Talking Quotes

I’d been listening to men talk since I arrived in New York City. That’s what men like to do. Talk. Profess like experts. When one finally came along who didn’t say much, I listened.

You don't talk much, do you, angel-face? I like that in a woman.

It's a strange thing, to be talked about instead of talked to.

I'm always fascinated by the use of the first-person plural talking about sports.

Larry Grobel has the illness of all writers, he can't help himself. You're talking to him and all of a sudden, you say, "He's puttin' that in his cash register!"

As a child, all you see is that adults are not playing. Adults are not talking too much. Adults don't want to relate to each other.

Listening is not merely not talking, though even that is beyond most of our powers; it means taking a vigorous, human interest in what is being told us.

Most things that I think about not talking about, ultimately I decide to talk about, and I feel better.

I think chemistry is about not acting, but reacting, and not talking, but listening.

My favorite band is probably The Cure. We can throw Talking Heads in there too, I listen to them a lot. But The Cure.

The more I like a book, the more slowly I read. this spontaneous talking back to a book is one of the things that makes reading so valuable.

You are always talking about yourself and tennis and how you are feeling. I try to avoid it when I don't have to.

My whole family is quite petite, so I have good genes on my side. But I find it quite tiresome that we have to keep talking about sizes and how much weight we can lose.

But all morality is of necessity shaped by context. I'm not talking relativism, no. To ignore the context of a decision is in fact immoral.

Many times I've gone on tours with Paul Anka. He would have someone sitting behind him to keep people from even talking to him. You were almost in a little restricted area there.

For the first time since 1979, we are talking to the Islamic Republic of Iran. Obama says talking to him is probably pointless, but it's a hell of a relief from Mitch McConnell.

I'm not talking with an American accent. I haven't gone off and become Sammy Hagar.

We should all know this: that listening, not talking, is the gifted and great role, and the imaginative role.

Songwriting is like talking to yourself when there is no one to talk to.

I don't want to spend my entire life drawing talking heads. It seems like a waste of everyone's time.

Watchin' and listenin' is the thing at present; not talking.

I like people talking about me, about my defense or what I'm doing. I like to see that, and that makes me work hard.

A lot of my work is process-oriented. I delve into my work and sit alone in silence and work with the material and process it, like talking to yourself.

Having an energy conversation without talking about climate is like talking about smoking and not talking about cancer.

The thing I've learned traveling through the United States is that the people in each city are usually awesome, it's generally the 'talking heads' that give us trouble.

Talking about New York is a way of talking about the world.

I don't know now if I'm funny. I just keep talking and hope that I hit something that's funny.

I am trying to keep my voice in order. Basically not talking much in the van throughout the day to preserve it, which I'm sure is welcomed by the band.

We're not talking about insignificant amounts of code. It's substantial System V code showing up in Linux.

I've noticed that when I am selling a lot of records, certain things become easier. I'm not talking about getting a table in a restaurant.

This is what my voice sounds like I don't need to be talking to someone else To hear it

As far as the Internet is concerned, we're not talking about closing the Internet. I'm talking about parts of Syria, parts of Iraq, where ISIS is, spotting it.

The law is rough. I'm not talking about new laws, the existing law is very rough.

talking too much is a far greater social fault than talking too little.

I spent most of my time talking to God more than to people.

Talking about someone who makes you happy actually makes you happy. Being happy makes you want to talk, to go over everything, to share it so you can remember it all over again.

It's dangerous talking about yourself too much because you find yourself talking in sound bites.

People don't like silence, so they'll keep talking to fill the void.

Ken, my husband, just smelled like he belonged to me. I'm not talking about hygiene. I'm talking about when you hug him, he either feels like a member of your tribe or not. It's their scent.

I'm a fan of Talking Heads going way back.

But we were talking about me and my problems." Sophronia looked Monique up and down gravely. "I don't think we're going to solve those in the space of one carriage ride.

Every photograph could be set up. If one could imagine it, one could set it up. The whole discussion is a way of not talking about photographs.

Whenever a critic mentions the salary of an actor, I'm thinking, He's not talking about the movie.

There's always the question when you're making a documentary if the talking heads will work.

I mean, we're not talking about simply racism, we're taking about white supremacy.

I am not talking about you being a spectator, I am talking about involvement. I am talking about involving yourself into life in such a way that you dissolve into it.

The only way I can possibly heat my so-called mind up to working temperature is to imagine I'm talking to someone I admire.

Have you talked to North?" he said. "Yes," she said. "I asked him to get us cable." "I wish you weren't talking to him." "I'd talk to Satan to get cable," Andie said.

As we regularly spend time reading God's Word and talking to Him in prayer, we put ourselves in position for Him to do things in our lives we could never do on our own.

We are talking about someone who has lived. It must be honored in every respect. The fictional can take any kind of channel - according to the actor's marriage to the character.