--- title: "8 Idle Talk Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Idle Talk quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Idle Talk sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d03/uzoma-nnadi-21359_gossip_gossip-is-an-idle-talk-that-makes-you-lo_23610.jpg" --- > [“Gossip is an idle talk that makes you look worse than the person you are talking about, and people tend to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uzoma-nnadi/gossip-is-an-idle-talk-that-makes-you-look-worse-than-the-person-you/) [Uzoma Nnadi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uzoma-nnadi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d03/uzoma-nnadi-21359_gossip_gossip-is-an-idle-talk-that-makes-you-lo_23610.jpg) > [The slothful are always ready to engage in idle talk of what will be done tomorrow, and every day after.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lyly/the-slothful-are-always-ready-to-engage-in-idle-talk-of-what-will-be/) [John Lyly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lyly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2d/john-lyly-6971_done_the-slothful-are-always-ready-to-engage_465760.png) > [“...Saya tidak mahu tergolong sebagai jenis sasterawan yang terperangkap dengan idle talk (meminjam kata-kata Mohd Affandi Hassan).”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/faisal-tehrani/saya-tidak-mahu-tergolong-sebagai-jenis-sasterawan-yang-terperangkap/) [Faisal Tehrani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/faisal-tehrani/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e9/faisal-tehrani-26401_pengarang_saya-tidak-mahu-tergolong-sebagai-jenis_708934.jpg) > [“Curiosity, for which nothing is closed off, and idle talk, for which everything is supposedly understood, provide persons with the guarantee of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-foulds/curiosity-for-which-nothing-is-closed-off-and-idle-talk-for-which/) [Steven Foulds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-foulds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cd/steven-foulds-280020_curiosity_curiosity-for-which-nothing-is-closed-of_1373683.jpg) > [“I have spoken to no one, not even my mother or Ray. I don't have the capacity for idle talk now. No,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-l-james/i-have-spoken-to-no-one-not-even-my-mother-or-ray-i-don-t-have-the/) [E.L. James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-l-james/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b7/e-l-james-470_break-ups_i-have-spoken-to-no-one-not-even-my-moth_1548704.jpg) > [Unless man has the wit and the grit to build his civilization on something better than material power, it is surely idle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bowes-sayre-sr/unless-man-has-the-wit-and-the-grit-to-build-his-civilization-on/) [Francis Bowes Sayre, Sr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bowes-sayre-sr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd0/francis-bowes-sayre-sr-79212_civilization_unless-man-has-the-wit-and-the-grit-to-b_2353001.jpg) > [As long as this deliberate refusal to understand things from above, even where such understanding is possible, continues, it is idle to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/as-long-as-this-deliberate-refusal-to-understand-things-from-above/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/423/anonymous-1_finals_as-long-as-this-deliberate-refusal-to-un_2486530.jpg) > [But who are we, where do we come from When all those years Nothing but idle talk is left And we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-pasternak/but-who-are-we-where-do-we-come-from-when-all-those-years-nothing-but/) [Boris Pasternak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-pasternak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/661/boris-pasternak-1944_idle_but-who-are-we-where-do-we-come-from-whe_2719407.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/idle-talk/#itemlist", "name": "Idle Talk Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Gossip is an idle talk that makes you look worse than the person you are talking about, and people tend to have more confidence in the person you talked about when they get tired of your gossip. 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