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Talk Quotes

On conversation, honesty, and what goes unsaid.

These quotes range from a simple family ritual of talking through the week's proudest moments to a sharper point about how rhetoric on freedom and equal opportunity can expose real contradictions in a society. Browse About quotes for related reflections.

We do not need to have a way to talk clearly about other people's images.

Quotes by Ian Hacking

If I have a problem with someone I talk about them. I don't pick on their kids.

Quotes by Hulk Hogan

Nobody told me how to talk or think.

Quotes by Hulk Hogan

No matter what we talk about, we are talking about ourselves.

Quotes by Hugh Prather

I don't talk about my salary.

Quotes by Howard Stern

I sometimes talk about the making of a poem within the poem.

Quotes by Howard Nemerov

I would talk in iambic pentameter if it were easier.

Quotes by Howard Nemerov

We like technology because we don't have to talk to anybody.

Quotes by Howard Rheingold

If we want to have good workers and good citizens, we need to create common spaces in which individuals can talk about the moral and ethical dilemmas that they have faced and how they resolve them.

Quotes by Howard Gardner

It is longstanding U.S. policy that we will talk to the Iranians anytime, anywhere, on any subject, with no preconditions. So far, they have not taken us up on our offer.

Quotes by Howard Berman

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

Quotes by Howard Berman

I have not spent years in therapy; I tried therapy in my mid-twenties, and it did not go very well. I just thought, 'This is so not for me. I would rather talk to one of my girlfriends.'

Quotes by Hope Davis

When British or Australian actors perform American characters, we laud them and talk about how great it is they are able to do this other accent that is not their own. Americans have different relationships with other accents.

Quotes by Hong Chau

People talk worse about people than they talk good about people, because a lot of people like drama.

Quotes by Hilary Duff

My mom taught me not to talk about money.

Quotes by Hilary Duff

They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.

Herman Melville

It is impossible to talk or to write without apparently throwing oneself helplessly open.

Herman Melville

I started off thinking that maybe the social sciences ought to have the kinds of mathematics that the natural sciences had. That works a little bit in economics because they talk about costs, prices and quantities of goods.

Quotes by Herbert A. Simon

We do not talk - we bludgeon one another with facts and theories gleaned from cursory readings of newspapers, magazines and digests.

Quotes by Henry Miller

Business can talk itself into a blue funk.

Quotes by Helen Clark

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a quote about celebrating pride within a family or group?
Yes — one describes a simple, positive ritual: "We go around and talk about what are each of the kids most proud of from the previous week." It's a small practice built entirely around encouragement.
Do these quotes talk about the gap between ideals and reality?
One does, pointedly: "When we talk of freedom and opportunity for all nations, the mocking paradoxes in our own society become so clear they can no longer be ignored." For more thoughtful reflections like this, see our About quotes.
Is there a quote about avoiding a difficult topic?
Yes — one speaker alludes to a frightening experience without dwelling on it: "I have had bullets flying at concerts, but I don't want to talk about that." It shows that not every hard experience needs to be discussed in detail.
How is talking connected to basic life skills in these quotes?
One quote lists it alongside other fundamentals: "Every game has to teach you how to walk, run, talk, use." It treats talking as one of several basic abilities that shape how we function day to day. For more foundational reflections, browse our Know quotes.
Where can I find more quotes on everyday communication?
Our Just and Always collections both touch on the small, everyday moments that make up how we talk to and understand one another.

Others touch on subjects some performers would rather not revisit publicly, and on how learning to talk is bound up with learning to walk and play. See Know and Just quotes for more.