He who talks incessantly, talks nonsense


African Proverb

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He talks nonsense.
DAVID TUVILL
God talks incessantly. But, as it turns out, mankind is deaf.
DON WILLIAMS JR.
He who talks more is sooner exhausted.
LAO TZU
He who talks much cannot talk well
CARLO GOLDONI
He who talks much cannot talk well.
CARLO GOLDONI
He who talks more is sooner exhausted
LAO TZU
He who talks much cannot always talk well.
CARLO GOLDONI
Onassis was a man who loved to walk, to walk and talk, and he was the kind of man who doesn't go...
PIERRE SALINGER
A gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who talks to you about himself; and a b...
LISA KIRK
A gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who talks to you about himself; and a b...
LISA KIRK
Blessed is he who talks in circles, for he shall become a big wheel.
FRANK DANE
The person who talks a lot or talks over people misses out because they weren't listening.
JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE
Persuasion tips his tongue whene'er he talks.
COLLEY CIBBER
A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearles...
GAUTAMA BUDDHA
He wants the war to end through peace talks. He said the results of the talks would be different if ...
BETTY BIGOMBE
Cicero talks, and people marvel; Ceasar talks and people march
WARREN BENNIS
He who talks much cannot always talk well. [It., Chi parla troppo non puo parlar sempre bene.]
GOLDONI
The Girl Who Loves Bubbles and Talks To Plants
IMAN
Clinton doesn't talk trash. He talks a lot of ....
AL WILSON
Mike never talks -- he proves it with his pads,
SEAN ELLIS
He who thinks by the inch and talks by the yard deserves to be kicked by the foot.
UNKNOWN
A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
W. H. AUDEN
A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
W H AUDEN
A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
ANONYMOUS
A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep
W. H. AUDEN
A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep
W.H. AUDEN
Every time Bush talks he should be removed from office,
CINDY SHEEHAN
Al talks to us every day. He has our backs.
LUIS TORRES
very satisfied with the talks.
MARTTI AHTISAARI
Most directors that I've worked with - I've worked with before, especially in Holland - and ...
CARICE VAN HOUTEN
Bore -- a person who talks when you wish him to listen.
AMBROSE BIERCE
engaging in talks with everyone who believes in the political process.
HOSHYAR ZEBARI
Nobody talks more passionately of his rights than he who, in the depths of his soul, is doubtful abo...
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
Much silence makes a powerful noise. -African proverb.
AFRICAN PROVERB
Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
AMBROSE BIERCE
Bore, n.: A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
AMBROSE BIERCE
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, wo...
LAO TZU
He walks, he talks, he is so happy. He's just a blessing to everyone he meets.
LEONE NUNLEY
The moment a man talks to his fellows he begins to lie.
HILAIRE BELLOC
He arrives early and talks to people, getting a sense of Americana.
FRED NEWMAN
David even has a list of facial expressions. He tells you which one he wants you to use for a specif...
ANNA FARIS
A gossip betrays a confidence; so avoid a man who talks too much
BIBLE
The man who talks of an unalterable law is probably an unalterable fool
SYDNEY SMITH
Money talks, but only in the mind of those who listen to it.
EPHDAN
A person who talks fast often says things she hasn't thought of yet.
CARON WARNER LIEBER
Just sitting in meetings, he's one of those guys who talks about everything.
CRAIG AUKERMAN
He looks and talks like he just fell off Edgar Bergen's lap. [on Gerald Ford]
DAVID STEINBERG
Although there were some very serious arguments during the talks ... still we agreed that these work...
AKITAKA SAIKI
Stupidity talks, vanity acts.
VICTOR HUGO
restart talks without prejudice.
TONY WOODLEY
Clever walks idiots talks...
MAYANK KUMAR LOUTERIYA
Money talks, I record.
TOBA BETA
A writer is rarely so well inspired as when he talks about himself.
ANATOLE FRANCE
A writer is rarely so well inspired as when he talks about himself
ANATOLE FRANCE
The North African mule talks always of his mother's brother, the horse, but never of his father,...
CLIFFORD GEERTZ
The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU
The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU
He moved his trunk-like manhood toward the weeping petals of her womanly center.'

