Quotes of: Small-talk Keyword

New York lesson 1 - never look lost. Lesson 2 - forget hallowed silences. It's the right of all Americans to talk at the tops of their voices.

The Element -inth in Greek

1.01 MY PRAYER No stone may turn when I walk, No being may pain when I talk, No man may dread of my knock, And this I ask of You to stock. [1] - 1

Eddies of Life

Smart people think. Brave people talk. Great people act.

Economic Warfare: Secrets of Wealth Creation in the Age of Welfare Politics

The Baroness found it amusing to go to tea; she dressed as if for dinner. The tea-table offered an anomalous and picturesque repast; and on leaving it they all sat and talked in the large piazza, or wandered about the garden in the starlight.

The Europeans

The thought of my mother talking to me about sex makes me want to stab my eyes out with a fork, gouge even deeper and scramble my brains to prevent the conversation from ever happening.

Ethereal

Well, it's really no use our talking in the way we have been doing if the words we use mean something different to each of us...and nothing.

Eating People is Wrong

There was much talk about why the prime minister had brought back such a troublesome and unpredictable colleague, and the consensus was that he preferred to have Churchill inside the tent spitting out.

Fall of Giants

Before when we were talking, were you asking why her?" The aurora above us reflected on his face, and his dark eyes were filled with heat. "Or were you asking why not you?

FrostFire

(...) and then I realized there was no one else to call, which was the saddest thing. The only person I really wanted to talk to about Augustus Water's death was Augustus Water.

The Fault in Our Stars

Why, could the good man not impose his will, control his wife? asked Mrs. Carew, who always made much of masculine authority in her talk with friends but ruled the roost at home.

Familiar Spirits

Never use five words if you can get away with one, eh? I've known dead men talk more than you do.

Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders

After one of the lectures in Philadelphia, a woman asked Chesterton what made women talk so much, to which he replied, briefly, 'God, Madam'.

G. K. Chesterton: A Biography

There was a beautiful feeling of calm in my groin, a sense of peace so remarkable it was almost ecstasy——anyone who' suffered bad pain and then recovered will know what I'm talking about.

The Green Mile

Negative people talk and your dreams begin to wither off. But they begin to sprout in the fragrance of hope when they find a new soil! Change your environment!

The Great Hand Book of Quotes

Integrity involves the ability to stand straight when you tell your truth, and still stand straight when the other person comes to talk!

The Great Hand Book of Quotes

Why I let you talk me into these things, I’ll never understand. One day you’re going to get me into some serious trouble," Rowan said, shaking his head.

Het Verloren Koninkrijk

I gave you three proofs of witchcraft. A cat that drinks blood! A horse that talks! And a man who propagates POODLES!

Blackadder: The Whole Damn Dynasty, 1485-1917

Whatcha do to Ricky Ricardo? Found him talking real fast in Spanish." "Nothing." She looked at Tony. "He's just moody, and the moodier he gets, the less you can understand him.

Below the Belt

Popularity's a weird thing. You can't really define it, and it's not cool to talk about, but you know it when you see it. Like a lazy eye, or porn.

Before I Fall

You didn’t tell Summer about it, did you?” “What?” Gage scoffs. “Yeah, telling your girlfriend the Angel of Death might visit her if some switch is flipped is normal pillow talk.

Burning Falls

It was as if the city itself was preparing for some impending catastrophe. There had always been talks of ghost and darkness here, even in his boyhood, and now that darkness seems to be seeping from the stones and timbers as much as it was descending...

Blood