Oscar Wilde Quotes

I do do a lot of talking, because it saves me listening.

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

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

Never try to have the last word. You might get it.

I just think people overvalue argument because they like to hear themselves talk.

I speak relatively little, except when I'm at home and I'm asking for things.

I see people in terms of dialogue and I believe that people are their talk.

I'll talk. You'll listen.

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

How time files when you's doin' all the talking.

Talking is always positive. That's why I talk too much.

I've always got something to say.

I guess a lot of people don't like talking.

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.

If you're yelling you're the one who's lost control of the conversation.

I actually like talking.

I like talking. I like acting.

I'm a talker.

I like talking but on my terms. I don't like people talking to me, but I like talking to people.

People that want to talk can talk. Even a parrot talks. People are always going to have their thoughts on what they're going to say.

[Winston Churchill] never spares himself in conversation. He gives himself so generously that hardly anyone else is permitted to give anything in his presence.

'Speak when you're spoken to!' The Queen sharply interrupted her. 'But if everybody obeyed that rule,' said Alice, who was always ready for a little argument, 'and if you only spoke when you were spoken to, and the other person always waited for you to begin, you see nobody would ever say anything, so that - ' 'Ridiculous!' cried the Queen. 'Why, don't you see, child - ' here she broke off with a frown, and, after thinking for a minute, suddenly changed the subject of the conversation.

Everyone likes talking about himself. - Hercule Poirot

Men resort to talking only when they haven't the power to enforce their convictions upon others.

The extreme pleasure we take in speaking of ourselves should make us apprehensive that it gives hardly any to those who listen to us.