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. . . TALK see: "ACTIONS" see "COMMUNICATION" for other related links Let's meet and either do or die. --Francis Beaumont & John Fletcher English Jacobean playwrights who collaborated on comedies and tragedies between 1606 and 1614. _The Island Princess_, act II, sc. 2 - By their fruits ye shall know them. --Bible New Testament, "Matthew" 7:20 Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? --Bible "James" 2:15-16 - Oaths are but words, and words but wind. --Samuel Butler (1612—1680) English poet and satirist. "Hudibras" [1663], pt. II [1664], canto II, l. 117 As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. --Andrew Carnegie (1835—1919) American businessman and philanthropist of Scottish birth. In Ashton Applewhite, Tripp Evans, & Andrew Frothingham _And I Quote: The Definitive Collection..._, p. 6 [1992]. Look in the face of the person to whom you are speaking, if you wish to know his real sentiments; for he can command his words more easily than his countenance. --Lord Chesterfield [Philip Dormer Stanhope] (1694—1773) British writer and politician. In Tiruvalluvar _Tirukkural of Tiruvalluvar_, p. 437 [1962]. After three days without reading, talk becomes flavorless. --Chinese Proverb To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war. --Winston Churchill (1874—1965) British Conservative statesman and Prime Minister [1940—1945, 1951—1955]. [1954 speech] Words learned by rote a parrot may rehearse, But talking is not always to converse. --William Cowper (1731—1800) English poet and hymnodist. _Conversation_ [1782] Far too numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and talk too much. --John Dryden (1631—1700) English poet, critic, and dramatist. _Absalom and Achitophel_ [1681] - A man cannot utter two or three sentences without disclosing to intelligent ears where he stands in life and thought. --Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803—1882) American philosopher and poet. "Worship" _The Conduct of Life_ [1860] Don't SAY things. What you ARE stands over you the while, and thunders so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary. --Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803—1882) American philosopher and poet. "Social Aims" _Letters and Social Aims_ [1876] - Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish. --Euripides (485?—406 B.C.) Greek dramatist. When the last ding-dong of doom has clanged and faded from the last worthless rock hanging tideless in the last red and dying evening ... there will still be one more sound: that of his [man's] puny, inexhaustible voice, still talking. --William Faulkner (1897—1962) American novelist. [1950 Nobel acceptance speech.] Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it. --Robert Frost (1874—1963) American poet. Every Ass loves to hear himself bray. --Thomas Fuller (1654—1734) English writer and physician. Comp., _Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs_ [1732] You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips. --Oliver Goldsmith (1728—1774) Anglo-Irish writer, poet, and dramatist. In _The New Dictionary of Thoughts_ (C. N. Catrevas ed.). p. 187 [1960]. When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting. --Saint Jerome (c.340—420?) Translator of the Bible from Greek and Hebrew into Latin. It is a great misfortune neither to have enough wit to talk well nor enough judgement to be silent. --Jean de La Bruyère (1645—1696) French essayist and moralist. In Connie Robertson _The Wordsworth Dictionary of Quotations_, p. 61 [1998]. All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action. --James Russell Lowell (1819—1891) American poet, critic, essayist, and diplomat. He's a wonderful talker, who has the art of telling you nothing in a great harangue. --Jean Molière [Jean Baptiste Poquelin] (1622—1673) French comic dramatist. _Le Misanthrope_ [1666], act II, sc. v - Don't discuss yourself, for you are bound to lose; if you belittle yourself, you are believed; if you praise yourself, you are disbelieved. --Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533—1592) French moralist and essayist. Saying is one thing and doing is another. --Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533—1592) French moralist and essayist. _Essays_ [1580] bk. II, ch. 31 - The less men think, the more they talk. --Baron de Montesquieu (Charles Louis de Secondat) (1689—1755) French philosopher, jurist, and satirist. Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of your- self. --Blaise Pascal (1623—1662) French mathematician, physicist, and moralist. _Pensées_ [1670], no. 4 - Wise men talk because they have something to say: fools because they have to say something. --Plato (427?—347 B.C.) Greek philosopher. As empty vessels make the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest blabbers. --Plato (427?