Talking Quotes

A passionate commitment to social justice is no substitute for knowing what the hell you're talking about.

Four years ago in speaking of a Jewish nation one ran the risk of being regarded ridiculous. Today he makes himself ridiculous who denies the existence of a Jewish nation.

When I speak of natural drummers I'm talking about guys that are playing with the talent God gave 'em.

Until you dig a hole, you plant a tree, you water it and make it survive, you haven't done a thing. You are just talking.

I let the other guys handle the talking. I love playing.

We should spend less time at universities filling our students' minds with content by lecturing at them, and more time igniting their creativity … by actually talking with them.

The focus should not be on talking. Talk is cheap. It must be on action.

I don't think I can get into my deep inner thoughts about hitting. It's like talking about religion.

Almost nothing need be said when you have eyes.

When you don't talk, there's a lot of stuff that ends up not getting said.

Whether we’re talking about socks or stocks, I like buying quality merchandise when it is marked down.

I walk around talking to myself in accents. Usually people look at me like I'm a complete fruit loop.

Remember, it takes two to make an argument. The one who is wrong is the one who will be doing most of the talking.

Streets crowded with people strolling, or sitting at outdoor cafes. And always, talking, gesturing, singing, laughing. I liked Rome immediately.Everybody was a performer.

It occurs to me that our survival may depend upon our talking to one another.

We are our brains. My brain is talking to your brain; our bodies are hanging along for the ride.

There's no sense talking about priorities. Priorities reveal themselves. We're all transparent against the face of the clock.

I like to write songs about what's happening, what I see around me and what I hear. Everyday life. Someone may be talking to me and I may take it from that.

How can you prove whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts are a dream; or whether we are awake, and talking to one another in the waking state?

Bruce [Dern] and I are in this car just for days and days, just talking about life and I could listen to his stories forever.

Literature is humanity talking to itself.

When [actors] are talking, they are servants of the dramatist. It is what they can show the audience when they are not talking that reveals the fine actor.

He is so shaggy. People are amazed when he gets up and they suddenly realize they have been talking to the wrong end.

I don't know if you have noticed this, but it is quite possible for two human beings to have a conversation in which one or both parties involved has absolutely no idea what they're talking about.

Two kangaroos were talking to each other, and one said, 'I hope it doesn't rain today. I hate it when the children play inside.

A designer can mull over complicated designs for months. Then suddenly the simple, elegant, beautiful solution occurs to him. When it happens to you, it feels as if God is talking! And maybe He is.

One never realizes how much and how little he knows until he starts talking.

There's something people find hilarious about dogs surfing and dancing and talking in the movies. I think it's nice for people - I think it's wish fulfillment - to see animals talking.

We used to say that those amongst us with the most sins are those who spend their time talking about the sins of others.

When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself.

A guy that's really serious about you, he's gotta be talking to you, he's gotta want to have one-on-one, in-your-face interaction. That's how we are.

Biologically speaking, if something bites you it's more likely to be female.

Well, if you're talking about perfection, I'll show you the image of my backside.

We keep so busy talking we are so keen to act that we forget that in the heart lies all we need untapped, intact.

Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what he's talking about.

For one kiss, darling, I swear everything I would give. Cause you're a walking, talking reason to live.

I want TNA to grow as a company, it’s better for me as a performer and me as a businessman. But how can they grow if every chance they get they are constantly talking about up north and the WWE?

Honestly, it was pretty challenging working with a talking raccoon.

Without question, purity is beautiful. We're not talking about repression or prudishness, but about having a confident and serene sense of your dignity and worth.

Stay to yourself, just listen. Do more listening than talking. The more you speak the higher the chances you sayin the wrong thing.

The energy produced by the breaking down of the atom is a very poor kind of thing. Anyone who expects a source of power from the transformation of these atoms is talking moonshine.

Neurotics complain of their illness, but they make the most of it, and when it comes to taking it away from them they will defend it like a lioness her young.

Talking about your feeling with someone who is willing to listen can be enormously consoling, especially if that person has experienced a death similar to the one you are grieving.

Everything good or true that the angels inspire in us is God's, so God is constantly talking to us. He talks very differently, though, to one person than to another.

I think that just talking about what guys shouldn’t do, we got to also make sure that you can do your part to do whatever you can do to make, to try to make sure it doesn’t happen.

It's funny looking at yourself. You know how it is when you look back at old pictures? It's just funny looking back at yourself walking and talking at age 14

Talking to people and hearing their stories, you learn a lot.

Whether we're talking about race or gender or class, popular culture is where the pedagogy is, it's where the learning is.

Stop talking about the problem and start thinking about the solution.

When you open up your mouth, everything of God comes out and it commands attention, it commands change. I'm talking about the power that's inside of you.