Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that were written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to.

- Alain de Botton

I never talk about my next project.

- Alice Walker

When we get together and rehearse, which is always living with each other, we always talk about what would make it better, what would mean more, what would say more. So we're always improving and growing.

- Alice Cooper

Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep.

- Albert Camus

I never talk about 'Harry Potter' because I think that would rob children of something that's private to them. I think too many things get explained, so I hate talking about it.

- Alan Rickman

Older people say, 'Oh I loved you in 'Sense and Sensibility,' and that's the only film they want to talk about. Equally, there are people who only want to talk about 'Galaxy Quest.' And there's a whole bunch of teenagers who only want to talk about 'Dogma.'

- Alan Rickman

You're absolutely right: Bob Grant is a racist, Bob Grant is a bigot, he's a despicable talk show host and I agree with that.

- Alan Dershowitz

There is a paranoid streak in American life. Radio talk show hosts tend to foment that paranoid streak in American life.

- Alan Dershowitz

I talk with my hands. Some people don't like that. That's who I am.

- Alan Dershowitz

I was brought up as a Catholic, and I'm no longer a Catholic. I don't talk about my beliefs too much in public probably because I feel very strongly that it's something personal - more than personal, it's private.

- Alan Alda

It's really a sad story, and I liked that. The songs on this album talk about relationships in every aspect.

- Aaliyah

James Brown became my father. He would talk to me the way a father talked to a son. He became the father I never had.

- Al Sharpton

In every era going back to Lincoln with Frederick Douglass, presidents talk to those that were leading at that time.

- Al Sharpton

We need to start by having a conversation about climate change. It would be irresponsible to avoid the issue just because it's uncomfortable to talk about.

- Al Franken

When I do stand-up shows at colleges, girls will talk to me after the show, and that always feels good. I like talking to them.

- Adam Sandler

Depending on what state you live in, you may only have right-wing talk radio and FOX or CBN with MSNBC three hundred channels down the dial.

- Adam McKay

You know when you're 14 and terrified to talk to a girl? I didn't suffer much from that. It seemed very natural to me to talk to girls.

- Adam Levine

You should not quarrel with your neighbour, for he will remain where he is, but your high handedness will become the talk of the people.

- Abu Bakr

When I talk to people in need, they tell me they want to hope; they are eager for opportunity; they are ready for better days. And I can tell you that every time their hopes are disappointed, all nations lose.

- Abdullah II of Jordan

You talk all the time about being connected, being a unit, believing in each other. But if you have unnamed sources, people out there cutting you down, and then you find out it's the person calling the plays - that would be really hard to deal with, to look at him the same way.

- Aaron Rodgers