Quotes About Speech

You can't say what you think, if it is true, as an illustrious author says it is, that a man must think his words before he speaks his thoughts,

Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.

A word once uttered can never be recalled.

Dum loquimur invida aetas fugerit. (While we talk, hostile time flies away)

Speak only when you feel that your words are better than your Silence. Hovsep kazezian www.Hkazezian.com

I would talk in iambic pentameter if it were easier.

One certain effect of war is to diminish freedom of expression.

Normally, words are sent from the brain towards the mouth, and somewhere along the line you take a moment to check them, see that they are actually the ones you ordered and that they're nicely wrapped, before you bundle them on their way towards your palate and out into the fresh air. But when you're caught up in the flow of things, the checking part of your mind can fall down on the job.

An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the First Amendment.

I am cold," he said. The three words shattered. Before them he had not known that he could speak, that there even existed a thing called speech. "I am cold, and I can speak," he said. The words sounded good to him.

Be careful of your thoughts, they may become words at any moment.

Saying of the Prophet The Tongue A man slips with his tongue more than with his feet.

No surgeon can treat the wounds of the tongue.

As swords were designed to kill They did well to make them tongue-shaped. (Anwar-i-Suhaili)

The Sufi way is through knowledge and practice, not through intellect and talk. As Prince Dara Shikoh says, in a Persian poem: Do you wish to be included with the Lords of Sight? From speech (then) pass on to experience. By saying 'Unity', you do not become a monotheist; The mouth does not become sweet from the word 'Sugar

El camino Sufi es a través del conocimiento y la práctica, no a través del intelecto y el habla. Como dice el príncipe Dara Shikoh en el poema persa: ¿Deseas ser incluido con los Señores de la Visión? Pasa (entonces) del discurso a la experiencia. Al decir "Unidad", no te transformas en un monoteísta; La boca no se vuelve dulce por la palabra "Azúcar".

Dicho del Profeta La lengua Un hombre resbala más con su lengua que con sus pies.

Ningún cirujano puede tratar las heridas de la lengua.

Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just comforting platitudes too mundane to need protection.

La dictature c'est "Ferme ta gueule !", la démocratie c'est "Cause toujours !

Maybe I write because I've learned to show certain parts of my heart on the page that I still struggle to capture in speech.

Do not be too ready to speak of it [Goodness], lest the doing of it should prove to be beyond your powers.

The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.

Men respect the silent; they despise the garrulous. - Marius