There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen.

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No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does

No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does

High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead.

High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead.

If you have to keep reminding yourself of a thing, perhaps it isn't so.

If you have to keep reminding yourself of a thing, perhaps it isn't so.

Words are a commodity in which there is never any slump.

Words are a commodity in which there is never any slump.

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one...

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one...

Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of...

Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of...

We call a child's mind small simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours...

We call a child's mind small simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours...

Dancing is wonderful training for girls, it's the first way you learn to guess what...

Dancing is wonderful training for girls, it's the first way you learn to guess what...

All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the...

All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the...

My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.

My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.

Life is a foreign language: all men mispronounce it

Life is a foreign language: all men mispronounce it

Man, an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

Man, an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.

The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.

New York, the nation's thyroid gland.

New York, the nation's thyroid gland.

Only the sinner has a right to preach

Only the sinner has a right to preach

The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock.

The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock.

The bicycle, the bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of novelists and poets.

The bicycle, the bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of novelists and poets.

We've had bad luck with children; they've all grown up

We've had bad luck with children; they've all grown up

I've got seven kids, the three words you hear most around my house are: Hello,...

I've got seven kids, the three words you hear most around my house are: Hello,...

The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children the more they have...

The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children the more they have...

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

Chance is irrelevent. We will succeed.

Chance is irrelevent. We will succeed.