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> [And the purpose of small talk is not to be controversial, clever or even interesting. It's simply to fill the silent void with a small gesture of common humanity. It's a spoken smile, a verbal handshake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gyles-brandreth/and-the-purpose-of-small-talk-is-not-to-be-controversial-clever-or/)

[Gyles Brandreth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gyles-brandreth/)

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## More by Gyles Brandreth

> [Praise makes me humble, but when I am abused, I know that I have touched the stars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gyles-brandreth/praise-makes-me-humble-but-when-i-am-abused-i-know-that-i-have/)

[Gyles Brandreth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gyles-brandreth/)

> [I don't poo-pooh anyone's knighthood or other honors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gyles-brandreth/i-don-t-poo-pooh-anyone-s-knighthood-or-other-honors/)

[Gyles Brandreth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gyles-brandreth/)

> [Princess Anne is like her father. From her, you'll never hear a complaint of any kind about her upbringing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gyles-brandreth/princess-anne-is-like-her-father-from-her-you-ll-never-hear-a/)

[Gyles Brandreth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gyles-brandreth/)

> [In the Members' Dining Room, the Conservatives eat at one end, the Labour Party at the other, while the Liberals wait at table.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gyles-brandreth/in-the-members-dining-room-the-conservatives-eat-at-one-end-the/)

[Gyles Brandreth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gyles-brandreth/)

> [Life has not turned out as I hoped it would.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gyles-brandreth/life-has-not-turned-out-as-i-hoped-it-would/)

[Gyles Brandreth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gyles-brandreth/)

> [“Those who pay their bills on time are soon forgotten. It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gyles-brandreth/those-who-pay-their-bills-on-time-are-soon-forgotten-it-is-only-by/)

[Gyles Brandreth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gyles-brandreth/)

> [If you're the Queen you don't need to say anything and you don't get into trouble. If you're the Duke of Edinburgh you say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gyles-brandreth/if-you-re-the-queen-you-don-t-need-to-say-anything-and-you-don-t-get/)

[Gyles Brandreth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gyles-brandreth/)

> [When it comes to personal communication, words are all we've got. It is the simple use of language that makes us human beings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gyles-brandreth/when-it-comes-to-personal-communication-words-are-all-we-ve-got-it-is/)

[Gyles Brandreth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gyles-brandreth/)

> [If God had meant us to go metric, why did he give Christ twelve apostles?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gyles-brandreth/if-god-had-meant-us-to-go-metric-why-did-he-give-christ-twelve/)

[Gyles Brandreth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gyles-brandreth/)

> [First and foremost, I am a writer. That's what I have spent my life doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gyles-brandreth/first-and-foremost-i-am-a-writer-that-s-what-i-have-spent-my-life/)

[Gyles Brandreth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gyles-brandreth/)

> [“One should always be suspicious of a woman who tells you that her past was burnt in the flames of a schoolhouse in Peshawar.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gyles-brandreth/one-should-always-be-suspicious-of-a-woman-who-tells-you-that-her/)

[Gyles Brandreth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gyles-brandreth/)

> [Among the upper classes, especially three or four generations ago, men and women had separate bedrooms. That's just the way it was.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gyles-brandreth/among-the-upper-classes-especially-three-or-four-generations-ago-men/)

[Gyles Brandreth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gyles-brandreth/)

> [We did marry in secret and it was several years before we even told our parents that we were married.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gyles-brandreth/we-did-marry-in-secret-and-it-was-several-years-before-we-even-told/)

[Gyles Brandreth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gyles-brandreth/)

> [I've learnt that you've got to accept the audience you've got.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gyles-brandreth/i-ve-learnt-that-you-ve-got-to-accept-the-audience-you-ve-got/)

[Gyles Brandreth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gyles-brandreth/)

> [Prince Philip is very contrary. He challenges everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gyles-brandreth/prince-philip-is-very-contrary-he-challenges-everything/)

[Gyles Brandreth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gyles-brandreth/)

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