“ If you walked into Netscape headquarters with a plain old modem from CompUSA they'd think it was a garage-door opener. ”
- Walter Mossberg- Copy
- 3K
“ The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart. ”
- Benjamin Franklin- Copy
- 3.5K
“ Everything I did that required effort, I opened my mouth. Even to catch a ball, I opened my mouth. ”
- Betty Cuthbert- Copy
- 3.6K
“ Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf, Witch's mummy, maw and gulf Of the ravined salt-sea shark, Root of hemlock digged i' th' dark, Liver of blaspheming Jew, Gall of goat, and slips of yew Slivered in the moon's eclipse, Nose of Turk, and Tartar's lips, Finger of birth-strangled babe Ditch-delivered by a drab Make the gruel thick and slab… ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
- 1.1K
“ How truly language must be regarded as a hindrance to thought, though the necessary instrument of it, we shall clearly perceive on remembering the comparative force with which simple ideas are communicated by signs. To say, "Leave the room," is less expressive than to point to the door… ”
- Herbert Spencer- Copy
- 2K
“ There once was a little word named "Please," that lived in a small boy's mouth. Pleases live in everybody's mouth, though people often forget they are there. Now, all Pleases, to be kept strong and happy, should be taken out of the mouth very often, so they can get air… ”
- Alicia Aspinwall- Copy
- 3.1K
“ Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths. ”
- Bertrand Russell- Copy
- 2.1K
“ A man thinks that by mouthing hard words he understands hard things. ”
- Herman Melville- Copy
- 1.2K
“ I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth. ”
- Carl Sandburg- Copy
- 697
“ I'm glad I don't have to explain to a man from Mars why each day I set fire to dozens of little pieces of paper, and then put them in my mouth. ”
- Mignon McLaughlin- Copy
- 1.4K
“ There will be a time when loud-mouthed, incompetent people seem to be getting the best of you. When that happens, you only have to be patient and wait for them to self destruct. It never fails. ”
- Richard Rybolt- Copy
- 661
“ Open your mouth and purse cautiously, and your stock of wealth and reputation shall, at least in repute, be great. ”
- Johann Georg Zimmermann- Copy
- 1.9K
“ A traveler must have the back of an ass to bear all,a tongue like the tail of a dog to flatter all,the mouth of a hog to eat what is set before him,the ear of a merchant to hear all and say nothing. ”
- Thomas Nashe- Copy
- 152
“ No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut. ”
- Sam Rayburn- Copy
- 2.4K
“ It is not a lucky word, this name "impossible"; no good comes of those who have it so often in their mouths. ”
- Thomas Carlyle- Copy
- 1.7K
“ Open your mouth and purse cautiously; and your stock of wealth and reputation shall, at least in repute, be great. ”
- Johann Georg Zimmermann- Copy
- 1.5K
“ There would not be so many open mouths if there were not so many open ears. ”
- Bishop Hall- Copy
- 774
“ She looked as though butter wouldn't melt in her mouth … or anywhere else. ”
- Elna Lanchester- Copy
- 23
“ The husband who wants a happy marriage should learn to keep his mouth shut and his checkbook open. ”
- Groucho Marx- Copy
- 2.3K
“ There are times when parenthood seems nothing but feeding the mouth that bites you. ”
- Peter De Vries- Copy
- 2.2K
“ Whenever the literary German dives into a sentence, that is the last you are going to see of him until he emerges on the other side of his atlantic with his verb in his mouth. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
- 3.8K
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