“I'm interested in trying to explore what I think is the truth at a given time in my life, and part of the process of being honest is - in my mind - talking about the idea that you're watching a movie.” ThinkingTryingMindIdeasGivenProcessTalkingHonestBeing Honest Author:Charlie Kaufman
“It's crazy when you see very little reflection between what's played on the radio and what people are talking about in the streets. It lets you know how far off we are from a real movement.” PeopleKnowsLittlesRealTalkingKnow HowCrazyStreetsMovementReflectionRadio Author:Saul Williams
“Constitutional democracy has created astonishing and apparently irreversible social progress. All we're interested in is talking about when government doesn't work.” GovernmentSocialTalkingDemocracyProgressAstonishingDemocracies HaveSocial ProgressIrreversible Author:Tony Kushner
“Freedom has been privatized - it is how you dress, what your sexual orientation is, choosing your own life. That's fine. But that is not what Thomas Jefferson was talking about.” Has BeensTalkingFineDressesOrientation Author:Eric Foner
“IT and the entire communications business clearly have the greatest potential for growth. But if you're talking about sheer size, the steel and auto industries will remain at the top.” IfsGrowthTalkingCommunicationIndustrySizeSheerSteelAuto Industry Author:Ratan Tata
“It's interesting to see what people who you find talented come up with, so you work with them. Sometimes ideas come along quicker cause they'll come up with something and you'll be like, "It would have taken me forever to get to that point!" Because you're talking together, your brains are moving faster.” PeopleIdeasSometimesTogetherMovingCausesInterestingBrainTalkingForeverTakenCome UpFaster Author:Charlyne Yi
“The war on Christmas. This is the most ridiculous right wing talking point I have ever lived through.The idea is that liberals want to get rid of Christmas.” WantIdeasWarTalkingWingsRidiculousRight Wing Author:Tucker Carlson
“Even in China. Children there, next to the Great Wall, who had never seen Mickey Mouse responded. So the studio did have that skill to communicate with images.” ChildrenNextTalkingWallSkillsCommunicateStudiosChinaMiceMickeyGreat Wall Author:John Hench
“He was all emotion all the time, constantly talking about his feelings and his profound love for her. He was minutes from getting his first period. He wrote poems too. It's my personal belief that if men are writing poems, they're making up for something else like a big hair back, or one ball. Not that one ball is a bad thing. Especially since I don't know any females who are dying to their their hands on a set of balls. The way I see it, the less balls, the better.” IfsKnowsMenWayWritingFirstsFeelingsHumorHandsBigsFunnyBeliefEmotionTalkingMinutesDyingHairPeriodsFemaleBallsProfoundBad ThingsMaking UpLove For HerWriting PoemsPersonal BeliefsBig HairProfound Love Author:Chelsea Handler
“Talking of white supremacist violent types, I was in America, recently.” HumorFunnyAmericaWhiteTalkingTypeViolent Author:Bill Bailey
“I'm sorry, was that homophobic? No--I think it was, 'cause I hear that a lot. Dave, What?, You're talking about being gay. You probably secretly are gay. And I'm like listen voice in my head, I'm not! HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU WOULDN'T LIKE IT? HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU WOULDN'T LIKE IT? I know I wouldn't like it, other scarier voice in my head! 'Cause one time while making a sandwich, a cucumber went up my ass. Three times.” ThinkingKnowsHumorFunnyThreeCausesVoiceTalkingGaySorryAssDo You KnowOne TimeI'm SorryThree TimesSandwichesDaveBeing GayHomophobicCucumbersVoices In My Head Author:Dave Attell
“You gotta make your own fun. That's right, listen to that mother of two, she knows what I'm talking about.” KnowsTwoHumorFunnyMotherFunTalking Author:Dave Attell
“All my friends are always telling me how hard it is to have kids. 'Oh, David, it's so hard.' That's not hard. I'll tell you what hard is. Try talking your girlfriend into her third consecutive abortion. Yeah, that's hard, that takes finesse. You're just inconvenienced.” TryingHardHumorKidsFunnyTalkingMy FriendsThirdsYeahGirlfriendAbortionYour GirlfriendFinesseConsecutive Author:David Cross
