Quotes about Speech
Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber; for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
— Anonymous
A fool uttereth all his mind.
— Anonymous
For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
— Anonymous
Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in few words.
— Anonymous
Lying lips are abomination to the Lord.
— Anonymous
The quantity of consonants in the English language is constant. If omitted in one place, they turn up in another. When a Bostonian "pahks" his "cah," the lost r's migrate southwest, causing a Texan to "warsh" his car and invest in "erl wells."
— Anonymous
A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
— Anonymous
I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue.
— Anonymous
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
— Anonymous
May no portent of evil be attached to the words I say.
— Anonymous
You know, I have found out in the course of a long public life that the things I did not say never hurt me.
— Calvin Coolidge
I will try exercise my freedom of speech by avoiding legalities.
— Payal Rohatgi