Quote by J R R Tolkien

A friend of mine tells that I talk in shorthand and then smudge it.

— J. R. R. Tolkien

You can write shorthand and still look at the guy you're talking to.

— Michael Caine

I try to write conversationally; I try to write like people speak and put the emphasis on the right syllable.

— Don Henley

Talking is something you can't do judiciously unless you keep in practice.

— Dashiell Hammett

I talk by playing, not by words.

— Bernie Worrell

You can express a lot of things, a lot of action without speaking.

— Catherine Deneuve

Apply this simple rule to your conversations: If you wouldn't write it down and sign it, don't say it.

— H. Jackson Brown, Jr

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

— Shannon Sharpe

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

— Frank Gore

I write - and talk - in order to find out what I think.

— Susan Sontag

I generally think that I should only speak by action and not by words.

— Mukesh Ambani

When I'm talking to somebody, I'll put a piece of paper on the table and I'll write what I call a conversation summary -…

— Edward Boyden