Quotes about talking
319 quotes from 193 people
I think ‘no comment’ is a splendid expression. I am using it again and again.
Winston Churchill1874–1965After using the phrase when interviewed by reporters in Miami on 12 February, 1946; quoted in Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” Speech Fifty Years Later by James W. Muller, University of Missouri Press (1999), p. 20The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
IDIsaac D'Israeli1766–1848Often credited to Benjamin DisraeliThe wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotations.
IDIsaac D'Israeli1766–1848Curiosities of Literature (1791–1834)Don’t take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.
There is only one rule for being a good talker—learn to listen.
They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance.
Edmund Burke1729–1797Speech on the Independence of Parliament (1780)The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance.
The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.
