Talking Quotes - Page 115

Talking to Francis gave me the sensation of settling slowly to the bottom of the ocean.

If we don't have souls then who am I talking to when I keep telling myself to be good?

We're communal animals. If we're by ourselves, we can feel wrong and crazy and out of step with society. We really need those talking circles.

One never discusses anything with anybody who can understand one discusses things with people who cannot understand.

I can't tell you what it's like to be in Europe, for example, to be talking about the greatness of America. But the true greatness of America are the people.

[Nominee for the Supreme Court] will be something designed to very much please conservatives, even as they may get a little nervous on some of what he's talking about in terms of ObamaCare and infrastructure.

When I look at the Gospel, I see how it is speaking to me at this time. I see how to be to others and it helps.

A business man's conversation should be regulated by fewer and simpler rules than any other function of the human animal. They are: Have something to say. Say it. Stop talking.

Talking payes no toll.

Money is the root of all evil.' Then we hear, 'A fool and his money are soon parted.' What are they talking about? If money is so evil, shouldn't it be, 'A wise man and his money are soon parted'? And another thing, how does a fool get money in the first place? I know some fools who have a lot of money, but they won't tell me how they got it, and I won't tell them.

it takes the very wisest person there is to know when to talk, and when to keep still.

My parents were kind enough to spend hours talking to me.

It's created a very real chilling effect among our sources. They've become nervous about talking with us. They don't want their phone numbers associated with us. And government employees who previously routinely talked to us, now won't.

Dear Lord, make me a better parent. Teach me to understand my children, to listen patiently to what they have to say and to answer all their questions kindly. Keep me from interrupting them, talking back to them, and contradicting them. Make me as courteous to them as I would have them to be to me.

The reason I dislike talking about the creative process is that I do have a creative process that is a winner and it's a sure thing.

It does not matter how smart you are if nobody knows what you are talking about.

Those people on daytime TV talking about how their parents never gave them the positive feedback they needed and that's why they shot them- those are not Minnesotans.

For me, the monologue was the favorite thing I had done in radio. It was based on writing, but in the end it was radio, it was standing up and leaning forward into the dark and talking, letting words come out of you.

If you are considering marriage, ask yourself one question: Will I still enjoy talking with her when I'm old?

Just as soon as we notice that someone has to force himself to pay attention when dealing and talking with us, we have a valid demonstration that he does not love us or that he does not love us anymore.

A comedian who starts talking to himself becomes his own audience. This is fatal.

... not talking about things she doesn't understand to people who do or about things she does to people who don't.

If thy words be too luxuriant, confine them, lest they confine thee; he that thinks he never can speak enough may easily speak too much. A full tongue and an empty brain are seldom parted.

It was a long time ago. I was talking to a friend about astrology, and he mentioned the Seth books. I'd never heard of them, but I intuitively knew they were important to me. It sounds very romantic, but it really was like that. I took an interest in them right away for no reason.

You get a real person down there and his talking will take care of itself.