Talking Too Much Quotes

“A fool is made more of a fool, when their mouth is more open than their mind.”
― Anthony Liccione

“Here’s a story, and you don’t have to visit many
houses to find it. One person is talking,
the other one is not really listening.
Someone can look like they are but they’re
actually thinking about something they
want to say, or their minds are just
wandering. Or they’re looking at that
little box people hold in their hands these
days. And people get discouraged, so they
quit trying. And the very quiet people,
you may have noticed, are often the sad
people.”
― Mary Oliver, Dog Songs: Poems

“Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about themselves, and small people talk about others”
― John C. Maxwell, The 360 Degree Leader: Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization

“Busy hands achieve more than idle tongues.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Words often bring with them the illusion of transparency, as though they allowed us to understand everything, control everything, put everything in order. Modernity is talkative because it is proud, unless the converse is true. Is our incessant talking perhaps what makes us proud?”
― Robert Sarah, The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise

“Most people talk too much, and what they do say is often just noise or irrelevant gibberish designed to keep themselves entertained”
― Stuart Wilde, Silent Power

“I choose to choose few words each day. Yes! few words that count. Few words that can make impact. Few words that talk much. Few words that can make people ponder to wonder. Few words that are indelible. Few words that can leave distinctive footprints on minds. Though we may fail to mind our words, we shall never fail to mind the works of our words.”
― Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

“I won't say another word -- not one. I know I talk too much, but I am really trying to overcome it, and although I say far too much, yet if you only knew how much I want to say and don't, you'd give me some credit for it.”
― L.M. Montgomery

“Wise is the one who learns to dumb it down.”
― Curtis Tyrone Jones

“I was overwhelmed with the urge to fill every silence with words. Silence to me was a void in the universe that could suck us all in. It was my assignment to block this deadly void with words and save the world.”
― Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀

“A loud mind is greater than a loud mouth.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Don’t ever say stuff just because you think you should. That’s the definition of an asshole.”
― Justin Halpern, Sh*t My Dad Says

“JUST SHUT UP talking about what you're going to do and JUST DO IT! Then you can talk.”
― Sotero M Lopez II

“The profundity of that remark reduces me to silence.”
― Mary Elgin, The Wood and the Trees

“Silence speaks in vibes, not sentences. So stop repeating yourself to those who continue to dis your warning signals.”
― T.F. Hodge

“...in addition to my many other recovery issues, I'm also a founding member of Overtalkers Anonymous”
― Kay Wills Wyma, I'm Happy for You (Sort Of...Not Really): Finding Contentment in a Culture of Comparison

“Excessive talking is a leakage that will sink you into the ocean of troubles.”
― Ned Bray Abakah

“I hate having to repeat myself, but sometimes there is really nothing else to say”
― Dmitry Dyatlov

“Think twice, so that you can talk nice.”
― Ned Bray Abakah

“He never stopped talking, and what was awful was, he never said anything you wanted to hear in the first place.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

“Just as open doors let the steam out of a steam bath, so does the person with lips constantly open lose their inner composure.”
― Tomáš Gavlas, Karlaz: The Way of Freedom

“Trust your mind when it says that it has nothing much to say.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Song of a Nature Lover

“Loneliness is a prevailing tragedy of our time. We have more methods of communication at our fingertips, yet we communicate less.”
― Allene vanOirschot, Daddy's Little Girl

“If you have a question about something you have read or heard, first site your source and then ask the direct question to the person it concerns. Playing around the mulberry bush gets you nowhere.”
― Niedria Kenny

“Most of the problems in the world occurs because of talking too much and most of the problems in the world exists because of not talking.”
― P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

“Communicate. Don’t just talk.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, BECOME: Unleash the Power of Moral Character and Be Proud of the Life You Choose

“I tend to say things without thinking them through. It is my gift. It is my curse.”
― T.J. Klune, Tell Me It's Real

“Don't talk to me, how important you're to me; that's my way of talking.”
― P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

“All chatter is unnecessary. Nowadays everyone talks but what is needed is action. That is what God wants, not useless talking.”
― Benedicta Ward, The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection

“Q: "Do these people ever shut up?"

A: "Never. They're afraid to shut up, because if they do, they'll have to hear themselves think, and all they'll hear will be silence. The less someone has to say, the more they say. No banality or triviality is off the table as far as subject matter is concerned. Were it not for stating the obvious in ready-made phrases, they would never speak. One almost never overhears intelligent conversation in public. Think about it: How often is one struck with the thought: What a rich, sonorous voice that man has; 'he is expressing himself so eloquently upon such a worthy subject"? Never. The emptier one's mind, the louder and faster they talk, and the more reliant they are upon clichés as a means of communication. Because they have no thoughts to speak of, they never shut up. They fear the silence that will confirm their emptiness, and fill it with mindless gabble and amplified insincerity. If they gave themselves time to think, they'd never say anything; it would be too taxing on their meager resources. An empty head is necessary in order to endlessly keep talking; the emptiness serves as a sort of fuel. As well as ignorance, it takes a certain amount of arrogance to loudly conduct a private conversation in public. Most thoughtful and sensitive members of society, or even polite outcasts, don't shout in public; they keep their voices down, not wanting to inflict their utterances upon strangers. Some people never shut up. I can't talk for that long, ever.”
― John Tottenham, Service