Never demean yourself by talking back to a critic, never. Write those letters to the editor in your head, but don't put them on paper.

I'm just a propagandist and a propagandist doesn't have to know what he is talking about, just so he talks about it most convincingly.

On abortion: We are talking about ambiguous issues of a complicated kind where you have to balance conflicting interests and concerns.

Liberals want Conservatives to shut up. Conservatives want Liberals to keep talking. Because our arguments make sense and theirs don't

That's the ego talking. But it's not the real you. You are a good and wonderful person. You are kind. You have a compassionate nature.

I recently heard young people talking about collective bargaining agreements - I hadn't heard young people use that phrase in forever!

As much wrong as I did in life and as many people as I hurt, I can say that God never stopped talking to me. I just stopped listening.

Anytime I see someone blocking the aisle in the supermarket while talking on a phone, I want to ram that person with my shopping cart.

With a chuckle, Jack mumbled under his breath to Nick. 'It's like watching the preppy, well-bred versions of you and me trash-talking.

If you don't like your wrinkles and you think Botox or surgery is going to fix it, do it and shut up. But don't keep talking about it.

In my wildest dreams, I never would have thought we'd come to the point where were talking about the re-election of a black president.

If you aren't feeding the fire of anger or the fire of craving by talking to yourself, then the fire doesn't have anything to feed on.

Having lots of people talking highly of you and respecting your art and your work, this is one of the best feelings that you can have.

Microsoft is now talking about the digital nervous system... I guess I would be nervous if my system was built on their technology too.

I'm talkin' about us, the new slaves, the people who love fashion. I'm talking about us, you know? 'Cause I'm a slave to it. I love it.

A talking computor with an attitude problem? Haven't I seen that in a dozen b-grade sci-fi flicks?" "Where do you think I got the idea?

I think the Internet has real potential for building community. People all around the world talking to each other can't be a bad thing.

I'm just a sucker even talking to you guys. I should be ready to rip your heads off your necks. But it's just not the right thing to do

Don't say yes until I've finished talking. - Attributed to many Hollywood executives Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny.

Theres nothing worse than having everybody thinking alike, talking alike and having the same direction in mind. It gets stale that way.

If a restaurant offers crayons, I always take them and color throughout the meal. It beats talking to the people I came to dinner with.

If a film isn't really talking about who we are and what our psychologies are, then we're probably not that interested in it, actually.

You cannot talk about race without talking about privilege. And when people start talking about privilege, they get paralyzed by shame.

The act of 'letting go' is actually very easy - it's effortless. Thinking about, talking about, and contemplating 'letting go' is hard.

As a novelist, I have a somewhat higher soapbox to stand on than most people do when it comes to talking back to the merchants of fear.

I had luck, but I worked hard and I suffered. It's not just photography I'm talking about. It's about whatever dream you want it to be.

I hate smoking sections. Unless we're talking about the movie 'The Mask' with Jim Carrey. Then the smoking section is my favorite part.

There are some actors who are rehearsal actors, and some who are not. I am not. Having said that, I don't know what I am talking about.

When you're a brown Muslim from Iran talking about Jesus on TV, you need to keep your cool at all times, OK? That's not rocket science.

If you took a cracked pot and you cracked that cracked pot, you'd be approaching the level of cracked pottery we are talking about here.

I mean I'm talking about playing games, about imagining other people, and it's part of the way that it helps you actually see the world.

The word 'snooze fest' comes to mind when talking about Hopkins' fighting style, that's what a lot of people say. He's a boring fighter.

My father always told me that I was going to be a failure - I think he was more talking about himself, but I didn't know it at the time.

There's nothing worse than having everybody thinking alike, talking alike and having the same direction in mind. It gets stale that way.

People will be talking about the [Barack] Obama legacy for decades, and I wanted to include my voice in the analysis of this presidency.

When I'm talking to someone I think 'can I use this dialogue in a book,'" said Luis. "If the answer is no I try talking to someone else.

If we're talking about the urban landscape as an advanced, forward-thinking art form, there must be some intellectual thinking involved.

Truly great actors carry their characters in silence with them. They communicate without words the relationships that predate the movie.

I'm not really thinking about what I'm talking about or what I'm willing to achieve. I'm just kind of letting it come out, recording it.

What will your children remember? Moments spent listening, talking, playing and sharing together may be the most important times of all.

The behaviorist advances the view that what the psychologists have hitherto called thought is in short nothing but talking to ourselves.

The aim of the poet, or other artist, is first to make something; and it's impossible to make something out of words and not communicate

For a lot of actors, our biggest fear is that we're going to start talking about things we don't fully understand and sound like idiots.

I'm not going to stop talking to people who come up to me in an airport. I'm not going to worry about what may be their ulterior motive.

When we're talking about friendships, generosity and fairness and equanimity and sharing and all those things are super-important to me.

There are 38,000 people dying of hunger each day and most are children. And, being a celebrity, I communicate about it as much as I can.

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

Everyone was talking about the gap between my teeth, my monocle, the fancy waistcoats I wore and the seven-inch cigarette holders I used

The problem is in the type of energy that is directed, either in the act of sex or simply walking down the street or talking to someone.

An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.

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