—347 B.C.) Greek philosopher. - And 'tis remarkable, that they Talk most who have the least to say. --Matthew Prior (1664—1721) English poet. _Alma_, canto 2, l. 345 Talkers are no good doers. --William Shakespeare (1564—1616) English dramatist. _King Richard III_ [1592—1593], Act I, Scene III, Line 351 Never say more than is necessary. --Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751—1816) Anglo-Irish dramatist. _The Rivals_ [1775], act II, sc. 1 - Better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt. --Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835—1910) American humorist, novelist, journalist, and river pilot. Attributed, perhaps apocryphal. Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work. --Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835—1910) American humorist, novelist, journalist, and river pilot. p. 818, Mark Twain's Letters [1917 ed], Vol II according to _Mark Twain at your Fingertips_, ed. Caroline Thomas Harnsbarger. - If a man is a fool the best thing to do is to encourage him to advertise the fact by speaking. --Woodrow Wilson (1856—1924) American Democratic statesman and President [1913—1921]. In a speech in Paris, France [10 May 1919]. - When all is said and done, much is said and little is done. --anon. ----- badinage (noun) Light, playful talk; banter. blether (Verb) ['ble-dhêr] To jabber blether (nonsense); to blabber nonsensically. garrulous (adj.) ['gæ-rê-lês] Given to overwhelming amounts of annoying chatter. gesticulate [juh-STIK-yuh-layt], intransitive verb: 1. To make gestures or motions, especially while speaking or instead of speaking. 2. To indicate or express by gestures. kibitz (verb) ['ki-bits] To look on without participating; to offer meddlesome advice to others; to talk idly or annoyingly. maunder [MON-dur], intransitive verb: 1. To talk incoherently; to speak in a rambling manner. 2. To wander aimlessly or confusedly. Two drunken couples... maunder in an all-too-familiar vein about love. --Anatole Broyard, "New York Times" [15 April 1981] persiflage [PUR-suh-flahzh], noun: Frivolous or bantering talk; a frivolous manner of treating any subject, whether serious or otherwise; light raillery. sesquipedalian [ses-kwuh-puh-DAYL-yuhn], adj.: 1. Given to or characterized by the use of long words. 2. Long and ponderous; having many syllables. stentorian (adj.) [sten-'to-ri-ên] Extremely loud or having an extremely loud voice. susurrous (adj.) [sê-'su-rês] Pertaining to a susurrus (whispering sound), having or similar to whispering or rustling sounds. voluble (adj.) Talking a great deal.  . . see "COMMUNICATION" for related links To think all you say, is but candor; To say all you think, would be slander. --William Allingham (1824—1899) Irish man of letters and poet. He that questioneth much shall learn much and content much; but especially if he apply his questions to the skill of the persons whom he asketh; for he shall give them occasion to please themselves in speaking, and himself shall continually gather knowledge; but let his questions not be troublesome, for that is fit for a poser; and let him be sure to leave other men their turn to speak; nay, if there be any that would reign and take up all the time, let them find means to take them off, and bring others on, as musicians used to do with those that dance too long. If you dissemble sometimes your knowledge of that you are thought to know, you shall be thought, another time, to know that you know not. --Francis Bacon (1561—1626) English philosopher and essayist. Our heart is a treasury; if you spend all its wealth at once you are ruined. We find it as difficult to forgive a person for displaying his feeling in all its nakedness as we do to forgive a man for being penniless. --Honoré de Balzac (1799—1850) French journalist and writer. _Le Père Goriot_ [1835], tr. Marion Ayton Crawford Fools carry their daggers in their open mouths. --Josh Billings [Henry Wheeler Shaw] (1818—1885) American humorist. There are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a communicative man having nothing to communicate. --Christian Nestell Bovee (1820—1904) American writer. Far too numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and talk too much. --John Dryden (1631—1700) English poet, critic, and dramatist. _Absalom and Achitophel_ [1681] Silence is not always a Sign of Wisdom, but Babbling is ever a Mark of Folly. --Benjamin Franklin (1706—1790) American politician, inventor, and scientist. _Poor Richard's Quotations_ [1975] My tongue within my lips I rein; For who talks much must talk in vain. --John Gay (1685—1732) English poet and dramatist. _Fables_, pt. 1 [1727] Shun the inquisitive person, for he is also a talker. --Horace [Quintus Horatius Flaccus] (65—8 BC) Roman poet. _Epistles_ I, 18, 69 As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so it is of small wits to talk much and say nothing. --François de La Rochefoucauld (1613—1680) French classical author. One stops being a child when one realizes that telling one's trouble does not make it better. --Cesare Pavese (1908—1950) Italian novelist, poet, and translator. _This Business of Living: Diaries 1935-50_ [1961] As empty vessels make the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest blabbers. --Plato (427?