Talkers Quotes - Page 2

• I pledge to you I'm not a talker. I'm a doer.

  Michele Bachmann

  Doers, Pledge

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• We need only look to our Navajo Code Talkers during World War II to see the value that Native languages bring not only to their culture, but to the security of all Americans.

  Rick Renzi

  War, Native Language, Needs

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  Never fail to know that if you are doing all the talking, you are boring somebody.

  Helen Gurley Brown

  Talking, Introvert, Failing

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• We need a doer, not a talker.

  Bobby Jindal

  Needs, Doers

  "Fighting for religious freedom". "The O'Reilly Factor", www.foxnews.com. July 2, 2015.

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• Brisk talkers are generally slow thinkers.

  Jonathan Swift

  Talking, Thinker

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• I am a writer perhaps because I am not a talker.

  Gwendolyn Brooks

  Clumsiness

  Gwendolyn Brooks, Gloria Jean Wade Gayles (2003). “Conversations with Gwendolyn Brooks”, p.21, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are at the mercy of those who have none.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Freedom, Men, Action

  Dan Laurence, George Bernard Shaw (1999). “Plays Political: The Apple Cart, On the Rocks, Geneva”, p.253, Penguin UK

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• If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.

  Lillian Hellman

  Inspirational, Writing, Talking

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• The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and men, but between talkers and doers. Think about the things that have improved our lives the most over the past century - medical advances, the transportation revolution, huge increases in consumer goods, dramatic improvements in housing, the computer. The people who created these things - the doers - are not popular heroes. Our heroes are the talkers who complain about the doers.

  Thomas Sowell

  Country, Hero, Past

  Thomas Sowell (2013). “Ever Wonder Why?: and Other Controversial Essays”, p.204, Hoover Press

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• Those in public office who do not love the people are thieves stealing salaries. Those who teach but do not themselves practice what they teach are mere talkers. Those who try to do successful work without considering development of character will find it insubstantial.

  Zicheng Hong

  Character, Successful, Practice

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• If I were to name my favorite pastime, I'd have to say talking about myself. I love it and I think most other people do too. We need, people like us, more listeners and less talkers.

  Hedy Lamarr

  Thinking, Talking, Names

  Hedy Lamarr (1966). “Ecstasy and me: my life as a woman”

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• I hadn't realized until this week that in [Moses'] youth he killed a man, an Egyptian, and buried him under some sandI used to worry that I wasn't enough like Jesus, but yesterday I remembered who was my king; a man who, when God addressed him and told him to lead the people out of Egypt, said, 'But I'm not a good talker! Couldn't you ask my brother instead?' So it should not be so hard to come at this life with a bit of honesty. I don't need to be great like the leader of the Christian people. I can be a bumbling, murderous coward like the King of the Jews.

  Sheila Heti

  Christian, Brother, Jesus

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• I haven't spoken to my wife in years. I didn't want to interrupt her.

  Rodney Dangerfield

  Funny, Marriage, Hilarious

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• There is such a torture, happily unknown to ancient tyranny, as talking a man to death. Marcus Aurelius advises to assent readily to great talkers--in hopes, I suppose, to put an end to the argument.

  Laurence Sterne

  Men, Talking, Ancient

  Laurence Sterne (1790). “The Works of Laurence Sterne: Complete in Eight Volumes”, p.130

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• Thinkers think and doers do. But until the thinkers do and the doers think, progress will be just another word in the already overburdened vocabulary by sense.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Thinking, Vocabulary, Progress

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• Great talkers do not stop for breath, and never look at the clock.

  Mason Cooley

  Talking, Looks, Clock

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• I'm more of a listener than a talker.

  Norman Reedus

  Listeners

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• If a guy doesn't work hard and doesn't play well, he can't lead anything. All he is, is a talker.

  John Madden

  Hard Work, Play, Guy

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• The Talker needs attention. The Talker needs validation. The Talker would rather talk about an idea than confront the complexities, its obstacles. The Talker wants the glory but none of the hard work.

  Jack Heffron

  Hard Work, Validation, Ideas

  Jack Heffron (2012). “The Writer's Idea Book 10th Anniversary Edition: How to Develop Great Ideas for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Screenplays”, p.13, Writer's Digest Books

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• There's zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas.

  Susan Cain

  Volleyball, Zero, Motivation

  "The Power of Introverts". TED Talk, www.ted.com. February 2012.

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• The habit of committing our thoughts to writing is a powerful means of expanding the mind, and producing a logical and systematic arrangement of our views and opinions. It is this which gives the writer a vast superiority, as to the accuracy and extent of his conceptions, over the mere talker. No one can ever hope to know the principles of any art or science thoroughly who does not write as well as read upon the subject.

  William Blaikie

  Art, Powerful, Writing

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• If you light upon an impertinent talker, that sticks to you like a bur, to the disappointment of your important occasions, deal freely with him, break off the discourse, and pursue your business.

  Plutarch

  Disappointment, Light, Break Off

  Plutarch, Matthew Morgan (1718). “Plutarch's Morals”, p.64

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• Ordinarily, I go to the woods alone, with not a single friend, for they are all smilers and talkers and therefore unsuitable. I don't really want to be witnessed talking to the catbirds or hugging the old black oak tree. I have my way of praying, as you no doubt have yours. Besides, when I am alone I can become invisible.

  Mary Oliver

  Talking, Tree, Black

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• The talkers are rising above the thinkers.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Talking, Rising, Rise Above

  "The Lacuna". Book by Barbara Kingsolver, www.huffingtonpost.com. 2009.

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• Lucidity of speech is unquestionably one of the surest tests of mental precision...In my experience a confused talker is never a clear thinker.

  David Lloyd George

  Confused, Speech, Tests

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