Quotes About Speech

Who watches his mouth guards his own life, 3 who cracks open his lips knows disaster.

in contrast to the second and third lines, would seem perfectly to confirm the synonymous conception of parallelism: "Ada and Zilla, O hearken my voice. / You wives of Lamech, give ear to my speech.

Why do we say "dumb" (mute) for stupid? Because "a good mind means a good mouth," and the human mind is a verbalizing circuit.

Freedom of the press is a flaming sword. Use it wisely, hold it high, guard it well.

What a name! Was it love or praise? Speech half-asleep or song half-awake? I must learn Spanish, one of these days, Only for that slow sweet name's sake.

A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.

The Indian danced on alone. The crowd clapped up the beat. The Indian danced with a chair. The crowd went crazy. The band faded. The crowd cheered. The Indian held up his hands for silence as if to make a speech. Looking at the band and then the crowd, the Indian said, Well, what're you waiting for? Let's DANCE.

The human tongue is a beast that few can master.

Oysters open completely when the moon is full; and when the crab sees one it throws a piece of stone or seaweed into it and the oyster cannot close again so that it serves the crab for meat. Such is the fate of him who opens his mouth too much and thereby puts himself at the mercy of the listener. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519

person who cannot control his words shows that he cannot control himself

But the human tongue is a beast that few can master. It strains constantly to break out of its cage, and if it is not tamed, it will run wild and cause you grief. Power cannot accrue to those who squander their treasure of words.

It was a world of acts, and words had no more influence on acts than the sound of a waterfall has on the flow of the stream.

It was a mistake to speak one's mind at any time, unless it perfectly matched your political purpose; and it never did.

I take no actions that I wouldn't publicly recount. If you can't speak your deeds, then don't do them.

You have no tongue yet you won't shut up

I take no actions that I wouldn't publicly recount. If you can't speak your deeds, then don't do them." If Jack's bravery was like a living thing inside him, Aric's wisdom radiated from him

it seems to me the Land of Oz is a little ahead of the United States in some of its laws. For here, if one can't talk clearly, and straight to the point, they send him to Rigmarole Town; while Uncle Sam lets him roam around wild and free, to torture innocent people.

And I am resolved never to speak again without taking time to think carefully on what I am going to say, for I realize that speech without thought is dangerous

I guess there'll be nothing disrespectful in it if you're careful to speak respectfully.

The price of freedom of religion or of speech or of the press is that we must put up with, and even pay for, a good deal of rubbish.

The dimension of cultural equity needs to be added to the humane continuum of liberty, freedom of speech and religion, and social justice.

Ladies are like creeds; if you cannot speak well of them, say nothing.

Free speech, free press, free religion, the right of free assembly, yes, the right of petition... well, they are still radical ideas.

Every religion has its dignity ... in freedom of expression there are limits.