—347 B.C.) Greek philosopher. A full tongue and an empty brain are seldom parted. --Francis Quarles (1592—1644) English poet. - The saying is true, 'The empty vessel makes the greatest sound.' --William Shakespeare (1564—1616) English dramatist. _King Henry V_ [1598-1599], Act 4, Scene 4, line 72 Fie! what a spendthrift he is of his tongue! --William Shakespeare (1564—1616) English dramatist. - - Surely human affairs would be far happier if the power in men to be silent were the same as that to speak. But experience more than sufficiently teaches that men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues. --Benedict de Spinoza (1632—1677) Dutch-Jewish philosopher, the foremost exponent of 17th century Rationalism. _Ethics_ [1677] pt. III It therefore comes to pass that everyone is fond of relating his own exploits and displaying the strength both of his body and his mind, and that men are on this account a nuisance one to the other. --Benedict de Spinoza (1632—1677) Dutch-Jewish philosopher, the foremost exponent of 17th century Rationalism. _Ethics_ [1677] pt. III - Shallow brooks murmur most, deep silent slide away. --Sir Philip Sidney (1554—1586) English courtier, statesman, soldier, and poet The secret of being a bore. . . is to tell everything. --Voltaire (François Marie Arouet) (1694—1778) French writer and philosopher. _Discours en vers sur l'homme_ [1737] And he goes through life, his mouth open, and his mind closed --Oscar Wilde (1854—1900) Anglo-Irish dramatist and poet. -- Our Lips And Ears If you your lips would keep from slips. Five things observe with care: Of whom you speak, to whom you speak, And how and when and where. If you your ears would save from jeers, These things keep meekly hid: Myself and I, and mine and my, And how I do and did. --anon. ----- blatant (adj.) ['bleyt-ênt] Annoyingly loud, coarse, or out of harmony with others; shockingly expressive of matters that should not be revealed. blether (verb) ['ble-dhêr] To jabber blether (nonsense); to blabber nonsensically. effusive (adj.) 1. Expressing emotions at undue length or intensity. Syn.: gushing Similar: fervent, copious, unreserved, unrestrained, profuse 2. Flowing out or over. Syn.: overflowing, gushing Related: lyrical, wordy, talkative, chatty, verbose effusively: adv. effusiveness: noun garrulous (adj.) ['gæ-rê-lês] Given to overwhelming amounts of annoying chatter. logorrhea (noun) 1. Incoherent, excessive speech. logorrheic (adj.) loquacious (adj.) [lo-'kwey-shês] Excessively talkative, garrulous. macrology (noun) [mæ-'crah-lê-jee] Wordiness, prolixity, excessively redundant speech. Macrology refers to speech that is not merely excessive in length but also tedious and pointlessly redundant. popinjay [POP-in-jay], noun: A vain and talkative person. Ex.: A writer who appreciates the seriousness of writing so little that he is anxious to make people see he is formally educated, cultured or well-bred is merely a popinjay. --Ernest Hemingway (1889-1961) American novelist, _Death in the Afternoon_ prolix (adj.) ['pro-liks] Lengthy, too temporally long; (of speech or writing) verbose, long-winded, using too many words. prolixity [prê-'lik-sê-ti] (noun) prolixly [pro-'liks-li]. (adverb) verbiage [VUR-bee-ij], noun: 1. An overabundance of words; wordiness. 2. Manner or style of expression; diction. verbose [vuhr-BOHS], adjective: Abounding in words; using or containing more words than are necessary; tedious by an excess of words; wordy; as, "a verbose speaker; a verbose argument." . . see "COMMUNICATION" for related links I had just dozed off into a stupor when I heard what I thought was myself talking to myself. I didn't pay much attention to it, as I knew practically everything I would have to say to myself, and wasn't particularly interested. --Robert Benchley (1889—1945) American humorist and newspaper columnist. "Chips off the Old Benchley" . . see "ACTORS" for related links - Nor did we care when Edgar Rice Burrough's thoroughly British hero grunted the banalities of dialogue in his American accent. We believed in Weissmuller — and only in Weismuller. --Phillip Adams, in article "Me Tarzan, you feign" (The Australian Weekend Review [15 June 2002] We used to watch Tarzan movies in our villages — a travelling showman would stretch a bedsheet between a couple of trees and set up a portable projector. And there I'd be cheering for the white man and booing the Africans. --a Marxist minister in Mugabe's Government, op. cit. - - Johnny Weissmuller was taking part in a celebrity golf tournament in