Quotes about Talk

I am sick to death of cleverness. Everybody is clever nowadays. You can't go anywhere without meeting clever people. The thing has become an absolute public nuisance. I wish to goodness we had a few fools left. ALGERNON: We have. JACK: I should extremely like to meet them. What do they talk about? ALGERNON: The fools? Oh! about the clever people of course. JACK: What fools.

My speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power" (1 Corinthians 2: 4). In the same letter he wrote, "For the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power," and he speaks of the Holy Spirit giving "the working of miracles" (1 Corinthians 4: 20; 12: 10).

What's closest to your heart is what you talk about, and if God is close to your heart, you'll talk about Him.

The bothersome noise of religious talk grows irksome when laid upon the living score of discordant behavior. Talkative's

As a man sow, shall he reap. and I know that talk is cheap. But the heat of the battle is as sweet as the victory.

While Saul was talking to the priest, the commotion in the Philistine camp continued to increase. So Saul said to the priest, “Withdraw your hand.”

It is very vulgar to talk like a dentist when one isn't a dentist. It produces a false impression.

Religion has no place in his heart, his home, or his conversation. He is all talk, and his religion is to make noise with his mouth. Really!

There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

Of course, [Miss Climpson,] you mustn't appear to be inquiring. You must find some good gossipy lady living in the neighborhood and just get her to talk in a natural way. You must pretend to be gossipy yourself — it's not in your nature, I know, but I'm sure you can make a little pretence about it — and find out all you can.

I want all of our talk to be redemptively constructive, from the most mundane details to the huge life decisions.

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.