- Economy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Chattering Quotes
Words on noise, gossip, and the chattering classes.
From political banter to newsroom gossip, these chattering quotes size up the noise that fills so many conversations. For more everyday reflections, see our About quotes collection.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Daughter
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- Nov 07, 2020
A deep river of must-have school mania runs through the chattering classes. There is, of course, the parental adrenaline rush at suburban cocktail parties that comes from announcing one's son or daughter as an Ivy Leaguer.
- Ethic
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- Nov 07, 2020
Online journalism has always had a sourcing problem. From using unverified 'anonymous tips' to repeating whatever rumor or speculation people are chattering about, the general ethic is, 'We'll publish just about anything.'
- Cocktail
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- Nov 07, 2020
Kook means the clueless beginner who paddles his surf board out to the other surfers in the lineup and starts chattering away like it's a cocktail party, completely ignores all the finely-tuned protocols of surf that have developed over decades.
- Bad
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- Nov 07, 2020
The silliest, most frustrating national dialogue has been this chattering about waterboarding and slapping around bad guys in order to extract information from them.
- Ignore
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I get moved to write a story, I don't question the story. I dive right in, and I try to ignore the voices that are chattering away at me: 'You can't do that', 'You shouldn't do that'. I just sort of leap and take a chance and go for it.
- Ensure
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- Nov 07, 2020
All too frequently, the knee jerk reaction to tragedies by the media and chattering class is to move to restrict our rights... Our founding documents make it clear that our inalienable rights come from God and that the job of the government is to ensure and protect those God-given rights.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let me say this, to all of the chattering class that so much focuses on those little tiny, yes, porky amendments - the American people really don't care.
- Dead
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- Nov 07, 2020