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If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get him to talk about
it; for the more men talk, the more likely they are to do nothing else.
-- Carlyle
Related:
The less you enjoy serving on committees, the more likely you are to be pressed to do so.
(Explanation: If you do not like committees, you keep quiet, nod your head, and look wise while thinking of something else and thereby acquire the reputation of being a judicious and cooperative colleague...
What do you want to talk about? I can talk about anything, I've been to college.
The things I tell you will not be wrong. Better to listen than to talk.
"I believe you." "Don't search for all the answers at once....
There is nothing in the world I value more than the friendship of women.
There is a quality about it I do not get from men. -- Charles McCabe...
Cucumbers don't care if you make more money than they do.
-- Reasons why cucumbers are better than me...
Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance -- the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen.
-- Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881)...
Skinner: [casually] I'll get it. [picks up receiver] Talk to me.
Chalmers: You have got to end this thing, Seymour....
If you do not wish a thing heard, do not say it. -- Klingo
If you never talk to strangers, then how do you ever meet anyone?