Talking Too Much Quotes

We're talking too much about what goes on in the stands, nothing about what goes on on the court.

As soon as I feel people are talking too much about my character, it's time to leave.

Talking is always positive. That's why I talk too much.

We seldom repent talking little, but very often talking too much.

I don't like talking too much about my personal life, but it all goes into my work.

One thing talk can't accomplish is communication. This is because everybody's talking too much to pay attention to what anyone is saying

Now the thing is not to get into unnecessary quarrels by talking too much and not to indicate any weakness by talking too much; let our actions speak for themselves.

As a child, all you see is that adults are not playing. Adults are not talking too much. Adults don't want to relate to each other.

The forces of retribution are always listening. They never sleep.

We used to say that those amongst us with the most sins are those who spend their time talking about the sins of others.

Every time I flicked channels, there I was, talking. I was talking too much and writing too little. So Naomi and I went to Hawaii. The phone was cut off and we lost touch. This gave me the chance to have a good think about my life.

Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive--it's such an interesting world. It wouldn't be half so interesting if we know all about everything, would it? There'd be no scope for imagination then, would there?But am I talking too much? People are always telling me I do. Would you rather I didn't talk? If you say so I'll stop. I can STOP when I make up my mind to it, although it's difficult.

Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive-it's such an interesting world.

It's such an interesting world. It wouldn't be half so interesting if we knew all about everything, would it?

If you want to get over a problem, stop talking about it. Your mind affects your mouth and your mouth affects your mind. It's difficult to stop talking about a situation until you stop thinking about it.

talking too much is a far greater social fault than talking too little.

If you let a person talk long enough you'll hear their true intentions. Listen twice, speak once.

Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatness.

There is such a thing as tempting the gods. Talking too much, too soon and with too much self-satisfaction has always seemed to me a sure way to court disaster. The forces of retribution are always listening. They never sleep.

Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

Some actors like encouragement. Some actors prefer to have pressure. And sometimes, for some actors, its better to give your comment by silence, because they are so skillful, so gifted, that they understand without talking too much.

When we are in the company of sensible men, we ought to be doubly cautious of talking too much, lest we lose two good things, their good opinion and our own improvement; for what we have to say we know, but what they have to say we know not.

One of the basic causes for all the trouble in the world today is that people talk too much and think too little. They act impulsively without thinking. I always try to think before I talk.

You've got to avoid overcoaching. You've got to avoid talking too much. You've got to avoid showing players that you're the boss every time. You don't have to do that. They know you're in charge.

Never fail to know that if you are doing all the talking, you are boring somebody.

The lady doth protest too much, methinks.

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Quit sharing bad news and gossip you aren't a garbage truck.

Photographers do themselves a disservice by talking too much about the equipment they use. Consequently people don't take them seriously as creators in their own right. When people talk to writers about their work, they ask about their ideas and inspirations. When they talk to photographers, they ask about what cameras or film they use. That's wrong - as wrong as asking a writer what pencil and laptop he uses.

Without a doubt, one of the things which keeps us from attaining perfection is our tongue. When one has reached the point of no longer committing faults in speech, he has surely reached perfection, as was said by the Holy Spirit. The worst defect in talking is talking too much. Hence, in speech be brief and virtuous, brief and gentle, brief and simple, brief and charitable, brief and amiable.

The aging process seems to strike first at the mechanism which warns that we have been talking too much and the listener is growing restless. The signal isn't perfect at any age - drink, for instance, throws it right out of kilter - but it is almost non-existent in old people.

Weak people talk and do not act, strong people act and keep quiet.