“You're talking to a modern, nice, affable German person and they're saying to you something like 'You know, vell, it's a critical time now for Germany within Europe, also globally, economically ve are pretty good, ve have been better. But ve are very vibrant in the theater and arts...' and all the time you'll be listening to this, you're thinking Mmm, yeah, mmm... Hitler, Hitler, Hitler, Hitler, Hitler.” ThinkingKnowsPersonsHas BeensArtHumorFunnyTalkingNiceModernLike YouListeningEuropeTheaterYeahCriticalGermanyAffable Author:Dylan Moran
“The things that I'm talking about not knowing, they're not mysteries of the universe; it's just stuff I thought I would know by the time I was thirty-nine.” KnowsHumorFunnyUniverseStuffTalkingKnowingMysteryNineThirtyNot Knowing Author:Jeff Foxworthy
“God doesn't seem to talk to people like he used to. Who's he talking to now? I don't know. Then I'm walking down the street in Manhattan one day, and I realize maybe it's those guys you see walking down the street talking to themselves. You know, those guys that are like, 'I can't! No, I can't!' Maybe the other side of that conversation is God going, 'You're the new leader.' 'No I can't!' They're not crazy - they're reluctant prophets.” PeopleKnowsI CanHumorSeemsFunnyUsedGuySidesRealizingTalkingLeaderCrazyStreetsWalkingOne DayConversationProphetManhattanReluctant Author:Marc Maron
“We were talking briefly about cocaine... yeah. Anything that makes you paranoid and impotent, give me more of that!” GivingHumorFunnyTalkingGive MeYeahCocaineParanoid Author:Robin Williams
“We have a society that is going through life not talking about what's really hard about life and trying to pretend like everything's great when it's not. As a result, people feel more and more isolated.” PeopleFeelsTryingHardResultsTalkingIsolatedNot Talking Author:Deborah Reber
“I think what education gives you is a voice. It gives you a way of talking to a judge. When a policeman pulls you off to the side of the road, you have a voice. When you cross a border, you have a voice. When you are writing to express your opinions, you have a voice.” ThinkingWayGivingWritingSidesVoiceTalkingOpinionJudgingCrossesBordersPolicemenWay Of Talking Author:Richard Rodriguez
“I do think of my reader, or listener, really, more often, if I give a lecture, for example, and I know that I'm talking to these people; I enjoy sort of preening them a bit. But it's a matter of decorum, basically.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsGivingMatterBitsEnjoyTalkingExampleReaderListenersLecturesDecorum Author:William H. Gass
“No one has to come see my shows who doesn't like me talking about white Christians. They are free not buy a ticket. They're free to leave at any time. So I'm not imposing anything on anyone. Therefore I feel free to cross the line.” FeelsShowsChristianLinesWhiteTalkingCrossesLike MeTicketsImposing Author:George Carlin
“I think self-expression is present at all times, and whether or not you're talking about the outside world or your responses to it depends on the moment and the subject.” ThinkingWorldSelfMomentsTalkingSubjectsExpressionDependsResponseAll TimeSelf ExpressionOutside World Author:George Carlin
“Writing, of course, it's not all in your head. Not talking about the 'manual' act of typing here either, but that, when your fiction's really working, your whole body's involved, and then some.” WritingWholeBodyCoursesFictionTalkingInvolvedNot TalkingManualsTyping Author:Stephen Graham Jones
“I'm going to be cremated from the neck down. And at my funeral, when people are talking about me, they have to hold my head. And then at the end, they have to kick me into the audience and the audience has to keep me up for at least three hits or you have to start the whole service over. No cradling it - I want legit sets.” PeopleWantEndsWholeHumorFunnyThreeTalkingAudienceDown AndKicksNecksFuneralTalking About MeLegit Author:Daniel Tosh
“At the factory, I deal with ex-cons, substance abusers, and sexual harassers. And I'm not just talking about my mom.” HumorFunnyDealsTalkingMomMy MomSubstanceFactoriesExesAbusersSubstance Abuse Author:George Lopez
“Some women were talking about how I put out. And that's just not that case. I don't put out - unless I'm asked very, very politely, and that's not putting out, that's just giving in.” GivingHumorFunnyTalkingCasesGiving In Author:Kristen Schaal
“I just went home to Illinois, and I asked my family, 'Are you guys planning on talking in those accents the whole time I'm home?' And my mother said, 'You used to talk like that, too, Tasha.' And I said, 'Yes, but you see, I've reinvented myself. Do you have any idea who I think I am?'” ThinkingSaidIdeasWholeHomeHumorFunnyUsedMotherGuyTalkingMy FamilyPlanningAccentsIllinois Author:Natasha Leggero
