
“I was raised right, I talk about people behind their backs. It's called manners!”
Is... Not Nicole Kidman (2005)
As quoted in Collections and Recollections (1898) by G. W. E. Russell, ch.14.
“I was raised right, I talk about people behind their backs. It's called manners!”
Is... Not Nicole Kidman (2005)
“You are better at small talk than I am. That is not always a compliment.”
Source: Lock In (2014), Chapter 22 (p. 296)
“I imagine how cool it would be if all small talk wasn't lies.”
Source: House Rules
Comparing Mumbai and Shanghai, as quoted in "Mumbai struggles to catch up with Shanghai" http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/GC16Df02.html, Asia Times (16 March 2005)
2001-2005
“Teas,
Where small talk dies in agonies.”
Peter Bell the Third (1819), Pt. III, st. 12