--- title: "9 Talk Slowly Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Talk Slowly quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Talk Slowly sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50b/ritu-ghatourey-5_advice_talk-slowly-but-think-quickly-844627_844627.jpg" --- > [Talk slowly but think quickly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritu-ghatourey/talk-slowly-but-think-quickly/) [Ritu Ghatourey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritu-ghatourey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50b/ritu-ghatourey-5_advice_talk-slowly-but-think-quickly-844627_844627.jpg) > [Are you trying to give me a hint that I should drop it? I can lose the accent; I just have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leah-remini/are-you-trying-to-give-me-a-hint-that-i-should-drop-it-i-can-lose-the/) [Leah Remini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leah-remini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2da/leah-remini-9430_accent_are-you-trying-to-give-me-a-hint-that-i_446039.jpg) > [When you have a stroke, you must talk slowly to be understood, and I've discovered that when I talk slowly, people listen.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirk-douglas/when-you-have-a-stroke-you-must-talk-slowly-to-be-understood-and-i-ve/) [Kirk Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirk-douglas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fa/kirk-douglas-4420_discovered_when-you-have-a-stroke-you-must-talk-slo_86047.jpg) > [“We - by whom I mean anyone over sixty - commit two offenses just by existing. One is Lack of Velocity. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mitchell/we-by-whom-i-mean-anyone-over-sixty-commit-two-offenses-just-by/) [David Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0af/david-mitchell-264_memento-mori_we-by-whom-i-mean-anyone-over-sixty-comm_710304.jpg) > [“I feel slow. I think slowly, I talk slowly, I react slowly. In the blur and rush of everything around me, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-zeppa/i-feel-slow-i-think-slowly-i-talk-slowly-i-react-slowly-in-the-blur/) [Jamie Zeppa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-zeppa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/489/jamie-zeppa-58130_mental-health_i-feel-slow-i-think-slowly-i-talk-slowly_751551.jpg) > [“Buddha used this approach very deeply for his disciples and for himself. He told them to walk slowly, to talk slowly, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osho/buddha-used-this-approach-very-deeply-for-his-disciples-and-for/) [Osho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a36/osho-519_discipline_buddha-used-this-approach-very-deeply-fo_3203136.jpg) > [“Shrinking in a corner, pressed into the wall; do they know I'm present, am I here at all? Is there a written…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lang-leav/shrinking-in-a-corner-pressed-into-the-wall-do-they-know-i-m-present/) [Lang Leav](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lang-leav/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3a/lang-leav-2993_belonging_shrinking-in-a-corner-pressed-into-the-w_2099696.jpg) > [“Guys get a bad rap for not wanting to talk about their feelings but maybe women are in part to blame for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dermot-davis/guys-get-a-bad-rap-for-not-wanting-to-talk-about-their-feelings-but/) [Dermot Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dermot-davis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/092/dermot-davis-36563_communication_guys-get-a-bad-rap-for-not-wanting-to-ta_2930641.jpg) > [People say I talk slowly. I talk in a way sometimes called laconic. The phone rings, I answer, and people ask if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-eggers/people-say-i-talk-slowly-i-talk-in-a-way-sometimes-called-laconic-the/) [Dave Eggers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-eggers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ab/dave-eggers-638_answers_people-say-i-talk-slowly-i-talk-in-a-way_621758.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/talk-slowly/#itemlist", "name": "Talk Slowly Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Talk slowly but think quickly.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ritu Ghatourey" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritu-ghatourey/talk-slowly-but-think-quickly/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50b/ritu-ghatourey-5_advice_talk-slowly-but-think-quickly-844627_844627.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50b/ritu-ghatourey-5_advice_talk-slowly-but-think-quickly-844627_844627.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50b/ritu-ghatourey-5_advice_talk-slowly-but-think-quickly-844627_844627.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Talk slowly but think quickly.” — Ritu Ghatourey", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Are you trying to give me a hint that I should drop it? 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I talk in a way sometimes called laconic. The phone rings, I answer, and people ask if they've woken me up. I lose my way in the middle of sentences, leaving people hanging for minutes. I have no control over it. I'll be talking, and will be interested in what I'm saying, but then someone-I'm convinced this what happens-someone-and I wish I knew who, because I would have words for this person-for a short time, borrows my head. 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