Havana during the Cuban revolution. As he was on his way to the course with some friends, a group of Castro's rebel soldiers suddenly appeared and surrounded them. Weissmuller, keeping his cool, slowly raised himself to his full height, beat his chest with his fists and let out an enormous yell. After a moment of stunned silence, the revolutionaries broke into smiles of delight and began calling out, "Tarzan! Tarzan! Bienvenido!" Dropping their weapons, they crowded around the star, shaking his hand. The celebrity and his party were not only not kidnapped, but were given a rebel escort to the golf course. --David Wallechinsky _The Complete Book of the Olympics_ - - When I was sixteen, my father took me on a fishing trip to Acapulco, Mexico. While we were being photographed with our catch — two large sailfish — a little Mexican boy no older than nine, who had been staring at us for some time, inquisitively pulled on my father's pant leg. Dad glanced down at the barefoot boy — with two front teeth missing — beaming up at him. "Perdon senor, usted es Tarzan?" Dad cocked an eyebrow. "Si, me Tarzan." This was followed by the famous Tarzan yell, at full throttle. Within minutes the entire village, now suddenly awake from their afternoon siesta, gathered on the pier, gawking and pointing. For a teenager, this was thoroughly embarrassing, but it made such an impression on me that I never forgot it. --Johnny Weissmuller, Jr. (1940—2006) American author. _Tarzan, My Father_ [2002], "Preface" - Tarzan : "Tarzan, Jane, hurt me, boy, love it, Jane" Jane: "Darling, that's quite a sentence," --dialogue , "Tarzan the Ape Man", [1932 Screenplay], Cyril Hume and Ivor Novello . . see "WORK" for related links So little done, so much to do. --Cecil Rhodes (1853—1902) South African statesman. (Said on the day of his death.) ----- Sisyphean (adj.) [si-sê-'fee-ên] Endlessly laborious and futile; also, related to Sisyphus, as "the Sisyphean story" . . see: "APPRECIATION" see: "EDUCATION" see: "GROWING" see: "LIKES AND DISLIKES" see: "REFINED" A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections. --George Eliot [Mary Ann Evans] (1819—1880) English novelist. _Daniel Deronda_ [1876] In matter of principle, stand like a rock; in matters of taste, swim with the current. --Thomas Jefferson (1743—1826) American statesman and president [1801—1809]. You had no taste when you married me. --Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751—1816) Anglo-Irish dramatist. _The School for Scandal_ [1777], act I, sc. 1 ----- brackish [BRAK-ish], adjective: 1. Somewhat salty. 2. Distasteful; unpalatable. decorum (noun) Dignity: dignity or good taste that is appropriate to a specific occasion epicure (noun) ['e-pi-kyur] A person with discriminating tastes, especially in food or wine. adj. epicurean gaudy (adj.) ['ga-dee or 'gaw-dee] Extravagantly showy, dazzling, possibly tastelessly so. gimcrack [JIM-krak], noun: A showy but useless or worthless object; a gewgaw. adjective: Tastelessly showy; cheap; gaudy. Ex.: In those cities most self-conscious about their claim to be part of English history, like Oxford or Bath, the shops where you could have bought a dozen nails, home-made cakes or had a suit run up, have shut down and been replaced with places selling teddy bears, T-shirts and gimcrack souvenirs. --Jeremy Paxman, _The English: A Portrait of a People_ gustatory [GUS-tuh-tor-ee], adjective: Of or pertaining to the sense of taste. Ex.: In a land of ice and chains and endemic suffering, caviar provided gustatory salvation from grief and black days, a sensual escape from temporal woes. --Jeffrey Tayler, "The Caviar Thugs", _The Atlantic_ [June 2001] kitsch [KICH], noun: 1. Art characterized by pretentious bad taste. 2. Relating to, or characterized by, kitsch. raffish (adj.) ['ræ-fish] 1. Vulgar in taste, appearance, dissolute in behavior; rakish. 2. Dashing, carefree or unconventionally fun-loving; rakish. Sometimes we would go to the Gargoyle Club,... but it was too full of raffish upper-class drunks for my taste. --John Richardson, _The Sorcerer's Apprentice_ tart (noun, adjective) [tah(r)t] (Noun 1) A small pie with a shallow shell, no covering, and various fillings, usually of fruit; (Noun 2) a wanton or loose girl, a woman who wears cheap, gaudy clothes; (Adjective) pungently sour, sharp to the taste. . . see: "THE BODY" see "STUPIDITY" Tattoo. What a loaded word it is, rife with associations to goons, goofs, bikers, tribal warriors, carnival artists, drunken sailors and floozies. --Jon Anderson, "Epidermal Dalis," "Chicago Tribune," [6 October 1994]  TAYLOR (ELIZABETH) . . see "ACTORS" for related links see "PEOPLE" for related links Eddie Fisher married to Elizabeth Taylor is like me trying to wash the Empire State Building with a bar of soap. --Don Rickles (1926— ) American actor and stand-up comedian. 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