Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way.
Marcel Proust
Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.
Muhammad Ali
The honorablest part of talk is to give the occasion, and again to moderate and pass to somewhat else; for then a man leads the dance.
Francis Bacon
It is a difficult task to talk to the purpose, and to put life and perspicuity into our discourse.
Jeremy Collier
I like to do all the talking myself. It saves time, and prevents arguments.
Oscar Wilde
Thirty was so strange for me. I've really had to come to terms with the fact that I am now a walking and talking adult.
C.S. Lewis
When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.
Victor Hugo
Set up the listening. Prepare who you are talking to for what you want them to hear. Get people to listen as a possibility rather than a problem.
Mal Pancoast
Talking much about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Modern poets talk against business, poor things, but all of us write for money. Beginners are subjected to trial by market.
Robert Frost
Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don't think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.
Bill Gates
The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
Fran Lebowitz
Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.
Steve Martin
Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about.
Saskya Pandita