I'm talking to a journalist and I really have nothing to say anymore, this is already uncomfortable. I feel the pain coming already. The brutal pain, when one day I should read your edit of whatever I...

And yet he found comfort in the absence of telling.

It's loud inside my head, with those words I want to say to you.

Talking empties you of the noisy silence within.

Mr. Watson - Come here - I want to see you.

WHY did she do this? She was a terrible drunk texter. All the things she wanted to say to people during the day came out at night, like a vampire.

One should never use exclamation points in writing. It is like laughing at your own joke.

The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.

There's nothing wrong with stretching the truth. We stretch taffy, and that just makes it more delicious.

It's not at all hard to understand a person; it's only hard to listen without bias.

One highly successful venture capitalist who is regularly pitched by young entrepreneurs told me how frustrated he is by his colleagues' failure to distinguish between good presentation skills and...

Go ahead; take Kant's PROLEGOMENA TO ANY FUTURE METAPHYSIC and get it to show what he is telling. We would all be a lot happier.

You're twelve years old. One horrible day your best friend's family moves to another town. You speak to your friend on the telephone now and then, but telephone conversations just aren't the same as...

Tell me about our legal issues. And use small words. I don't like to think at this hour of the morning. It hurts.~Leo to Merripen

"Your friend Lila is calling from her car phone," Ned said, half amused and half annoyed. "Apparently something earth-shattering has come up, and unless she can talk to you this very second, she...

Humans will believe anything you say provided you do not exhibit the smallest shadow of diffidence; like animals, they can detect the smallest crack in your confidence before you express it. The trick...

Jem spoke with enormous care; talking to Will about anything personal was like trying not to startle away a wild animal.

Seeking advice is a subtle way to invite someone to make a commitment to us.

"Talking to you is like -- like talking to an eel!" "No, is it? I've never tried to talk to an eel. Isn't it as waste of time?" "Not such a waste of time as talking to you!"

When your words are futile, you're better off keeping them to yourself

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Ridicule was a better defense than truth.

A society where you're not allowed to blow your own trumpet is so much more nuanced, sophisticated and interesting than the grim world of literalism that's being ushered in.

I'm not speaking to hear myself talk, Mr. Cronyn. I told you to be quiet. One more interruption and I will have you silenced.

Ultimately,we hear things because we cannot see everything.

So a voice in the mountain is enough to let loose an avalanche. A word too much may be followed by a caving in. If the word had not been spoken, it would not have happened.

You confuse not speaking with not listening.

Interruptions were sometimes more frequent than statements. The process, compared to a well-managed executive conference, was a slab of raw beef compared to a wiring diagram. Raw beef, however,...

1} Remain silent you share of the time {more rather than less}. 2} Be attentive while others are talking. 3} Say what you think but be careful not to hurt others' feelings. 4} Avoid topics not of...

The most important thing in human relationship is conversation. But people don't talk anymore, they don't sit down to talk and listen. They go to theatre, the cinema, watch television, listen to the...