Quotes of: Talk-is-cheap Keyword

If he didn’t want to talk about it, I wouldn’t mention anything. I wanted him to open it up for me, not me intruding and asking questions to him.

Not a Melodious Harmony

Using words to talk of words is like using a pencil to draw a picture of itself, on itself. Impossible. Confusing. Frustrating ... but there are other ways to understanding.

The Name of the Wind

I'd like to have a good long talk with you once you've calmed down. Please call me soon. Happy Birthday.

Norwegian Wood

It is hard to talk about a middle ground for something that is a fundamental right.

The Obama Syndrome: Surrender at Home, War Abroad

I'm not going to be one of those people who sits around talking about what they're going to do. I'm just going to do it. Imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia.

Looking for Alaska

I hated talking, and I hated listening to everyone else stumble on their words and try to phrase things in the vaguest possible way so they wouldn’t sound dumb.

Looking for Alaska

No one's stopping you," said Jess. "But you've got to make it more interesting. That's why why we drift off and talk about biscuits.

A Long Way Down

At a certain point talk about 'essence' and 'oneness' and the universal becomes more tautological than inquisitive.

Love, Poverty, and War: Journeys and Essays

Without language, one cannot talk to people and understand them; one cannot share their hopes and aspirations, grasp their history, appreciate their poetry, or savor their songs.

Long Walk to Freedom

There was a sad fellow over on a bar stool talking to the bartender, who was polishing a glass and listening with that plastic smile people wear when they are trying not to scream.

The Long Goodbye

So, we skipped Annabel, and discussed condoms. I said I liked the orange ones, and we ended our talk in laughter.

Love, Ghosts, & Facial Hair

There's a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem. It's not something you can give; it's something they have to build.

The Last Lecture

That was what his mom always said. She was probably right. Last time he talked to a werewolf, he ended up dating her.

Long Night Moon

[He] had to submit to the fate of every newcomer in a small town, where many tongues talk but few heads think.

Les Misérables

It’s hard for me to talk about love,' she said. 'I think movies are the way I do that.

The Life and Death of Sophie Stark

Love is talking to one woman, but thinking about another woman. Now that’s commitment.


Love quotes for the ages. And the ageless sages.

Get up guys. We’ve got a visit to pay.” “What are you talking about?” “I am not hanging out with Blake Lazar again.

Last Sacrifice

It was bewildering and humbling to keep discovering how many brave things people can fail to talk themselves out of doing.

Love Is a Mix Tape

Too bad,Elizabeth. You're Stuck with me.Not for a few decades,not for centuries. You're tied to me forever. That boy and girl offspring you talked off? They'll come from me--or no one.

Lothaire

Humans are moving into a new phase, one based on the knowledge that talking about their feelings has never got them anywhere.

The Last Werewolf

Yeah, because you'll really be showing them, won't you. Talk about cutting up your wrists to spite your fate.

Solitary