Quotes of: Small-talk Keyword

Many people are good at talking about what they are doing, but in fact do little. Others do a lot but don't talk about it; they are the ones who make a community live.

Community And Growth

I beg your pardon, sir, said the Frenchman. I am not a coloniser. Well, let’s talk Algeria then. Let’s talk about your culture and your celebrated writers.

Carnival: A Novel

None of my friends had grandparents like these. ... Tony and Desolina were exotic.

Eat Now; Talk Later: 52 True Tales of Family, Feasting, and the American Dream

Adults always ask kids how they are doing at school. The one subject kids absolutely hate talking about. You don't even want to talk about school when you are at school.

Gangsta Granny

We still have a lot to talk about," I said. "Talk?" He shook his head, his eyes full of desire. , he whispered to my thoughts.

Hush, Hush

If you're truly in a band and you guys have been together for a long time, there's a family bond that you have. In fact, I've talked about this with therapists, especially if you're talking about a relationship, because when you're with somebody, you...

Gary Allan

Lincoln had entirely outgrown juvenile delight in religious argument. Talking with God seemed to the mature Lincoln more important than talking about Him.

Abraham Lincoln: Lessons in Spiritual Leadership

A man typically lights a scene too much, because it makes no matter what you show, a man always wants to see more. A woman understands darkness and shadows

Happy Talk: A Novel

The cop looks annoyed, like we're giving him a headache. I want to explain everything to him that its really not as screwed up as it all sounds, but then I remember that it is.

How to Talk to a Widower

Putting a damp spoon back in the bowl is the tea-drinking equivalent of sharing a needle. And I did want to end up with the tea-drinking equivalent of AIDS.

I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan

If it was my business, I wouldn't talk about it. It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only people like stockbroker's do that, and then merely at dinner parties.

The Importance of Being Earnest

I went out and had a drink. I needed to talk to someone, and solitary drinkers are lucky in this regard— they always have someone to talk to.

Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit

One very good way to invite stares of disapproval in Japan is to walk and eat at the same time.

Japanese Beyond Words: How to Walk and Talk Like a Native Speaker

Let's talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs; Make dust our paper and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth, Let's choose executors and talk of wills

Richard II

It's all you think about, all you talk about, and all you want us to talk about. What in the world would we call something like that? Oh, yeah! An obsession!

Shiver

The way I saw it, if my students were willing to pretend I was a teacher, the least I could do was return the favor and pretend that they were writers.

Me Talk Pretty One Day

I can't, Muffin. I can't talk to him. Why? He was good enough to sleep with, but not good enough to talk to now that he know's that you're part fish?

The Mermaid's Knight

If you tell people you talk to God, they'll think you're religious, but if you say God talks to you, it's ten to one they'll think you're crazy.

Maybe, Maybe Not

I have a million things to talk to you about. All I want in this world is you. I want to see you and talk. I want the two of us to begin everything from the beginning.

Norwegian Wood

We must have the love that exists among children, for with them love rules without any special purpose.

Salt and Light: Talks and Writings on the Sermon on the Mount

I'm only talking to one person here. If that's you, then you need to shut up and listen. If it's not, then you need to shut up because no one's talking to you.

The Secret Place