Been Quote by Teju Cole

Regardless of communication between man and man, speech is a necessary condition for the thinking of the individual in solitary seclusion. In appearance, however,…

— Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben

A man speaking sense to himself is no madder than a man speaking nonsense not to himself.

— Tom Stoppard

There is a man who exists as one of the most popular objects of leadership, legislation, and quasi-literature in the history of all men.…

— June Jordan

“We no longer have a sufficiently high estimate of ourselves when we communicate. Our true experiences are not garrulous. They could not communicate themselves…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Man is a multi-sensorial being. Occasionally he verbalizes … and we must seriously examine the implications of the fact that man does not communicate…

— Ray Birdwhistell

There is a note that comes into the human voice by which you may know real weariness. It comes when one has been trying…

— Sherwood Anderson

There is a certain manner of self-absorption in speaking that always renders the speaker disagreeable. For it is as great a folly to listen…

— Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

We see people talking to themselves all the time. We always have. Particularly if they're homeless people or at all questionable, there's a sense…

— Eric McCormack

Never speak of a man in his own presence. It is always indelicate, and may be offensive .

— Samuel Johnson

If to talk to oneself when alone is folly, it must be doubly unwise to listen to oneself in the presence of others.

— Baltasar Gracian

I find it awfully difficult to determine if the habit of talking about oneself at length runs contrary to the basic rules of propriety,…

— Giacomo Leopardi

“And every man ought to say to himself, “Am I really the kind of man who has the right to act in such a…

— Jean-Paul Sartre