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A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money. – Senator Everett Dirksen
Billy No I will not make out with you. Did ya hear that this girl wants to make out with me in the middle of class. You got Chlorophyll Man up there talking about God knows what and all she can talk about is making out with me. I'm here to learn, everybody, not to make out with you. Go on with the chlorophyll. – Billy Madison
In the 1940s a survey listed the top seven discipline problems in public schools talking, chewing gum, making noise, running in the halls, getting out of turn in line, wearing improper clothes, not putting paper in wastebaskets. A 1980s survey lists these top seven drug abuse, alcohol abuse, pregnancy, suicide, rape, robbery, assault. (Arson, gang warfare and venereal disease are also-rans.) – George Will
It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally, even when you know what you're talking about. – Kim Hubbard
We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans. – Reubin Askew
We will continue talking about the beauty of the deserts as long as the forests exist on Earth! But when the last forest is gone, no beauty of deserts will remain too! – Mehmet Murat ildan
Nicky A lot of holes in the desert, and a lot of problems are buried in those holes. But you gotta do it right. I mean, you gotta have the hole already dug before you show up with a package in the trunk. Otherwise, you're talking about a half-hour to forty-five minutes worth of digging. And who knows who's gonna come along in that time Pretty soon, you gotta dig a few more holes. You could be there all f*in' night. – Casino**
A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself. – Arthur Miller
If I could master the art of appearing confident, if I could convincingly pretend to know what I'm talking about when I don't, I'd be rich by now. Very important skill, bullshitting. – Tami Cohen
Whenever I hear people talking about 'liberal ideas,' I am always astounded that men should love to fool themselves with empty sounds. An idea should never be liberal it must be vigorous, positive, and without loose ends so that it may fulfill its divine mission and be productive. The proper place for liberality is in the realm of the emotions. – Johann von Goethe
Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking. – Clement Atlee
The art of conversation consist as much in listening politely, as in talking agreeably. – Atwell
Whenever I hear people talking about "liberal ideas," I am always astounded that men should love to fool themselves with empty sounds. An idea should never be liberal; it must be vigorous, positive, and without loose ends so that it may fulfill its divine mission and be productive. The proper place for liberality is in the realm of the emotions. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There's a dark side to each and every human soul. We wish we were Obi-Wan Kenobi, and for the most part we are, but there's a little Darth Vadar in all of us. Thing is, this ain't no either or proposition. We're talking about dialectics, the good and the bad merging into us. You can run but you can't hide. My experience Face the darkness, stare it down. Own it. As brother Nietzsche said, being human is a complicated gig. Give that old dark night of the soul a hug Howl the eternal yes – Stuart Stevens
Batman You killed my parents. The Joker What What What are you talking about Batman I made you, you made me first. The Joker Give me a break. I was a kid when I killed your parents. When I say I made you you gotta say you made me. How childish can you get – Batman
I once had a conversation with a person and there face changed like a penny had just droped like a sudden realisation.months months went by and I asked person when you were talking to me a while ago and your faced had suddenly droped why was that. the person relplied "because thats when I relised I could learn a lot from you" - for me that was the biggest achivement ever. – daniel hughes
TALKING TO MY DAD IS LIKE TALKING TO A WALL!!;) – Teenager
A bore is a fellow talking who can change the subject back to his topic of conversation faster than you can change it back to yours. – Laurence J. Peter
A country which proposes to make use of modern war as an instrument of policy must possess a highly centralized, all-powerful executive, hence the absurdity of talking about the defense of democracy by force of arms. A democracy which makes or effectively prepares for modern scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic. – Aldous Huxley
A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about. – Author Unknown
A mistake proves that someone stopped talking long enough to do something. – Phoenix Flame
A Native American grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt. He said, "I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is the vengeful, angry, violent one. The other wolf is the loving, compassionate one. The grandson asked him, Which wolf will win the fight in your heart? The grandfather answered, The one I feed. – Anonymous, As told in Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes
An actor's a guy who, if you ain't talking about him ain't listening. – Marlon Brando
An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person. – Joseph Addison
Big people monopolize the listening. Small people monopolize the talking. Proverbs 29:20 "Seest thou a man that has hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than him". – God's Little Instruction Book

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