Who the...
EMMA CHASE
The one who truly sacrifices the most is usually the one who talks about it the least
TODD STOCKER
Eyes says, tongue only talks.
AMIT KALANTRI
Money talks - everything else walks
AFRICAN-AMERICAN PROVERB
Money talks and I listen.
TOBA BETA
when herb talks..you listen
JAVIER CHARRIEZ
Everyone talks about winning championships,
MICHAEL MCLAUGHLIN
Here you see (Trimble) walking out of incomplete talks last week, orchestrating a campaign of mass i...
GERRY ADAMS
Gavin de Becker talks about this in his wonderful book The Gift Of Fear. He talks about how the word...
AMY POEHLER
The less a person accomplishes in a day, the more he talks during meals.
, ANIMAL CROSSING: WILD WORLD, 2005
He thinks there may be some movement from USTR on the commencement of talks.
CAROL GUTHRIE
I talk to them the way I talk to them. Missy talks the way she talks to them. The way Sam talks ? 'Y...
KEITH JONES
Everybody talks about how great it is, but you don't really realize it until you get to come fresh t...
DAVID ECKSTEIN
The IRA weren't getting what they wanted out of the talks. This is their response.
DAVID TRIMBLE
Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it
CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER
We've been having talks with his agent off and on all winter. I wanted to try and put some closure o...
BRAD KULLMAN
All this consolidation could rekindle talks between everybody.
MICHAEL KRENSAVAGE
I attach a lot of importance to these talks.
NATWAR SINGH
I may have not done History in high school but War cannot be ended by endless talks, only Cold War.
GOITSEMANG MVULA
Mostly, we talk to impress. And sometimes we shut up to impress, too.
NEMA AL-ARABY
A woman, generally speaking, likes to hear the dirty jokes and loves to listen to plenty of talks ag...
ANUJ SOMANY
We are not in any talks with Great Britain.
GERARD DAVID
Everybody talks about how Western Illinois has never been there. It's something that we've wanted to...
LESLIE CRANE
Trump talks like a guy at a bar in West Virginia. Trump talks like my dad sitting around the dinner ...
J. D. VANCE
He, who works incessantly, accomplishes any task that he undertakes!
ATHARVA VEDA
A mentor stops contributing when he is seen as a statue of wisdom who just talks and never involve h...
RITESH AMBASTHA
Nobody talks so constantly about God as those who insist that there is no God.
HEYWOOD BROUN
There are their followers who do not believe in the direction of the peace talks.
EDILBERTO ADAN
My tongue within my lips I rein: For who talks much must talk in vain.
JOHN GAY
Nobody talks so constantly about God as those who insist that there is no God
HEYWOOD C. BROUN
Why didn't anyone question "It's been a hard days night" Who talks like that anyway?
CHUCK BRIDGES
He thinks like a Tory, and talks like a Radical, and that's so important nowadays.
OSCAR WILDE
When a writer talks about his work, he's talking about a love affair.
ALFRED KAZIN
London deserves better than this. We can't believe that, with the clock ticking, there are no talks ...
DAN KIRKBY
We're in talks with the MPAA.
BRAM COHEN
Neither one of them talks crap.
DEREK KINDER
In other words, it's money talks,
GILLES DUCEPPE
The talks with Russia remain valid.
JAVAD VAEIDI
Talks are in a tough period.
LUO BINGSHENG
When Drew Olson talks, we listen.
MARCEDES LEWIS
Miss Rice talks very tough. We have gotten used to this nonsense. Miss Rice is a bit emotional about...
AKBAR HASHEMI RAFSANJANI
I learned to listen and listen very well. It helped me athletically and in the classroom as well. Th...
JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE
Speech and silence. We feel safer with a madman who talks than with one who cannot open his mouth.
E. M. CIORAN

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