Talkers Quotes

• A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.

  Truman Capote

  Communication, Intelligent, Talking

  "Leadership Divided: What Emerging Leaders Need and What You Might Be Missing". Book by Ron A. Carucci, September 30, 2006.

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• People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  Inspirational, Life, Humorous

  Jean Jacques Rousseau (2015). “Emile”, p.577, eKitap Projesi

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• There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen.

  Christopher Morley

  Wisdom, Communication, Advice

  Christopher Morley (1925). “Safety pins: and other essays”

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• The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and men, but between talkers and doers.

  Thomas Sowell

  Country, Men, Doers

  Thomas Sowell (2013). “Ever Wonder Why?: and Other Controversial Essays”, p.204, Hoover Press

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• Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty.

  Thomas Sowell

  Doers, Specialty

  Thomas Sowell (2013). “Ever Wonder Why?: and Other Controversial Essays”, p.206, Hoover Press

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• A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.

  Gautama Buddha

  Positive, Dog, Buddhist

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• People who have little to do are excessive talkers.

  Bill Vaughan

  People, Behaviour, Littles

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• There are some silent people who are more interesting than the best talkers.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  People, Interesting, Silent

  Benjamin Disraeli (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)”, p.4031, Delphi Classics

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• Talkers are no good doers.

  William Shakespeare

  Humorous, Silence, Laziness

  William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier, Charles Symmons (1839). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Henry IV, pt. 2. Henry V. Henry VI, pts. 1-3”, p.32

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• Good talkers are only found in Paris.

  Francois Villon

  Paris, Found, France Paris

  "Ballade des Femmes de Paris". Poem by Francois Villon , II,

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• No great talker ever did any great thing yet, in this world.

  Ouida

  Talking, World, Great Things

  Ouida (2016). “Wisdom, Wit and Pathos of Ouida”, p.96, Ouida

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• Nothing is more despicable than a professional talker who uses his words as a quack uses his remedies

  Francois Fenelon

  Use, Quacks, Remedy

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

  Eliphas Levi

  Success, Strong, Procrastination

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• Jesus was a doer, and not only a talker. He led the way by example. He showed us how to live and minister to others.

  Artur Pawlowski

  Jesus, Doers, Way

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• Tennessee Williams was a gifted talker with a beautiful accent and we had lots of things in common.

  Gloria Swanson

  Beautiful, Tennessee, Common

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• The present is an age of talkers, and not of doers; and the reason is, that the world is growing old. We are so far advanced in the Arts and Sciences, that we live in retrospect, and dote on past achievement.

  William Hazlitt

  Art, Past, Achievement

  'The Spirit of the Age' (1825) 'Mr Coleridge'

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• We need only look to our Navajo Code Talkers during World War II to see the value that Native languages bring not only to their culture, but to the security of all Americans.

  Rick Renzi

  War, Native Language, Needs

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• I pledge to you I'm not a talker. I'm a doer.

  Michele Bachmann

  Doers, Pledge

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• If I were to name my favorite pastime, I'd have to say talking about myself. I love it and I think most other people do too. We need, people like us, more listeners and less talkers.

  Hedy Lamarr

  Thinking, Talking, Names

  Hedy Lamarr (1966). “Ecstasy and me: my life as a woman”

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• I am a writer perhaps because I am not a talker.

  Gwendolyn Brooks

  Clumsiness

  Gwendolyn Brooks, Gloria Jean Wade Gayles (2003). “Conversations with Gwendolyn Brooks”, p.21, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and men, but between talkers and doers. Think about the things that have improved our lives the most over the past century - medical advances, the transportation revolution, huge increases in consumer goods, dramatic improvements in housing, the computer. The people who created these things - the doers - are not popular heroes. Our heroes are the talkers who complain about the doers.

  Thomas Sowell

  Country, Hero, Past

  Thomas Sowell (2013). “Ever Wonder Why?: and Other Controversial Essays”, p.204, Hoover Press

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• Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are at the mercy of those who have none.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Freedom, Men, Action

  Dan Laurence, George Bernard Shaw (1999). “Plays Political: The Apple Cart, On the Rocks, Geneva”, p.253, Penguin UK

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• I hadn't realized until this week that in [Moses'] youth he killed a man, an Egyptian, and buried him under some sandI used to worry that I wasn't enough like Jesus, but yesterday I remembered who was my king; a man who, when God addressed him and told him to lead the people out of Egypt, said, 'But I'm not a good talker! Couldn't you ask my brother instead?' So it should not be so hard to come at this life with a bit of honesty. I don't need to be great like the leader of the Christian people. I can be a bumbling, murderous coward like the King of the Jews.

  Sheila Heti

  Christian, Brother, Jesus

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• If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.

  Lillian Hellman

  Inspirational, Writing, Talking

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• Those in public office who do not love the people are thieves stealing salaries. Those who teach but do not themselves practice what they teach are mere talkers. Those who try to do successful work without considering development of character will find it insubstantial.

  Zicheng Hong

  Character, Successful, Practice

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