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“If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear.”
Winnie the Pooh
“It was impossible to get a conversation going; everybody was talking too much.”
Yogi Berra
“To talk much and arrive nowhere is the same as climbing a tree to catch a fish”
Chinese Proverbs
“Talk to me about the truth of religion and I'll listen gladly. Talk to me about the duty of religion and I'll listen submissively. But don't come talking to me about the consolations of religion or I shall suspect that you don't understand.”
C.S. Lewis
“They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.”
Clare Boothe Luce
“Avoid him who talks sweetly before you but tries to ruin you behind your back, for he is like a pitcher of poison with milk on top.”
Chanakya
“Being drunk is a good disguise. I drink so I can talk to assholes. This includes me.”
Jim Morrison
“When entering into a marriage one ought to ask oneself: do you believe you are going to enjoy talking with this woman up into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory, but most of the time you are together will be devoted to conversation.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.”
“To listen well, is as powerful a means of influence as to talk well, and is as essential to all true conversation”
