make in elevators.
“If Miss Elton spoke water instead of words, then there would have been a repetition of Noah’s flood.”
― The Dressmaker's Secret
― The Dressmaker's Secret
“You don't talk much, do you?" she blurted out.
"I didn't think there was a need. You seem to be holding up both our ends of the conversation admirably.”
― Dancing at Midnight
"I didn't think there was a need. You seem to be holding up both our ends of the conversation admirably.”
― Dancing at Midnight
“Once you have made the sale...you can stop selling.”
― Time For Dervin - Living Large In Geiggityville
― Time For Dervin - Living Large In Geiggityville
“When something needs to be said, I’ll say it even if the whole world grabs me by the neck and tells me to keep quiet.”
― The Forty Rules of Love
― The Forty Rules of Love
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