Quotes of: Talk-is-cheap Keyword

It's no use of talking unless people understand what you say.

Zora Neale Hurston

It's always a pleasure to talk about someone else's work.

Chuck Close

I've learned not to hide behind a veil of irony - to talk about my work in a more honest way.

Florence Welch

I'm not the classic type - fair skin, very beautiful women of a classic type, I'm talking about now.

Debra Wilson

I also use women as a sex object; maybe I'm kinky. However, I like to talk to them as well.

Oliver Reed

I talk to women for a living. It's pretty much what I do with my day.

Tracy McMillan

I would go to war with words, not weapons. I would die talking before I lifted a weapon.

Mandy Patinkin

True wisdom listens more, talks less and can get along with all types of people.

Kiana Tom

What is it?" said Jeanne, when Diana was gone; "you look rather gloomy." "Why, yes." "What has happened?" "Oh, mon Dieu! an accident." "To you?" "Not precisely to me, but to a person who was near me." "Who was it?" "The person I was walking with." "M...

Chicot the Jester

That is the way we decided to talk, free and easy, two young men discussing a boxing match. That was the only way to talk. You couldn't let too much truth seep into your conversation, you couldn't admit with your mouth what your eyes had seen. If you...

City of Thieves

Alain Badiou was once seated amongst the public in a room where I was delivering a talk, when his cellphone (which, to add insult to injury, was mine -- I had lent it to him) all of a sudden started to ring. Instead of turning it off, he gently inter...

In Defense of Lost Causes

Which meant it was time for the centerpiece of the celebration, the reason they were all gathered on Saturday, the weekly episode of what, as far as many of the Davidsons including Jody were concerned was the greatest television show ever made. Hee H...

Doxology

Valkyrie made a face. "Bloody vampires." Ryan sat forward. "That was a vampire? That guy who looked like an accountant?" "We don't talk about vampires," Skulduggery warned. "But it was daytime. How could he have been out during the-" "We don't talk a...

The End of the World

Social class positioning influences all aspects of everyday interaction – how to talk, if to talk and when, whom to trust, whether or not to plan or risk, what can or cannot be done, how to belong, and who to be. Of course, how people respond to th...

Facing Social Class: How Societal Rank Influences Interaction

She wanted to sit in the pub with him the way Sam did with Steve, the way Matty and Karen had done last weekend with their boyfriends, to hold his hand as they walked down the street, to be able to smile in public at him, not this controlled, agonisi...

Happily Ever After

This is when the pill became widely known as The Pill, perhaps the only product in American history so powerful that it needed no name. Women went to their doctors and said they wanted it. They wanted The Pill. Some of them might still have been unco...

The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution

We need to send our words out in the direction we want them to go. In other words, we need to start talking victory when we’re staring at defeat. We need to start talking healing when we’re feeling sick. We need to start blessing and prosperity w...

Believe That You Can: Moving with Faith and Tenacity to the Dream God Has Given You

It's a secret code," said Calvin. "Girls are not not like boys. If a boy wants to kill you, he says 'I'm going to kill you.' If a girl wants to kill you, she says, 'We need to talk.' That's the code." I gasped. "Has a girl ever wanted to talk to you?...

Alvin Ho: Allergic to Birthday Parties, Science Projects, and Other Man-made Catastrophes

To take good care of ourselves, we must go back and take care of the wounded child inside of us. You have to practice going back to your wounded child every day. You have to embrace him or her terderly, like a big brother or a big sister. You have to...

Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames

Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive--it's such an interesting world. It wouldn't be half so interesting if we know all about everything, would it? There'd be no scope for im...

Anne of Green Gables

I always thought they were fabulous monsters!" said the Unicorn. "Is it alive?" "It can talk," said Haigha, solemnly. The Unicorn looked dreamily at Alice, and said, "Talk, child." Alice could not help her lips curling up into a smile as she began: "...

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass