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"But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who talk too much."

"But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who talk too much."

John Dryden, English Poet

16

"I am happy at Leeds and I want to stay. There has been talk that Leeds might sell some players, but all the players believe we can win some silverware next season and it is important that we are all kept together."

"I am happy at Leeds and I want to stay. There has been talk that Leeds might sell some players, but all the players believe we can win some silverware next season and it is important that we are all kept together."

Robbie Keane, Irish Athlete

16

"I've just come back from Mississippi and over there when you talk about the West Bank they think you mean Arkansas."

"I've just come back from Mississippi and over there when you talk about the West Bank they think you mean Arkansas."

Patrick Buchanan, American Political Commentator

16

"You can't talk of the dangers of snake poisoning and not mention snakes."

"You can't talk of the dangers of snake poisoning and not mention snakes."

C. Everett Koop, American Public Servant

16

"Talk about yourself as much as you like, but do not expect others to listen."

"Talk about yourself as much as you like, but do not expect others to listen."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

16

"I could talk about Blade Runner forever."

"I could talk about Blade Runner forever."

Brion James, American Actor

15

"To make the bloody thing talk the way I do when I'm on a verbal roll, in my idioms and rhythms."

"To make the bloody thing talk the way I do when I'm on a verbal roll, in my idioms and rhythms."

Gary Lucas, American Guitarist

15

"Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much."

"Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much."

John Wayne, American Actor

15

"I'm very grateful to Jennifer Lopez, because I have something to talk about for the last couple of years."

"I'm very grateful to Jennifer Lopez, because I have something to talk about for the last couple of years."

Steven Cojocaru, Canadian Critic

15

"You know, I think whatever a comic talks about onstage is all they talk about offstage."

"You know, I think whatever a comic talks about onstage is all they talk about offstage."

Sarah Silverman, American Comedian

15

"When you feel like you've had a good show, you go backstage and you talk to yourself about it, and if you have a bad show you talk to yourself about it."

"When you feel like you've had a good show, you go backstage and you talk to yourself about it, and if you have a bad show you talk to yourself about it."

Tracy Chapman, American Musician

15

"I wondered if I would talk about drug use. But I guess, why hide it?"

"I wondered if I would talk about drug use. But I guess, why hide it?"

Elliott Smith, American Musician

15

"We need to talk about what we are going to do and see and decide. We'll have to wait and see."

"We need to talk about what we are going to do and see and decide. We'll have to wait and see."

Peter Hook, English Musician

14

"And this speaks to the larger problem that no one wants to talk about: the restoration of the Roman rite is a precondition for a long-term fix for the problem."

"And this speaks to the larger problem that no one wants to talk about: the restoration of the Roman rite is a precondition for a long-term fix for the problem."

Richard Morris, English Clergyman

14

"Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible."

"Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible."

Sallust, Roman Historian

14

"When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk."

"When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk."

Eli Wallach, American Actor

14

"When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half."

"When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half."

Gracie Allen, American Comedian

14

"I created the characters from what I read in the script. I decided how I should talk, accent, no accent, my own voice, or a created voice. Then, I visualize what I should look like."

"I created the characters from what I read in the script. I decided how I should talk, accent, no accent, my own voice, or a created voice. Then, I visualize what I should look like."

Ruth Buzzi, American Actress

14

"If you can't protect yourself with talk, you won't be alive to protect yourself with guns."

"If you can't protect yourself with talk, you won't be alive to protect yourself with guns."

Arthur Boyd, Australian Artist

14

"I'm guarded; I don't talk much."

"I'm guarded; I don't talk much."

David Byrne, Scottish Musician

14

"Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it."

"Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it."

Dan Quayle, American Vice President

14

"I write a good amount. I've been gathering up a backlog of stuff and maybe I'll do something with it someday, but I don't want to talk about it just yet because that would jinx it."

"I write a good amount. I've been gathering up a backlog of stuff and maybe I'll do something with it someday, but I don't want to talk about it just yet because that would jinx it."

Macaulay Culkin, American Actor

14

"I never have anything to talk about."

"I never have anything to talk about."

April Winchell, American Actress

14

"But on the extremist side I didn't get any rejections at all. Everyone agreed to talk to me."

"But on the extremist side I didn't get any rejections at all. Everyone agreed to talk to me."

Jon Ronson, Welsh Journalist

14

"I don't think I'm easy to talk about. I've got a very irregular head. And I'm not anything that you think I am anyway."

"I don't think I'm easy to talk about. I've got a very irregular head. And I'm not anything that you think I am anyway."

Syd Barrett, English Musician

14

"I like to talk on TV about those things that aren't worth writing about."

"I like to talk on TV about those things that aren't worth writing about."

Truman Capote, American Novelist

Talk, Worth, Writing

14

"I mean, I've been in a hundred and fifty films; I don't want to just sit around and talk about things."

"I mean, I've been in a hundred and fifty films; I don't want to just sit around and talk about things."

Michael Ironside, Canadian Actor

14

"If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to? I always tried to stay around .190, with three or four RBI. And I tried to get them all in September. That way I always had something to talk about during the winter."

"If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to? I always tried to stay around .190, with three or four RBI. And I tried to get them all in September. That way I always had something to talk about during the winter."

Bob Uecker, American Athlete

13

"It's difficult to talk about Pele because I didn't see him."

"It's difficult to talk about Pele because I didn't see him."

Thierry Henry, French Athlete

13

"I'm kind of a chatterbox and I talk really fast."

"I'm kind of a chatterbox and I talk really fast."

Jodie Foster, American Actress

13

"I don't talk much to offensive linemen in general."

"I don't talk much to offensive linemen in general."

Jack Youngblood, American Athlete

13

"I don't sit well. I like to move around as I talk."

"I don't sit well. I like to move around as I talk."

Garry Marshall, American Actor

13

"I never talk to tabloids."

"I never talk to tabloids."

Robert Wagner, American Actor

13

"In my position you have to read when you want to write and to talk when you would like to read."

"In my position you have to read when you want to write and to talk when you would like to read."

Catherine II, Russian Statesman

13

"I can't do talk shows, I don't do them, just because I get really nervous and fidgeting and shaky."

"I can't do talk shows, I don't do them, just because I get really nervous and fidgeting and shaky."

Devon Sawa, Canadian Actor

13

"Instead of yelling at a TV set, I get to talk."

"Instead of yelling at a TV set, I get to talk."

Art Spiegelman, American Artist

13

"You can talk to a fade but a hook won't listen."

"You can talk to a fade but a hook won't listen."

Lee Trevino, American Athlete

13

"I'll talk about the Everglades at the drop of a hat."

"I'll talk about the Everglades at the drop of a hat."

Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American Journalist

13

"We must not always talk in the market-place of what happens to us in the forest."

"We must not always talk in the market-place of what happens to us in the forest."

Nathaniel Hawthorne, American Novelist

12

"Well I don't want to talk about myself, that's so rude and egotistical."

"Well I don't want to talk about myself, that's so rude and egotistical."

Christine Lavin, American Musician

12

"I'm too shy for personal appearances, and I've found out that anytime I talk about my writing, I can't do any writing for many weeks afterward."

"I'm too shy for personal appearances, and I've found out that anytime I talk about my writing, I can't do any writing for many weeks afterward."

Anne Tyler, American Novelist

12

"I sometimes talk about the making of a poem within the poem."

"I sometimes talk about the making of a poem within the poem."

Howard Nemerov, American Poet

12

"I wish I could talk to Annette, but she doesn't even correspond at this point."

"I wish I could talk to Annette, but she doesn't even correspond at this point."

Frankie Avalon, American Actor

12

"I think you have to be yourself, and you have to be real and you have to admit what you don't know, and talk about what you do know, and talk about what you don't know as long as you say you don't know it."

"I think you have to be yourself, and you have to be real and you have to admit what you don't know, and talk about what you do know, and talk about what you don't know as long as you say you don't know it."

Anderson Cooper, American Journalist

12

"Only votes talk, everything else walks."

"Only votes talk, everything else walks."

Dan Rather, American Journalist

12

"Obviously we will talk about doing everything we can to make our sport as safe as possible."

"Obviously we will talk about doing everything we can to make our sport as safe as possible."

Troy Vincent, American Athlete

12

"Endless motorbike talk can and does bore me."

"Endless motorbike talk can and does bore me."

Barry Sheene, British Celebrity

12

"Talk radio doesn't need to be political."

"Talk radio doesn't need to be political."

Jim Sullivan, English Musician

12

"In the theater, characters have to cut the umbilical cord from the writer and talk in their own voices."

"In the theater, characters have to cut the umbilical cord from the writer and talk in their own voices."

Irwin Shaw, American Novelist

Talk, Theater, Writer

12

"Those who talk don't know what is going on and those who know what is going on won't talk."

"Those who talk don't know what is going on and those who know what is going on won't talk."

Larry Speakes, American Public Servant

12

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