Talking Quotes

Most people don’t know how to appreciate silence. They can’t help talking.

Men can govern anything more easily than their tongues, and restrain anything more easily than their appetites.

In short, the first duty of a man is to speak; that is his chief business in this world; and talk, which is the harmonious speech of two or more, is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money; it is all profit; it completes our education, founds and fosters our friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health.

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilised.

I can’t be talking to a tree. If I was talking to a tree I’d be mad, and I’m not mad, so trees can’t talk.