Top 50 Talker Quotes

President George W. Bush was kind of a goofy tongue-tied dude. Mostly he just mangled the English language. Barack Obama, by contrast, was a smooth talker. The problem is that frequently what he said was just wrong or tendentious.

What can I say? I’m a talker.

My teammate Franco Baresi was a real captain. He was an example for everyone. Not a big talker. He never talked. But on the field or in training, he was No. 1.

I’m not a good small talker. I’m not into small talk, frankly.

I’m not a good talker, I’m a good fighter.

I come from Detroit where it’s rough and I’m not a smooth talker.

I’m not much of a talker. When I do talk, it takes a lot for it to come out.

I am a writer perhaps because I am not a talker.

I’m a big people watcher and a people talker. The beautiful thing about being an artist and a creative person is that you can get an idea from anywhere, and I’m always on the hunt for them.

Honestly, I don’t talk; I just like to fight. I’m not a good talker.

You just don’t wake up one morning and say, ‘I’m going to be a talker. I’m going to be a braggart.’ It’s something you achieve over the years, and you get better at it. Obviously, I’ve gotten pretty good at it.

I’ve never been a talker. I’ve never been a good salesman when it comes to selling fights.

Talking, being a better talker, wouldn’t have been that hard. It was just, I was just naturally gifted at other things.

I’m not a good talker, I’m a great talker because I do it so often over a long period of time.

When I’m not on stage, I’m kind of shy. If you see me and I don’t say much, don’t think I’m not taking in what you have to say. I’m just not a big talker.

I’m not a trash talker. I respect my opponents.

I’m more of a listener than a talker.

I’m a talker. I love a good debate.

My mother was a listener. I’m a talker. I’m very comfortable talking.

I was a talker back in elementary school. I used to get A’s and B’s in everything, but I got an F in conduct.

Nothing is more despicable than a professional talker who uses his words as a quack uses his remedies.

I’m not a trash talker, I like to do all my talking with my fists in the ring.

I’m a singer, not a talker I took singing lessons, not talking lessons.

If I’m not a good talker, so be it, but my record will speak for itself.

I’m not a talker. But I will show in practice the way I work and the way I love the game.

I was conscious of being wordy as a child. I was a terrible talker. I memorised the Latin names of flowers at five; I was shown off as a freak. My father encouraged me to be wordier than I was: he’d been a street orator at the time of Mosley, and his ideal primary concert speech was Henry V’s speech before Harfleur.

I’m a writer more than I am a talker.

I’m not really good with talking, I’m not really a talker.

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talker with a sore throat.

I like to take a long time over breakfast, and I can’t bear to talk. If a guest is a breakfast talker it’s very important to invite another so they can talk to each other. Otherwise they spoil the newspaper reading and everything else.

Some fighters enjoy the limelight. I get nervous, I mess up when I’m trying to explain things, because I’m a fighter pure and simple, and not really a talker.

Some guys can do more talking in the ring, other guys do posing, body building, whatever the hell they do in the ring. But I don’t have the big body, and I’m not the big smooth talker, but I can get in the ring and wrestle.

Larry Bird was a talker. He’d tell you something and you’d be like, are you kidding me? You’re really telling me that?

I am a better listener than talker – but that’s partly because I believe rows are often caused by saying things you haven’t thought through properly.

There is quite a large clan of Scotties among American beggars. He is a good beggar for the simple reason that he is a good talker. Almost every Scotch beggar I met in the States of America was inclined to be talkative, and yet they all managed to conceal their private affairs.

I’m not a talker unless I really feel I have to say something.

I’m not really a big talker.

My way is to talk to my opponent so he makes it a personal thing. He starts playing me one-on-one, and forgets about his team. Meanwhile, I’m still playing team ball and eating him up. Some guys tried talking back, but you can’t get a talker when a talker’s talking to you.

If I have several bad guys and I only want to end up with one of them, then I have to decide which one I want in the end. And normally it’s the one who is the most interesting talker.

Nigel Farage has got some strengths. He really connects with people. He is a very good talker. I find him very affable. I would very happily buy him a beer. And I am sure he would be happy with it to.

I’m not a talker. I’m a formulator.

I’m not a talker. I’m a doer.

I’m actually a pretty quiet guy when it comes to fighting. I’m pretty serious. When I go out to fight people I’m not a big talker.

If a guy doesn’t work hard and doesn’t play well, he can’t lead anything. All he is, is a talker.

So that’s kind of like how I was, even body guarding with guys I was more of a talker and ran my mouth and smiled and stuff and it kept people off, especially if a guy’s is fired up and you’re laughing at him or smiling or winking at him it just messes with their mind.

I grew up watching guys – like, I loved Mick Foley’s ECW promos; I loved CM Punk’s promos. There’s this guy, Eddie Kingston. He was just a fantastic talker, so I used to study and watch him. I mean, gosh, there’s just such a big list of guys who I used to study. I used to watch promos as much as I did matches.

The Ric Flair, I am his teacher from the Minnesota. We work together. He great performer, he great talker.

My father led by example. He wasn’t much of a talker – he walked life.

There is only one rule for being a good talker – learn to listen.

I’m not a trash talker, that’s not my thing. But if someone asks me, I’m going to say what I feel and what I think.