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Quotes About Speaking

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage. – Pubilius Syrus

An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind. – Walter Bagehot

It is better to keep one’s mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and resolve all doubt. – Abraham Lincoln

I am annoyed by individuals who are embarrassed by pauses in a conversation. To me, every conversational pause refreshes. – George Sanders

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret. – Ambrose Bierce

To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks. – Ben Jonson

If you wouldn’t write it and sign it, don’t say it. – Earl Wilson

The older I grow the more I listen to people who don’t talk much. – Germain G. Glien

Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of a witness. – Margaret Millar

Among provocatives, the next best thing to good preaching is bad preaching. I have even more thoughts during or enduring it than at other times. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

To be able to ask a question clearly is two-thirds of the way to getting it answered. – John Ruskin

By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has ever harmed his stomach. – Winston Churchill

If writers wrote as carelessly as some people talk, then adhasdh asdglaseuyt[bn[ pasdlgkhasdfasdf. – Lemony Snicket

Study words so that you can use them significantly, effectively, worthily. – Grenville Kleiser

Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving evidence of the fact. – George Eliot, Impressions of Theophrastus Such, 1879

Calvin: Sometimes when I’m talking, my words can’t keep up with my thoughts. I wonder why we think faster than we speak.
Hobbes: Probably so we can think twice.
– Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes

Not the fastest horse can catch a word spoken in anger. – Chinese Proverb

Never miss a good chance to shut up. – Will Rogers

One way to prevent conversation from being boring is to say the wrong thing. – Frank Sheed

Talk to people about themselves and they will listen for hours. – Benjamin Disraeli

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; argument an exchange of ignorance. – Robert Quillen

Coolidge was known for his terse speech and reticence. A woman bet her friend that she could get Coolidge to speak to her, which was something he was reluctant to do. She went up to him and said: “Hello, Mr. President, I bet my friend that I could get you to say three words to me.” “You lose,” Coolidge replied dryly, and walked away. – Author Unknown

The difference between a smart man and a wise man is that a smart man knows what to say, a wise man knows whether or not to say it. – Frank M. Garafola

I just wish my mouth had a backspace key. – Author Unknown

No man would listen to you talk if he didn’t know it was his turn next. – E.W. Howe

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech. – George Bernard Shaw

If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it. – Austin O’Malley

If everybody thought before they spoke, the silence would be deafening. – George Barzan

Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them. – Adlai Stevenson

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t being said. – Author Unknown

In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet. – Winston Churchill

The best way to keep one’s word is not to give it. – Napoleon I, Maxims

Keep your words soft and tender because tomorrow you may have to eat them. – Author Unknown

Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use. – Wendell Johnson

Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand. – Unknown

Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference. – Attributed to Mark Twain

When you’re arguing with a fool, make sure he isn’t doing the same thing. – Unknown

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech. – Martin Farquhar Tupper, “Of Discretion,” Proverbial Philosophy

The true genius shudders at incompleteness – and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be. – Edgar Allan Poe

The trouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven’t thought of yet. – Ann Landers

Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud. – Hermann Hesse

The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. – Dorothy Nevill

Let the talker talk while you think. – F.D. Van Amburgh, The Mental Spark Plug (1923)

The easiest way to save face is to keep the lower half shut. – Author Unknown

Even a fish wouldn’t get into trouble if he kept his mouth shut. – Author Unknown

Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken. – Orson Rega Card

The more you talk the less you think. – F.D. Van Amburgh, The Mental Spark Plug (1923)

Be careful of your thoughts; they may become words at any moment. – Ira Gassen

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute. – Josh Billings

Foolishness always results when the tongue outraces the brain. – Author Unknown

The words you choose to say something are just as important as the decision to speak. – Author Unknown

The kindest word in all the world is the unkind word, unsaid. – Author Unknown

While alone and in silence man can commune with himself. – F.D. Van Amburgh, The Mental Spark Plug (1923)

Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne. – Quentin Crisp

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

If I were asked to measure a man, I would watch him while his mouth is open. – F.D. Van Amburgh, The Mental Spark Plug (1923)

Don’t speak unless you can improve on the silence. – Spanish Proverb

In the days of the Old Testament, it was considered a miracle for an ass to speak, but today it is nothing short of a miracle to keep an ass from talking overtime. – F.D. Van Amburgh, The Mental Spark Plug (1923)


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