The ear tests words as the tongue tastes food. -Job 34:3 NIV

“The mouth tastes food, the heart tastes words.”

— Hmong Proverb

She tastes like nectar and salt. Nectar and salt and apples. Pollen and stars and hinges. She tastes like fairy tales. Swan maiden at…

— Laini Taylor

“And there, surrounded by death above and below, he sticks his tongue out and tastes the sweetness of life.”

— Danny Scheinmann

Catch the snow on your tongue and show me how it tastes.

— Anonymous

Of all the sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these: it might have been.

— John Greenleaf Whittier

“Clean your Tongue with your Words, not with tongue cleaner”

— Samar Sudha

Of all sad words of tongue and pen the saddest are these, it could have been.

— Anonymous

For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.

— John Greenleaf Whittier

Fortunately, war in Latin America is usually waged only with words. The tongue is our most dangerous weapon. We talk too much!

— Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

“Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.”

— Billy Graham

“For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: "It might have been!”

— John Greenleaf Whittier

The words of the tongue should have three gatekeepers: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?

— Nicky Gumbel

Words. I had always loved them. I collected them, like I had collected pretty stones as a child. I liked to roll words over…

— Kate Forsyth

“Interplanetary dust,” I repeated, liking the feel of the words on my tongue.”

— Jenny Han

One with more of soul in his face than words on his tongue.

— William Wordsworth