talking too much is a far greater social fault than talking too little.
He that speaks much, is much mistaken.
People do too much. They say too much.
Your tongue runs before your wit.
I know I probably offend some people. I have been talking a little too much so I'm trying not to talk as much.
That's why I don't talk. Because I talk too much.
You may have heard the saying, 'When you're in love, smoke gets in your eyes.' Well when you're talking, smoke gets in your eyes and ears. Once you're on a roll, it's very easy to not notice that you've worn out your welcome.
Never ask anyone over 70 how they feel. They'll tell you.
The forces of retribution are always listening. They never sleep.
One reason some people are long-winded is because they're trying to impress their conversational counterpart with how smart they are, often because they don't actually feel that way underneath. If this is the case for you, realize that continuing to talk will only cause the other person to be less impressed.
Often I feel I say too much.
Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
I always used to get in trouble for talking too much. When it was time for parent-teacher conferences, I remember that I was always embarrassed about what my parents would hear about me!
Lots of people aren't comfortable with silences. They feel they've got to fill the dead air.
Oh, I'm a big-mouth. I said a lot of things.
The aging process seems to strike first at the mechanism which warns that we have been talking too much and the listener is growing restless. The signal isn't perfect at any age - drink, for instance, throws it right out of kilter - but it is almost non-existent in old people.
Continuous eloquence wearies.
It's such an interesting world. It wouldn't be half so interesting if we knew all about everything, would it?
You're short on ears and long on mouth.
Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive-it's such an interesting world.
To tell a woman not to talk too much was like telling Jesse James not to carry a gun, or a hen not to cackle.
Some people don't know when to stop talking.
You don't want to be one of these guys talking all the time, trying to say things all the time, because people start drowning you out.
The trouble with me is that I like to talk too much.
I don't like talking too much about my personal life, but it all goes into my work.
