“ The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue; and no genius can long or often utter anything which is not invited and gladly entertained by men around him. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
“ It is the glory and good of Art,That Art remains the one way possibleOf speaking truths, to mouths like mine at least. ”
- Robert Browning- Copy
“ A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
“ For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'. ”
- John Greenleaf Whittier- Copy
“ Generally speaking, everyone is more interesting doing nothing than doing anything. ”
- Gertrude Stein- Copy
“ A kiss can be a comma, a question mark, or an exclamation point. That's the basic spelling that every woman ought to know. ”
- Mistinguett- Copy
“ The bitch-goddess, Success, was trailed by thousands of gasping dogs with lolling tongues. ”
- D. H. Lawrence- Copy
“ One voice speaking truth is a greater force than fleets and armies. ”
- Ursula K. Le Guin- Copy
“ A man may say, "From now on I'm going to speak the truth." But the truth hears him and runs away and hides before he's even done speaking. ”
- Saul Bellow- Copy
“ When a woman is speaking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes. ”
- Victor Hugo- Copy
“ Your wit is always leading you beyond bounds; if Monsieur de Treville heard you, you would repent of speaking thus. ”
- Alexandre Dumas- Copy
“ Broadly speaking, short words are best, and the old words, when short, are best of all. ”
- Winston Churchill- Copy
“ The "now" wherein God made the first man, and the "now" wherein the last man disappears, and the "now" I am speaking in, all are the same in God, where this is but the now. ”
- Meister Eckhart- Copy
“ If it's supposed to be a really passionate snog, you slip the tongue in. ”
- Jennifer Ellison- Copy
“ Do people really want liberty, equality, fraternity? Is it not some manner of speaking? ”
- Krzysztof Kieslowski- Copy
“ The best time to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust. - Josh Billings. ”
- Josh Billings- Copy
“ Once I have heard the story or joke used twice by other speakers or entertainer, I avoid it. ”
- Tom Ogden- Copy
“ Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners. ”
- Dale Carnegie- Copy
“ Nature has given man one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear twice as much as we speak. ”
- Epictetus- Copy
“ Strictly speaking, every citizen above a certain level of income is guilty of some offense. ”
- Max Frisch- Copy
“ Done to death by slanderous tongues Was the Hero that here lies. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
“ Here comes a pair of very strange beasts, which in all tongues are called fools. - As You Like It. Act v. Sc. 4. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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