Talk

“It would talk;Lord, how it talked!”

“DISCUSSION, n. A method of confirming others in their errors.”

“But still his tongue ran on, the lessOf weight it bore, with greater ease.”

“With vollies of eternal babble.”

“Words learn'd by rote a parrot may rehearse,The constant creaking of a country sign.”

“But far more numerous was the herd of such,Who think too little, and who talk too much.”

“You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.”

“Talk often, but not long. The talent of haranguing in private company is insupportable.”

“Lugalbanda lies idle in the mountains, in the faraway places; he has ventured into the Zabu mountains. No mother is with him to offer advice, no father is with him to talk to him. No one is with him whom he knows, whom he values, no confidant is there to talk to him. In his heart he speaks to himself.”

“Where there is much talk there will be no end to sin, but he who keeps his mouth shut does wisely.”

“In all labor there is profit, But idle chatter leads only to poverty.”

“I prythee, take the cork out of thy mouth that I may drink thy tidings.”

“If I chance to talk a little wild, forgive me;I had it from my father.”

“The red wine first must riseTalk us to silence.”

“What cracker is this same that deafs our earsWith this abundance of superfluous breath?”

“No, pray thee, let it serve for table-talk;I shall digest it.”

“Talk with a man out at a window—a proper saying.”

“My lord shall never rest:His bed shall seem a school, his board a shrift.”

“Talkers are no good doers; be assur'dWe come to use our hands and not our tongues.”

“A gentleman, nurse, that loves to hear himself talk, and will speak more in a minute than he will stand to in a month.”

“Talking endlessly is what humankind has most on its mind.”

“"The time has come," the Walrus said, And whether pigs have wings.”

“Persuasion tips his tongue whene'er he talks.”

“Whose talk is of bullocks.”

“My tongue within my lips I rein;For who talks much must talk in vain.”

“Stop not, unthinking, every friend you meetThe fiend Lumbago jumps upon his back.”

“No season now for calm, familiar talk.”

“Talk to him of Jacob's ladder, and he would ask the number of the steps.”

“And the talk slid north, and the talk slid southWomen and Horses and Power and War.”

“Then he will talk—good gods, how he will talk!”

“In general those who nothing have to sayContrive to spend the longest time in doing it.”

“Oft has it been my lot to markA proud, conceited, talking spark.”

“His talk was like a stream which runs For dressing eels or shoeing horses.”

“They never taste who always drink;They always talk who never think.”

“She sits tormenting every guest,Which modern ladies call polite.”

“Good talkers are only found in Paris.”