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Quotes About Speech

What we speak becomes the house we live in.
~ Hafez
A wise man first thinks and then speaks and a fool speaks first and then thinks.
~ Hazrat Ali ibn Abu-Talib
I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.
~ Xenocrates
Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
~ Dalai Lama
Remember, what you say comes back to you.
~ Zig Ziglar
a dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. a man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.
~ Gautama Buddha
The day we see the truth and cease to speak is the day we begin to die
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.
~ Confucius
Only the suppressed word is dangerous.
~ Ludwig Borne
In America you can go on the air and kid the politicians, and the politicians can go on the air and kid the people.
~ Groucho Marx
What we say is important for in most cases the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
~ James M. Beggs
He adorned whatever subject he either spoke or wrote upon, by the most splendid eloquence.
~ Lord Chesterfield
Do not desire to hear about the misfortunes of those who oppose you. For those who listen to such speech later reap the fruits of their evil intention.
~ Marcus Eremita
Language is the close-fitting dress of thought.
~ Richard Chenevix Trench
There is but one pleasure in life equal to that of being called on to make an after-dinner speech, and that is not being called on to make one.
~ Charles Dudley Warner
Go on, get out! Last words are for fools who haven't said enough!
~ Karl Marx
There is great worth in holding universal truths and timelessly beautiful words in your heart, which will stay there forever, infusing your thoughts and speech…
~ Dan Stevens
An offence with words is the worst offence.Word kills
~ Jan Guillou
we must wield carefully with our thoughts and words.
~ Jan Guillou
We will never be able to whistle as the birds, but in return they will never be able to talk same Like us. So be never unsatisfied but positive For the things to come or going happen. Wij zullen nooit zo kunnen fluiten als de vogels, maar daar tegenover staat dat zij nooit zo zullen kunnen praten als ons. Dus ben nooit ontevreden maar positief voor wat er gaat komen of gebeuren.
~ Jan Jansen Easy Branches
I have said it on several occasions, several times from this podium, that providing a quality education for our children is high on my priority list. I will not stop now.
~ Jane D. Hull
My throat feels hard and swollen, as if bulky words are trying to choke me.
~ Jane Johnson
Knowing that you are shaping a healthy brain may give you the patience it takes to tell favorite stories over and over again. Incidentally, television does not have the same effect on babies and toddlers as real speech.
~ Jane Nelsen
Journalists justify their treachery in various ways according to their temperaments. The more pompous talk about freedom of speech and "the public's right to know"; the least talented talk about Art; the seemliest murmur about earning a living.
~ Janet Malcolm