Repetitive Speech Quotes

The difference between mad people and sane people... is that sane people have variety when they talk-story. Mad people have only one story that they talk over and over.

You can't converse with Alzheimer's sufferers in the way you do with others; the dialogue tends to go round in circles.

Always, in epochs when the languages and dialects of a culture have become outstripped by development of a practical sort, these languages become repetitive, formalised -- and ridiculous. Phrases, words, associations of sentences spin themselves out automatically, but have no effect: they have lost their power, their energy.

If I had a dollar for every time I said that, I'd be making money in a very weird way.

There are many reasons our prayers may lack power. Sometimes they become routine. Our prayers become hollow when we say similar words in similar ways over and over so often that the words become more of a recitation than a communication.

If everyone knew exactly what I was going to say, then there would be no point in my saying it, would there?

They chatter together like birds on Cypress Hill, but all they say is 'Live, live, live, live, live!' It's all they've learned, it's the only advice they can give.

Don't, for goodness' sake, keep on saying 'Don't'; I hear so much of it, and it's monotonous, and makes me tired.

Grandchildren can be annoying - how many times can you go: "And the cow goes moo and the pig goes oink"? It's like talking to a supermodel.

I just don't feel good if I'm repeating myself.

Continuous eloquence is tedious.

I think my love for rhythm in language comes from repeating the same words, the same sounds, over and over again day after day for so many years.

Continued eloquence is wearisome.

When you do interviews, you have to talk about yourself - and I like to find out about other people. I am so familiar with everything that I do. I've said it over and over again. I think it is boring.

Redundancy of language is never found with deep reflection. Verbiage may indicate observation, but not thinking. He who thinks much says but little in proportion to his thoughts.

Now, you watch cable news, and you know what everybody's going to say before they open their mouth.