Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools talk because they have to say something.
Benjamin Franklin
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Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
PLATO Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something."
-Plato
PLATO Wise people talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
PLATO Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
PLATO I don't talk because I have to say something. I talk because I have something to say.
TURYASINGURA NELSON DERRICK Preach not because you have to say something, but because you have something to say.
RICHARD WHATELY Fools talk, cowards silence , wise men listen
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFóN Now they have a riddle.
- Criminal Minds
DEYTH BANGER Fools talk, cowards are silent, wise men listen.
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFóN You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD If fools didn't talk, there wouldn't be wise men to listen and laugh.
EPHDAN I'm not big on the pasty because they say the pastry in the pasty can bring on indigestion.
TERRY WOGAN They talk most who have the least to say.
MATTHEW PRIOR You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD I would never talk bad about anybody, even if they have something derogatory to say about me. I'...
BUDDY VALASTRO We know Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin as politicians, but they felt that science was someth...
RUSH D. HOLT, JR. When you have a stroke, you must talk slowly to be understood, and I've discovered that when I t...
KIRK DOUGLAS I blog because I have something to say.
EDDIE HUANG People who have become great like Benjamin Franklin only became great because they learned how to in...
SUNDAY ADELAJA You really need to talk it over with your family, because they can still say no,
LANA THOMPSON People want to say something negative before they say something good.
ESTELLE Reasons... questions... what they have in common?
- All get finded in the hard way.
DEYTH BANGER VLADIMIR: What do they say?
ESTRAGON: They talk about their lives.
VLADIMIR: To have lived...
SAMUEL BECKETT And 'tis remarkable that they talk most who have the least to say.
MATTHEW PRIOR They always talk who never think, and who have the least to say.
MATTHEW PRIOR People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order so they'll h...
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CAM NEWTON The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can unders...
PAULO COELHO They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invent...
CLARE BOOTHE LUCE You don't write because you want to say something; you write because you've got something to say.
SOURCE UNKNOWN They say stay in the lines, but there's always something better on the other side.
JOHN MAYER They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was i...
CLARE BOOTHE LUCE A wise person has something to say, a fool has to say something.
UNKNOWN The cynic in me says they want to lock him up and maybe squeeze him to get him to say something. I d...
KEITH ADAMS Whitney and I have fun reading the newspaper sometimes. You'd be amazed at the places they say I...
BOBBY BROWN Basically, writers write because they have something to say...Everyone has a story in them, writers ...
VIRGINIA ALISON When you have something good to say, say it. When you have something ill to say, say something else.
CHRISTIAN D. LARSON You need to talk to people, and you need to hear what it is they have to say.
ENDA KENNY I have a pretty positive view of environmental activism, but I didn't know much about the ELF. A...
MARSHALL CURRY A wise man's goal shouldn't be to say something profound, but to say something useful.
CRISS JAMI They say I'm a revolutionary, but they're all wrong.
RALPH BAKSHI They say miracles are past.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Young people talk of what they are doing; old people of what they have done; and fools of what they ...
PROVERB Facts are ventriloquist's dummies. Sitting on a wise man's knee they may be made to utter words of w...
ALDOUS HUXLEY I'm very grateful to Jennifer Lopez, because I have something to talk about for the last couple ...
STEVEN COJOCARU The real reason the number of things that are shared via social media every single minute is so astr...
MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in congress you know that the filibuster was i...
CLARE BOOTH LUCE Goats are the cable talk show panelists of the animal world, ready at a moment's notice to inter...
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KARA LINDSAY Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the tenth will say somethi...
ANTOINE RIVAROL Leave Your Life On Your Own Conditions, Because People Always Have Something To Say About
NARESH JELLA It's hard to explain," said Brutha. "But I think it's got something to do with how people should beh...
TERRY PRATCHETT People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order, so they'll have...
KURT VONNEGUT People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order so they'll have ...
KURT VONNEGUT I'm a good actor in that sense for directors because I always do what they say.
ALEX COX Great men undertake great things because they are great; fools, because they think them easy
VAUVENARGUES MARQUIS DE There's a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem. It's not something you can give;...
