Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ellis Peters

The voices of cold reason were talking, as usual, to deaf ears.

Helen McCrory

I've often sat down with people talking about a film I've been in, and they haven't realised I was in it.

Henry L. Stimson

Now the thing is not to get into unnecessary quarrels by talking too much and not to indicate any weakness by talking too much; let our actions speak for themselves.

Joan Didion

Before I'd written movies, I never could do big set-piece scenes with a lot of different speakers - when you've got twelve people around a dinner table talking at cross purposes. I had always been impressed by other people's ability to do that.

Jimi Hendrix

There was a period when I stopped talking so much, because I was just going through certain things. I just did the gigs and just stayed in, tried to stay away.

Emma Roberts

I just don't like talking about my relationships or anything like that, in any reference.

Emma Stone

So anyway, I've learned a lot about myself just in terms of acting but just work ethic and interesting things like full-page monologues or talking straight into camera, which I had never gotten to do before.

Emma Watson

My best friend Madison keeps a list on her phone of all of the different English slang that I say, so she has kind of like a translator so she can understand without having to ask me, "What on Earth are you talking about when you say 'nackered'?"

John McCain

When we're talking about a trillion dollars of taxpayer money, "trust me" just isn't good enough.

John Hawkes

It's probably odd for someone to read an interview where the interviewee is worried about exposure while they're talking in an interview.

Benjamin Crump

When you look at the Justice Department's report talking about the Ferguson Police Department's rampant pattern of discrimination and its excessive use of force against African-American citizens, it's hard to try to rationalize how this cesspool of racism doesn't spill over onto the individual officers.

Benjamin Disraeli

I will not go down to posterity talking bad grammar.

Evil tongues never want a whet.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Campaign behavior for wives: Always be on time. Do as little talking as humanly possible. Lean back in the parade car so everybody can see the president.

Eleanor Roosevelt

talking too much is a far greater social fault than talking too little.

ADMIRAL, n. That part of a war-ship which does the talking while the figure-head does the thinking.

Are you talking about your week or mine?

Ozzie Guillen

The White Sox were talking (garbage). They were talking (garbage) back. You've got to win between the lines. They did that.

They're talking about the hurricanes. They were tracking Katrina.

They're still talking about it. Right now, I'd say it's 50-50.

They've been talking about doing that for 10 years.

They told me I'm still with the team, but I think they've been talking to people.

You're talking about two friends from the old neighborhood.

They don't know who they are talking to.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

They are talking about the modalities of them doing (uranium) enrichment. We are talking about them not doing enrichment,

You can't just keep talking about it -- eventually, you have to do it.

Gertrude Stein

One never discusses anything with anybody who can understand one discusses things with people who cannot understand.

Gerry Adams

Hugging trees has a calming effect on me. I'm talking about enormous trees that will be there when we are all dead and gone. I've hugged trees in every part of this little island.

Horace

While we're talking, envious time is fleeing: pluck the day, put no trust in the future

Herbie Hancock

One of the greatest experiences I ever had was listening to a conversation with Joni Mitchell and Wayne Shorter. Just to hear them talking, my mouth was open. They understand each other perfectly, and they make these leaps and jumps because they don't have to explain anything.

Jill Soloway

We stay away from pop culture almost all the time, you know. That's sort of a rule. You won't really hear people on our show talking about Beyoncé or Adele. We try to make it a little bit more timeless.

Jessica Chastain

I'm used to working really hard to get a role. I was always auditioning and talking my way into roles.

Jessica Chastain

I love talking about acting. I'm just such a fan of actors and filmmakers, and I try to choose roles where I get to talk to great actors about acting and learn.