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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.

It makes you feel at home when you can talk to somebody and really talk about anything.

Quotes by Eddie Murray

Don't write anything you can phone. Don't phone anything you can talk. Don't talk anything you can whisper. Don't whisper anything you can smile. Don't smile anything you can nod. Don't nod anything you can wink.

Quotes by Earl Long

Secular humanists can sit around and talk about their love of humanity, but it doesn't stack up against a two-millennium-old funeral high mass.

Quotes by E. O. Wilson

I will hear no talk that there are no intermediate-range weapons on the NATO side.

Quotes by E. P. Thompson

The talk about balance, nuclear balance, seems to me to be metaphysical and doesn't seem to be real at all.

Quotes by E. P. Thompson

Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.

Quotes by E. W. Howe

I get emotionally attached to someone if I talk to them on the street corner for five minutes.

Quotes by Dustin Lance Black

I don't talk bad about people who I roll with.

Quotes by Dustin Poirier

Don't talk - keep it in your heart.

Quotes by Duke Kahanamoku

A guy who's not a champion can't talk too much about championships, can he?

Quotes by Draymond Green

Everyone wonders why I talk junk, but I was doomed from the beginning.

Quotes by Draymond Green

I like to talk to people and, obviously, to photograph them.

Quotes by Douglas Kirkland

We need to be around our families not because we have so many shared experiences to talk about, but instead because they know precisely which subjects to avoid.

Quotes by Douglas Coupland

I don't talk a lot about myself.

Quotes by Doug Pederson

If you talk to most people under 30, they don't read a newspaper.

Quotes by Douglas Alexander

The public doesn't care about my size. It's just something for the media to talk about.

Quotes by Doug Flutie

The critics slap labels on you and then expect you to talk inside their terms.

Quotes by Doris Lessing

TV likes you to talk about the superficial.

Quotes by Donna Brazile

Politicians can't manage. All they can do is talk.

Quotes by Donald Trump

Border collies were trained in Scotland. They have the Scots' commands in their genes. At the dog trials, the owners wear those three-piece western suits, cowboy boots and 10-gallon hats, but they carry Scots shepherd's crooks over their arms and...

Quotes by Donald McCaig

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.