Quote by Michael Caine
The basic rule of human nature is that powerful people speak slowl

The basic rule of human nature is that powerful people speak slowly and subservient people quickly –because if they dont speak fast nobody will listen to them. – Michael Caine

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Save your money. Youre going to need twice as much money in your old age as you think. – Michael Caine

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In the sixties, everyone you knew became famous. My flatmate was Terence Stamp. My barber was Vidal Sassoon. David Hockney did the menu in a restaurant I went to. I didnt know anyone unknown who didnt become famous. – Michael Caine

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January is the garbage can of movies in America, directly after all the Oscar contenders have been out. – Michael Caine

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The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing. – Anon.

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The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it out of others. He who leaves your company pleased with himself and his own cleverness is perfectly well pleased with you. – Jean De La Bruyere

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The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones. Many have fallen by the edge of the sword: but not so many as have fallen by the tongue. Ecclesiasticus 28:17 –18 – Bible

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We forget that we are all dead men conversing with dead men. – Jorge Luis Borges

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