Quotes of: Talk-is-cheap Keyword

Good art theory must smell of the studio, although its language should differ from the household talk of painters and sculptors.

Rudolf Arnheim

At school, I always felt the art room was the place where you could sit and talk. It was a place of solace. I wasn't the best artist at school by a long shot; it was more the understanding and the support that came from that room.

Sam Taylor-Wood

I'm sorry to bother you," she whispered. "When I get excited about a movie I want to talk. I can't help it.

20th Century Ghosts

You know I hate to chase. I'm only here to talk, but if you run, I'll have to chase and we both know where that usually ends up.

Angelic Avenger

Mr. Craig was not above talking politics occasionally, though he piqued himself rather on a wise insight than on specific information.

Adam Bede

We rarely talk about television, only about what’s on television

Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

Listen to the trees talking in their sleep,' she whispered, as he lifted her to the ground. 'What nice dreams they must have!

Anne of Green Gables

You don't always have to solve your problems alone, you know. This is why people talk to their friends.

Anna and the French Kiss

The time has come," the walrus said, "to talk of many things: Of shoes and ships - and sealing wax - of cabbages and kings

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

It was shepherds who were the first to recognize a king that the rest of the world refused to acknowledge. So it’s not surprising that kings would talk to shepherds.

The Alchemist

That really pissed me off, because I am worth it, goddamn it!” “I know you—” “Still talking here!

Alien Overnight

When a man who is drinking neat gin starts talking about his mother he is past all argument.

The African Queen

It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it.

W. H. Auden

He was never very good at talking about feelings. He'd been on his own for so long that it was as if he'd had to learn a new language

Harbour Street

If one plays good music, people don't listen, and if one plays bad music people don't talk.

The Importance of Being Earnest

My doctor says I must not have any serious conversation after seven [o'clock]. It makes me talk in my sleep.

An Ideal Husband

I overheard Nona talking about my little buds and how she remembered back when she was developing into a woman, and that was enough for me.

Ink

There is nothing more sickening than talking about poverty over a fancy dinner.

The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical

I want to spend less time talking about myself, and more time listening to what other people have to say about me.

I Want

Anybody who talks about the future is a bastard, it's the present that counts. Invoking posterity is like making speeches to worms.

Journey to the End of the Night

We men are fascinated by the things we don't really understand. It gives us something to think and talk about: like females, they drive us nuts.

Killosophy