BEFORE YOU SPEAK

I receive something we might euphemistically call an 'inappropriately hostile' response - that is to say, more than fair criticism or even fair anger…

— Mary Beard

The language we share is at the core of our identity as citizens, and our ticket to full participation in American political life. We…

— S. I. Hayakawa

The world's history is a divine poem, of which the history of every nation is a canto, and every man a word. Its strains…

— James A. Garfield

A man cannot speak but he judges himself. With his will or against his will he draws his portrait to the eye of his…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I hate watching myself speak German, it's painful!

— Jesse Marsch

If I had to speak in front of a Korean audience, I would be hard pressed to sound other than a little girl.

— An Na

My real name's McGill. The Jew thing I just do for the homeboys. They all want a pipe-hitting member of the tribe, so to…

— Saul

A Light exists in Spring Not present on the Year At any other period - When March is scarcely here A Color stands abroad…

— Emily Dickinson

Some people you speak to you speak into their heads. It's logical.

— Johnny Hunt

A man walks down the street. It's a street in a strange world. Maybe it's the third world. Maybe it's his first time around.…

— Paul Simon

He who knows does not speak. He who speaks does not know.

— Anonymous

“We've all met people who are beautiful on the outside, however, when they open their mouths to speak, they have nothing of substance to…

— Susan C. Young

Why do Christians sing when they are together? The reason is, quite simply, because in singing together it is possible for them to speak…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

I just speak the truth. I keep it real.

— Marlon Vera

There are certain things you must not say in spite of the fact that supposedly democracy means free speech. No. You are not allowed…

— Chris Eubank Sr