Talking quotes

“The one thing about a murder case is if you just let people talk long enough, sooner or later, somebody will spill the beans.”
Myrna Loy - Nora Charles

“- Happy: This is Dopey, he don't talk none.
- Snow White: You mean he can't talk?
- Happy: He don't know, he never tried.”
Otis Harlan - Happy
Adriana Caselotti - Snow White

“The guy engages his mouth before his brain sometimes.”

Dagmara Dominczyk - Terry Alba

“Your friend has seen, and she has heard. Now she will not talk.”

Roshan Seth - Chattar Lal

“She could talk her way out of a sunburn.”

Gene Hackman - Joe Moore

“- Mariner: You talk a lot.
- Enola: I talk a lot because you don't talk at all.”
Kevin Costner - Mariner
Tina Majorino - Enola

“- Jake Wyler: You're inteIIigent and insightfuI. You don't get the respect you deserve.
- Malik: That's great! I've aIways wanted to discuss...
- Jake Wyler: I actually got to go. Sorry.”
Chris Evans - Jake Wyler
Deon Richmond - Malik

“You want to talk? Take a walk. You want to eat? Take a seat.”
Jan Stratton - Waitress

“- Terry Leather: Radio's in the bag. Binoc's as well. There's a bed set at the top floor of this building. Pay for the week. The ladder will get you to the roof. You're in from Liverpool, looking for work.
- Eddie Burton: I don't have a Liverpool accent.
- Terry Leather: Then don't talk to anyone, Eddie.”
Jason Statham - Terry Leather
Michael Jibson - Eddie Burton

“If I wanna hear you talk, I'll shove my arm up your ass and work your mouth like a puppet!”
Samuel L. Jackson - P.K. Highsmith

“- Martin: When I see people together, they don't talk. Not really. They don't say what they mean.
- Barry - Radio Talk ShowHost: Right.
- Martin: Then they, they have the other... the sexy stuff. Whenever they want. I've been much too shy to ever do the sexy stuff. I mean, do it with someone who's awake. Someday maybe I'll get to do it - awake...” (continue)(continue reading)
John Amplas - Martin
Michael Gornick - Barry - Radio Talk Show Host

“- Rodmilla: Marguerite, precious, what do I always say about tone?
- Jacqueline: A lady of breeding ought never to raise her voice any louder than the... gentle hum of a whisper in the wind.
- Rodmilla: Jacqueline, dear, do not speak unless you can improve the silence.”
Anjelica Huston - Rodmilla
Melanie Lynskey - Jacqueline

“- Doris: You know, I can really talk to you. It's just amazing. I find myself saying things to you that I didn't even know I thought. I noticed that yesterday right after we met in the restaurant.
- George Peters: We had instant rapport. Did you notice that too?
- Doris: No. But I know we really hit it off.”
Ellen Burstyn - Doris
Alan Alda - George Peters

“You don't say much but you get your point across.”
Linda Cardellini - Cassie

“- Keaton: His name's Verbal. Verbal Kint.
- McManus: Verbal?
- Keaton: Yeah.
- Verbal: 'Roger', really. People say I talk too much.
- Hockney: Yeah, I was just gonna tell you to shut up.”
Gabriel Byrne - Keaton
Stephen Baldwin - McManus
Kevin Spacey - Verbal
Kevin Pollak - Hockney

“I feel comfortable using legal jargon in everyday life.
[someone whistles at her]
I object!”
Reese Witherspoon - Elle Woods

“- Eddie Valentine: If the Feds take me, I'm taking you with me. I'm gonna tell you everthing.
- Neville Sinclair: Who are they going to believe? A cheap crook, or the number-three box-office star in America?”
Paul Sorvino - Eddie Valentine
Timothy Dalton - Neville Sinclair

“- Edwina Cutwater: You know, you don't have to speak out loud. I can hear your thoughts.
- Roger Cobb: Great, just what I've always wanted.”
Lily Tomlin - Edwina Cutwater
Steve Martin - Roger Cobb

“- Zed: People just don't understand me.
- Laura: Maybe if you talk slower...
- Zed: No, I mean who I am. Man, now I gotta worry about my diction too?”
Bobcat Goldthwait - Zed
Corinne Bohrer - Laura

“Play with it, pal. Don't talk to it.”

Kenneth Tobey - Man in Restroom

“- Deanne McKenzie: Since when did you learn to speak Chinese?
- Kurt McKenzie: Just a little something I picked up watching a Chinese cooking show.
- Deanne McKenzie: That's great. Maybe you should focus a little less on the talking, and a little more on the cooking.”
Maya Rudolph - Deanne McKenzie
Chris Rock - Kurt McKenzie

“- Mrs. Laura Cheveley: I want to talk to you about a great political and financial scheme, about this Argentine Canal Company, in fact.
- Sir Robert Chiltern: What a tedious, practical subject for you to talk about Mrs. Cheveley!
- Mrs. Laura Cheveley: I like tedious, practical subjects. What I don't like are tedious, practical people.”
Julianne Moore - Mrs. Laura Cheveley
Jeremy Northam - Sir Robert Chiltern

“- Don: Talk to me, Gal. I'm here for you. I'm a good listener.
- Gal: What can I say, Don? I've said it all. I'm retired.
- Don: Shut up.”
Ben Kingsley - Don Logan
Ray Winstone - Gal

“- Enid: Aren't you going to get that?
- Seymour: Let the machine get it. I have no desire to talk to anyone who might be calling me.”

Thora Birch - Enid
Steve Buscemi - Seymour

“- Dr. John Dolittle: How come I can hear you talking?
- Lucky: I dunno. Maybe you're just weird or something.”
Eddie Murphy - Dr. John Dolittle
Norm MacDonald - Lucky