And even when they refuse to listen, I'll keep talking anyway, hoping on a slim chance that the things inside my head are worth something to someone.

—Nadège Richards

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The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.

—Fran Lebowitz

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If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension. And if you didn't ask me, I'd still have to say it.

—George Burns

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Silence is one of the great arts of conversation, as allowed by Cicero himself, who says, 'there is not only an art, but an eloquence in it.' A well bred woman may easily and effectually promote the most useful and elegant conversation without speaking a word. The modes of speech are scarcely more variable than the modes of silence.

—W. Somerset Maugham

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Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.

—Thomas Fuller

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Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.

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History

16 Jan 2016 Added
26 Oct 2026 Wording changed

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And even when they refuse to listen, I'll keep talking anyway, hoping on a slim chance that the things inside my head are worth something to someone.