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> [Never talk for half a minute without pausing and giving others a chance to join in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-smith/never-talk-for-half-a-minute-without-pausing-and-giving-others-a/)

[Sydney Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-smith/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/161/sydney-smith-6523_chance_never-talk-for-half-a-minute-without-pau_924740.png)

> [I would never read a book if it were possible for me to talk half an hour with the man who wrote…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-would-never-read-a-book-if-it-were-possible-for-me-to-talk-half-an/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bb/anonymous-1_book_i-would-never-read-a-book-if-it-were-pos_1875152.jpg)

> [My mother loves it when I talk about her. Half the time, I think she says things that she knows will go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judy-gold/my-mother-loves-it-when-i-talk-about-her-half-the-time-i-think-she/)

[Judy Gold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judy-gold/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4f/judy-gold-10029_about_my-mother-loves-it-when-i-talk-about-her_2244481.png)

> [“Why do we have two ears and one mouth? In order to talk half as much as we listen.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josip-novakovich/why-do-we-have-two-ears-and-one-mouth-in-order-to-talk-half-as-much/)

[Josip Novakovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josip-novakovich/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e4/josip-novakovich-16473_ears_why-do-we-have-two-ears-and-one-mouth-in_2486835.png)

> [Talk—half-talk, phrases that had no need to be finished, abstractions, Chinese bells played on with cotton-tipped sticks, mock orange blossoms painted on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/talk-half-talk-phrases-that-had-no-need-to-be-finished-abstractions/)

[Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d19/anais-nin-288_acid_talk-half-talk-phrases-that-had-no-need_2813857.png)

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