“I do not find it easy to talk to people I don't know.”

“Life is short. People are not easy to know. They're not easy to know, so if you don't tell them how you feel, you're not going to get anywhere, I feel.”

Nina Simone (1933–2003) American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist

“I find I don't learn a lot while I'm talking”

Jeffrey Archer book Only Time Will Tell

“How do you know when you're God?" "When I pray to him I find I am talking to myself.”

Peter Barnes (1931–2004) British writer

“It's not easy to find a topic. Talking of home is painful. Talking of the present unbearable.”

Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games

“Many people talk as if they have all the answers, whereas I know I don't. That's probably why no one listens to me.”

John S. Hall (1960) Poet, author, singer, lawyer

“i find it easy to admire in trees what depresses me in people”

Marge Piercy (1936) American novelist and poet

“Every character I do is based on someone I know. I try to justify every sketch we do. If it's not working, we find someone to talk to who it has happened to.”

Tracey Ullman (1959) English-born actress, comedian, singer, dancer, screenwriter, producer, director, author and businesswoman

“If I live to be a hundred--and I hope I do--I won't have time to read all the books I want to read, or talk to the people I want to know. Not party talk. That's a waste of time. Real talk.”

Brian Keith (1921–1997) actor

“I don't know where we should take this company, but I do know that if I start with the right people, ask them the right questions, and engage them in vigorous debate, we will find a way to make this company great.”

James C. Collins (1958) American business consultant and writer