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He’s nice, bit of a close talker. — Jerry Seinfeld · 1994You can't believe this woman. She's one of these low-talkers. You can't hear a word she's saying! You're always going "excuse me?", "what was that?" — Jerry Seinfeld · 1993
Weigh’st thy words before thou giv’st them breath. — William Shakespeare · 1604Talkers are no good doers. Be assured We go to use our hands and not our tongues. — William Shakespeare · 1597
Bartender1 quote
If talk was money, Doc, you'd be the best customer I got. — Bartender · 1939
Ben Jonson1 quote
Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things. — Ben Jonson · 1637
When you have nothing to say, say nothing. — Charles Caleb Colton · 1820
We talkin' or we racin'? — Dominic Toretto · 2011
Everett1 quote
I detect, like me, you're endowed with the gift of gab. — Everett · 2000
Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating. — Joel Barish · 2004
Lao Tzu1 quote
He who knows does not speak. He who speaks does not know. — Lao Tzu · 400 BC
I don't know, but some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't they? — The Scarecrow · 1939
The Writer1 quote
We talked into the night. The kind of talk that seemed important until you discover girls. — The Writer · 1986
Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time. — Thomas Carlyle · 1838
You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Then who the hell else are you talkin' to? You talkin' to me? Well I'm the only one here. Who the fuck do you think you're talking to? Oh yeah, yeah. Okay. — Travis Bickle · 1976