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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.

Intelligent people tend to talk about the facts. They don't sit around and call each other names. That's what you can find on a third grade playground.

Quotes by Ben Carson

My father has positional vertigo, and if he flies he gets really dizzy, so he has to drive out to California, which he does a couple times a year. We talk, but we e-mail mostly.

Quotes by Ben Affleck

There are conferences every year where all the major coaches get together, and they talk about the issues in wrestling, what's going to happen. There's a major governing body, U.S.A. Wrestling, which oversees a lot of the issues. The organization...

Quotes by Ben Askren

A person's body changing is simply not clearance for you to talk about it.

Quotes by Beanie Feldstein

Endless motorbike talk can and does bore me.

Quotes by Barry Sheene

One time, I was really close to Steve Martin. I was too afraid to actually go talk to him, but I'll count that as meeting.

Quotes by Baron Vaughn

Most attractive males talk to most attractive women as if they were Rotarians comparing sales percentages in Des Moines.

Quotes by Barbara Walters

I know actors come around and they always talk like that, but I don't do publicity if I don't like the film.

Quotes by Barbara Hershey

It is not empty rhetoric to talk of the Free World.

Quotes by Barbara Amiel

When I talk about that Apple ecosystem, the ability to get one application to run across those five platforms is very difficult. In the future of Microsoft, using HTML5, IE9 and 10, the scalable OS, the ability to do that...

Quotes by B. Kevin Turner

When you talk about Puyol, you speak of a myth of football.

Quotes by Aymeric Laporte

I don't want to talk about Nicki Minaj anymore.

Quotes by Azealia Banks

When I rap, it's just an extension of how I speak, and that's how I talk. If you don't like it, don't listen.

Quotes by Azealia Banks

Slash and I hadn't talked in 19 years, and when we did talk, I was like, 'You wrote a lot of stuff that didn't even happen. It's not real.'

Quotes by Axl Rose

We in the Jewish Home party talk all the time about how Judea and Samaria are our homeland and they are part of Israel, so we are there to stay.

Quotes by Ayelet Shaked

I think that 'Judaizing the Galilee' is not an offensive term. We used to talk like that.

Quotes by Ayelet Shaked

There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk.

Quotes by Aung San Suu Kyi

I am prepared to talk with anyone. I have no personal grudge toward anybody.

Quotes by Aung San Suu Kyi

You cannot compromise unless people talk to you.

Quotes by Aung San Suu Kyi

Every boy needs a role model that he can be proud of and talk about to the other kids in the playground.

Quotes by Athol Fugard

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.