Quotes of: Small-talk Keyword

Topics... are what people talk about when they don't know each other well. Topics... are what men talk about.

The Saving Graces

but I have no mind for business and considered staying awake to be enough of an accomplishment.

Me Talk Pretty One Day

People are often frightened of Parisians, but an American in Paris will find no harsher critic than another American.

Me Talk Pretty One Day

Shouting is obvious; not talking to each other slips by.

Love and War: Finding the Marriage You've Dreamed Of

I had no voice to talk with because she was my whole language. Without her to talk to, there was nothing to say.

Love Is a Mix Tape

Even the sun directs our gaze away from itself and to the life illumined by it.

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

I'm a big believer in putting things off, In fact, I even put off procrastinating. -Ella Varner

Smooth Talking Stranger

He was unbelievably hard. Everywhere. He was in control, infinitely stronger, and he wanted me to know it. -Ella

Smooth Talking Stranger

Silence is not our heritage but our destiny; we live where we want to live.

Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters

I set up and staged hundreds of ends-of-the-world and watched, enthralled, as they played themselves out.

Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters

And what about tomorrow then? And all the tomorrows to come? Why can't we talk about it? Why can't we ever talk about it?

Ordinary People

What I call talking to God, you may call talking to myself. Of course, I’m flattered that you’d think I am God.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

Women love to talk. I'll bet Van Gogh had a woman. And I'll bet she talked his ear off.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

Envy nobody. It is the true secret of happiness, or at least the only one I know. (By Moonlight)

We Never Talk about My Brother

There is an old saying that there is no country as unhappy as one that need heroes." (King Pelles the Sure)

We Never Talk about My Brother

They were determined to find something mechanically wrong with him - because broken machines are easier to fix.

We Need to Talk About Kevin

He didn't like to be seen needing it - as if hunger were a sign of weakness.

We Need to Talk About Kevin

You were patient, but I worried that your very patience tempted Kevin to try it.

We Need to Talk About Kevin

In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few

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

To take this posture itself is the purpose of our practice.

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

It is when your practice is rather greedy that you become discouraged with it.

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