“Mediocre founders spend a lot of time talking about grand plans, but they never quite make a decision.” DecisionTalkingPlansFoundersMediocreNever Quit Author:Sam Altman
“The other mistake I think people make is talking to who's available rather than talking to who they need to talk to.” PeopleThinkingNeedsMistakeTalkingAvailable Author:Emmett Shear
“People don't like silence, so they'll keep talking to fill the void.” PeopleSilenceTalkingVoidKeep TalkingFill The Void Author:Emmett Shear
“When you're making a critical decision, you have to understand how it's going to be interpreted from all points of view. Not just your point of view, not just the person you're talking to, but the people that aren't in the room. Everybody else.” PeoplePersonsDecisionRoomsViewsTalkingManagementCriticalPoint Of ViewCritical Decisions Author:Ben Horowitz
“The most important thing you can learn as CEO- one of the hardest things to do is, you have to discipline yourself to see your company... through the eyes of the people that you're working through. Through the eyes of the employees, through the eyes of your partners... through the eyes of the people who you're not talking to and who are not in the room.” PeopleImportantEyeRoomsCompanyTalkingDisciplineManagementImportant ThingsPartnersHardestThings To DoEmployeeCeoHardest ThingNot TalkingThrough The EyesHardest Thing To Do Author:Ben Horowitz
“I am most heartened when I'm talking to a team when they're reasoning to each other.” TalkingTeamReasoning Author:Reid Hoffman
“Probably the only thing that isn't great is the time when I know I'm very close to finishing the actual writing of the story and I'm overcome by this sense of loss. I think it's because I know I won't be "talking" to the main character anymore, it's sort of like what you feel when you know a friend is moving away and you probably won't be seeing her again.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsWritingCharacterStoriesMovingLossTalkingSeeingOvercomingFinishingMain CharactersMoving Away Author:Christopher Paul Curtis
“Production of identity is a resistance element, an aggressive element. Both a refusal and an affirmation and an assertion, and certainly, we in Jamaica were talking about black art. And the idea that there is a role for art in the civil rights revolution and in the successor to the civil rights revolution.” ArtIdeasBlackTalkingRolesRightsIdentityRevolutionElementsProductionsResistanceCivil RightsAggressiveAffirmationRefusalAssertionSuccessorsJamaicaBlack Art Author:Mark McMorris
“Talking about success in society, no one can complain, because today everyone can choose what he or she wants. They don't just have to choose between being proletarian or middle-class. Those kinds of things do not exist anymore. Today working class boys can play football and become multimillionaires. On football! There are no longer classes, who say that we are poor, we are suppressed by you etc.” WantKindPlayTodayPoorTalkingClassBoysMiddleFootballComplainingEtcMiddle ClassWorking ClassAbout Success Author:Odd Nerdrum
“Much of the attention on oceans has portrayed oceans as a villain. Warm water strengthened Hurricane Katrina that pounded Louisiana. Rising sea level will flood islands and coastal areas. Or, we're talking about new opportunities like a new shipping lane in the Arctic because of melting sea ice. These may be the obvious problems, but they're probably not the biggest ones.” MayProblemOpportunityWaterLevelsAttentionTalkingSeaOceanAreasObviousWarmIceIslandsRisingVillainFloodHurricanesMeltingLanesLouisianaArcticKatrinaNew OpportunityShippingHurricane KatrinaCoastal Author:Mark Powell
“Communication, that's what I do. Advertising is the best way to communicate because you reach a lot of people. I still cant understand though, why people are shocked by something that obviously exists. Its like a family that avoids talking about its real problems.” PeopleWayStillsRealProblemTalkingCommunicationCommunicateBest WayAdvertisingShockedCantReal Problems Author:Oliviero Toscani
“Speedwork is terribly overrated! I remember talking to runners after distance races and someone is sure to say they were able to run fast off base work with no speed work at all. The truth is speedwork doesn't work. Lots of miles, and then fast miles gets you there much quicker than speed work.” RunningAbleRememberRaceTalkingTruth IsDistanceSpeedMilesRunnersOverrated Author:Gerry Lindgren