RANDY PAUSCH All his family and friends are devastated, ... If anybody knows anything, they have got to talk to p...
ANTHONY WALKER They see each other in school and in church. They always have something to talk about. They care abo...
DENNIS RINE You may have something wise to say, but HOW YOU SAY IT may make it unwise! RECREATE it, else you'll ...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR When I say, 'I'm sorry,' it's because I regret something.
LUIS SUAREZ During the Samuel Johnson days they had big men enjoying small talk; today we have small men enjoyin...
FRED ALLEN During the Samuel Johnson days they had big men enjoying small talk; today we have small men enjoyin...
FRED ALLEN People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are eager to talk ...
ANTON CHEKHOV People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are eager to talk ...
ANTON CHECKOV It isn't what they say about you, it's what they whisper.
ERROL FLYNN Don't trust everyone, especially if they say, 'Trust me.'
MICHELLE PHAN I think politicians nationwide have earned a reputation sometimes that is very unfavorable because t...
SUSANA MARTINEZ We've created something we're not too thrilled with. People say they're locked in because they can't...
BRAD MONROE What's the best way to say because it's too embarrassing to talk to a crush about sex and read an ex...
C.B. LEE We talk so much yet we have nothing to say.
JUSTIN WETCH Communication about important issues should be done by appointment only. To make an appoint say: I h...
TERENCE T. GORSKI This is something we have to talk more about.
KIM CHOL HO My plays are talky; I say shut up and listen. They are about black men talking, and in American soci...
AUGUST WILSON Men are what they are because of what they do. Not what they say.
FREDRIK BACKMAN Scared people don’t really mean what they say, they’re just looking for ways to rationalize ever...
CHRIS DIETZEL He must have had some great sources who had enough confidence to talk to him. He would have stuff in...
HERB HART They are sick in their minds. They say they brought 65 tanks into center of city. I say to you this ...
MOHAMMED SAEED AL-SAHAF Benjamin Franklin said the first thing you have to sell is yourself.
JOE LAUINGER The world situation being what it is, I have a lot to say, ... And I figure as long as I've got some...
KRIS KRISTOFFERSON Conversation between Adam and Eve must have been difficult at times because they had nobody to talk ...
AGNES REPPLIER Conversation between Adam and Eve must have been difficult at times because they had nobody to talk ...
AGNES REPPLIER (McCarthy) was the only good thing I saw tonight. I don't want to talk about how I feel about my tea...
OZZIE GUILLEN Whenever she does say something, you know that she means it because she's not yelling every single p...
ABBY WANER You meet some delightful people. They are broad in terms of backgrounds and interests. We always hav...
BOB KEEVIL If it's a man's world, as they say, then men, your world is a poorly run carnage fest.
HENRY ROLLINS I told the guys (other assistants), 'If you think of something, write it down, because I'm not going...
NORM CHOW They say women talk too much. If you ever worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was inven...
CLARE BOOTHE LUCE I have nothing to say to him. I mean, we didn't talk when I was here, so, why talk now?
CARLOS ARROYO You say that you have to talk some more. You've had nine months. What is there left to talk about?
ERIC COLEMAN Why do we make records? Because we want to say something. Why are you in art? Because you want to sa...
PATRICK STUMP I have found that a lot of the time men don't want to have their pets neutered because they think it...
JUDI GLIDEWELL They say stats are for losers and I guess that's what it was. Because we were concerned about where ...
EUGENE ROBINSON The most original of authors are not so because they advance what is new, but more because they know...
JOHANN VON GOETHE Men are what they are because of what they do. Not what they say,' said Ove
FREDRIK BACKMAN Wise men profit more by fools than fools by wise men.
MARCUS PORCIUS CATO They know that coming to Franklin is a good thing, because they have people down here who would rath...
JUSTIN MARTIN When a statute is presented I'll have something to talk about.
DAREN BEAUDO It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite.
SAMUEL LEVENSON Some women flirt more with what they say, and some with what they do.
ANNA HELD
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN If you would keep your secret from an enemy,
tell it not to a friend.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal, and you will be ...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN