Quotes About Speech

It's usually when a man speaks without thinking that he says what he thinks.

Don't speak unless you can improve on the silence.

Fie, what a spendthrift is he of his tongue!

Let papers speak and beards be silent.

I just wish my mouth had a backspace key.

Why doesn't th' feller who sayz 'I'm no speechmaker,' let it go at that instead o' givin' a demonstration?

But I... never could make a good impromptu speech without several hours to prepare it.

Someone told me I need to stop dropping F-bombs. What the [f*@%] is an F-bomb?

I shall not make use of slang or vulgarity upon any occasion or under any circumstances, and shall never use profanity except in discussing house rent and taxes. Indeed, upon second thought, I will not even use it then, for it is unchristian, inelegant, and degrading — though to speak truly I do not see how house rent and taxes are going to be discussed worth a cent without it.

My [c?ck] don't talk politics.

A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day.

The tongue rolles there where the teeth aketh.

The Tongue is ever turning to the aching Tooth.

The teeth form a barrier to check wanton words.

The word is mightier than the sword.

I think it's important and I think it's true that our life experience is going to be about our attitude, our thoughts, our beliefs, our speech and our actions. We can transform our life experience simply by changing our language.

Hypocrisy is wretched because the hypocrite says with his tongue what is not in his heart. He wrongs his tongue and oppresses his heart. But if the heart is sound, the condition of the tongue follows suit. We are commanded to be upright in speech, which is a gauge of the heart's state.

Imam Mawl?d then says that one should hasten "to fulfill [God's] command" and be "wary of the subtle encroachment of bad manners," namely, faults that one is unaware of. A hadith states, "One of you will say a word and give it no consideration, though it will drag the person [who uttered it] through Hellfire for 70 years.

What this country needs is more free speech worth listening to.

Fog in the U.S. Supreme Court, where five judges in Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission (2010) sanctified secret bribery as freedom of speech.

The speech we hear is an indication of that which we don't hear. It is a necessary avoidance, a violent, sly, and anguished or mocking smoke screen which keeps the other in its true place. When true silence falls we are left with echo but are nearer nakedness. One way of looking at speech is to say that it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness.

The challenge in all intimate relationships is to preserve both the "I" and the "we" without losing either when the going gets tough. If we're faced with a choice, we need to choose speech over silence, keep our behavior in line with our stated values and beliefs—and save ourselves first.

You may feel like a coward when your anxiety pushes you to choose silence over speech, or restraint over action. Yet in many circumstances, silence and restraint are the wiser, more courageous choices.

the wise words of a friend and guide rang in my head. 'How would you distinguish a true servant of God from a traitor?...You should take especial notice of how a person speaks, not of other things, but of God.