Quotes of: Small-talk Keyword

My business associate said, “OK, Jarod, let’s talk turkey.” And I said, “If you want to talk turkey, you’ll have to wait until Thanksgiving.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

We talked for four hours. Well, I talked for four, and she listened for two. 

This is the best book I've ever written, and it still sucks

I talked to David yesterday, but since it is a statue, it didn’t talk back. I have to say, it was a better conversationalist than my last date.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

There’s nobody worth talking about, so let’s not talk about it. Only let’s do it anyway. I’ll make it up and then make up later.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

I talk about talking like I listen to listening—in a room with mirrored walls that makes me appreciate the infinity that is God.

This Book Has No Title

The first thing, of course, is to find a vacancy, a place where a teacher is wanted, and the second thing is to make the school officials believe you are just the person for the position.

Twenty Talks to Teachers

Wasn't there only one respectable memento of a man worth keeping, the kind that draws Valentines and learns to spell Mississippi?

We Need to Talk About Kevin

In a country that doesn't discriminate between fame and infamy, the latter presents itself as plainly more achievable.

We Need to Talk About Kevin

Talk lives in a man’s head, but sometimes it is very lonely because in the heads of many men there is nothing to keep it company - and so talk goes out through the lips.

West with the Night

Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else.

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

A mind full of preconceived ideas, subjective intentions, or habits it not open to things as they are.

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

When the restrictions you have do not limit you, this is what we mean by practice.

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

But do not give up your practice; continue it, knowing your weakness.

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

Our effort in our practice should be directed from achievement to non-achievement.

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

But as long as you think you are practicing zazen for the sake of something, that is not true practice.

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

I thought of what my mom had said. "You talk like a man." It was easier to talk like a man than to be one.

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

If some people are “outed,” are other people “inned”? Can we say that someone has been “besided” or “overed”?

Me Talk Pretty One Day

I find it ridiculous to assign a gender to an inanimate object incapable of disrobing and making an occasional fool of itself.

Me Talk Pretty One Day

I think the key to being a journalist is getting your subject to feel comfortable enough to talk about stuff they want to talk about and the stuff they like and don't like, and still feel comfortable about it.

Glenn Danzig

When I think of talking, it is of course with a woman. For talking at its best being an inspiration, it wants a corresponding divine quality of receptiveness, and where will you find this but in a woman?

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

When you talk about the American League, you think of Fenway. When you talk about the National League, you think of Wrigley and the fan base that they have in Chicago.

Pat Gillick