“It's not the subject that's cliché; it's cliché or not. But in fact, this is the way you're talking about it.” WayFactsTalkingSubjects Author:Stromae
“I am often talking about the ideas collected in Normal Life in contexts that are not academic, or that are full of people who are not primarily engaging as theorists or theory-readers. Being able to make ideas visual, especially critical ideas about movements that can be difficult to hear because of attachments we have to certain national narratives, or because of ways that we see ourselves, is especially useful.” PeopleWayIdeasAbleCertainDifficultTalkingMovementTheoryReaderNormalCriticalNarrativeVisualsAttachmentAcademicEngagingNormal LifeTheorists Author:Dean Spade
“In recent years I have become more interested in making the critical ideas that I love teaching and talking about available in more forms, because many people prefer to engage with ideas in films, infographics, comics and other forms that are not traditional books or articles.” PeopleYearsBookIdeasFilmFormTalkingTeachingAvailableCriticalTraditionalArticlesLove Teaching Author:Dean Spade
“I often write from memory by walking around and talking to myself. Even when I'm working at a computer I write out loud, so that I can hear the poem's rhythm.” WritingI CanMemoriesTalkingWalkingComputerRhythmLoud Author:James Arthur
“I've been mayor so I believe there is something else for me. I don't know what that is yet, but I definitely have a testimony now brother! As far as talking to young couples, talking to brothers who are strong, they have it going on, they know exactly what they want to do, how they want to do it but they don't have any God in their life. They don't really move by a spirit. They are not really connected to the community. There is a testimony in here somewhere that I think I can share but I don't know.” ThinkingKnowsWantBelieveI CanMovingYoungSpiritStrongI BelieveCommunityTalkingShareBrotherCoupleConnectedTestimonyMayorsYoung Couples Author:Kwame Kilpatrick
“The goal is to have fun with my friends.And that means sometimes talking about things that you care about.” MeanSometimesCareFunGoalTalkingMy FriendsHaving Fun Author:Stephen Colbert
“On a crowded bus in Israel, a mother was speaking to her son in Yiddish. An Israeli woman reprimanded her. "You should be speaking Hebrew. Why are you talking to him in Yiddish?" The mother answered, "I don't want he should forget he's a Jew."” WantShouldHumorFunnyMotherForgetTalkingSonJewIsraelBusIsraeliCrowdedHebrewYiddishTalking To Him Author:Kirk Douglas
“I was talking to my friend and he said his girlfriend was mad at him. I said, "What happened?" He goes: "Well, I guess I, uh... I guess I said something, and, uh... and then she got her feelings hurt." That's a weird way to phrase it: "She got her feelings hurt. I said something, and then she..." Could you more remove yourself from responsibility? "She got her feelings hurt." It's like saying, "Yeah, I shot this guy in the face, and then I guess he got himself murdered. I don't know what happened. He leaned into it."” KnowsWayWellsSaidFeelingsFunnyFacesGuyHurtResponsibilityTalkingComedyHappenedShotsMy FriendsYeahMadPhrasesGirlfriendRemoveThis GuyHurt FeelingsMad At Him Author:Louis C. K.
“Farrakhan got everybody together for the Million Man March and everything. But Farrakhan don't like the Jews. Which is bugged. I get my hair cut on Dekalb Avenue. I never been in a barbershop and heard a bunch of brothers talking about Jews. Black people don't hate Jews. Black people hate white people! We don't got time to dice white people up into little groups. I hate everybody! I don't care if you just got here. "Hey, I'm Romanian." "You Romanian cracker!"” PeopleIfsMenLittlesCareFunnyTogetherHateBlackWhiteTalkingMillionsComedyCuttingHeardGroupsBrotherHairI HateJewDon't CareBunchHeyI Don't CareMarchBlack PeopleAvenuesDiceDon't HateCrackersHair CutBarbershop Author:Chris Rock
“The toughest nights when I was a young, unknown comedian were opening for these real old-time Italian singers. I'm like Grace Jones to them. "This guy is nuts-talking about socks. Where's the wife jokes, where's the fat jokes?"” RealFunnyYoungNightGuyTalkingComedyGraceWifeJokesSingersFatsOpeningComedianItalianNutsThis GuySockOld Time Author:Jerry Seinfeld
“I watched as an extremely nerdy exhibitor - I'm talking about a guy who makes Bill Gates look like Brad Pitt.” LooksHumorFunnyGuyTalkingBillsGatesMicrosoftBradNerdy Book:Dave Barry in Cyberspace Source: Dave Barry in Cyberspace