The tongue of man is a twisty thing, there are plenty of words there of every kind. — Homer Copy Share Image
Incurable wounds are those inflicted by tongue and eye, by mockery and disdain. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
My tongue is prone to lose the way,Not so my pen, for in a letterWe have not better things to say,But surely… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“I want the flavor of you on my tongue every fucking minute of the day.” — Melanie Harlow Copy Share Image
The glory of the good is in their consciences, and not in the tongues of men. — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
The devil makes his Christmas-pie of lawyers' tongues and clerks' fingers. — Thomas Adams Copy Share Image
Battle, n., A method of untying with the teeth a political knot that would not yield to the tongue. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Now they're getting so politically correct you can't even stick your tongue out at somebody. — Richard Petty Copy Share Image
Judges ought to be more learned, than witty, more reverend, than plausible, and more advised, than confident. Above all things, integrity is… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Even though the moniker 'Vanilla ISIS' is tongue in cheek, it is a reminder to avoid constantly framing the concept of terrorism… — Ibrahim Hooper Copy Share Image
“Ursus stepped forward. 'Watch your tongue when you speak to the goddess!' he snarled. The Doctor frowned. 'I think that would make… — Jacqueline Rayner Copy Share Image
For ritual allows those who cannot will themselves out of the secular to perform the spiritual, as dancing allows the tongue-tied man… — Andre Dubus Copy Share Image
Again the pressure pushes me in the chair, shuts my eyes. I notice the dark red tongues of the flame outside the… — Valentina Tereshkova Copy Share Image
Some folks' tongues are like the clocks as run on strikin', not to tell you the time o' the day, but because… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Why are we so attached to the severities of the past? Why are we so proud of having endured our fathers and… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
This isn’t really death,’ Tyler says. ‘We’ll be legend. We won’t grow old.’ I tongue the barrel into my cheek and say,… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
But it does no good--solves nothing--to distance myself from the front lines of human need by using the mail as a safe… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
The child had indeed shut up but all the questions that had accumulated on his tongue circulated in his mouth, moved through… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Please know that your Father in Heaven loves you and so does His Only Begotten Son. When they speak to you--and They… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
O, but they say, the tongues of dying men enforce attention, like deep harmony: where words are scarce, they are seldom spent… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“She felt the blazing heat of his mouth cover her, his tongue searching the tender flesh, arrowing to the sensitive bud where… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“We understand the forked tongue that our grandfathers talked about. [...] We know all the tricks of the wasicu world. Our young… — Nick Estes Copy Share Image
A daughter of a King of Ireland, heard A voice singing on a May Eve like this, And followed half awake and… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
More than anything in this world, I wish I had been born rich. It would have made up for everything. I'd still… — William Lashner Copy Share Image
“I think we are wise, we English speakers, to savor accents. They teach us things about our own tongue.” — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
Some words live in my throat breeding like adders. Others know sun seeking like gypsies over my tongue to explode through my… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
Jealousy had a taste, all right. A bitter and tongue-stinging flavor, like a peach pit. — Dolores Hitchens Copy Share Image
The Great Way has no gate. Clear water has no taste. The tongue has no bone. In complete stillness, a stone girl… — Seungsahn Copy Share Image
Like a frog, the aphorist waits for something to fly by that he can catch with his tongue. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
“They cut her tongue out for something she said. What will they possibly do to me? “You” — Victoria Aveyard Copy Share Image
The Word of God conceived in the heart, formed by the tongue, and spoken out of the mouth is creative power. — Charles Capps Copy Share Image
I notice everything. I think sometimes it can be a flaw because I'm the worst at biting my tongue. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
O horror! Horror! Horror! Tongue nor heart Cannot conceive nor name thee! — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Where is the lightning to lick you with its tongue? Where is the madness with which you should be cleansed” — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“Chris's tongue traced a path of fire down Tia's neck. His hands sought her breasts, kneading the soft flesh.” — Karen White-Owens Copy Share Image
The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
O for a thousand tongues to sing my great Redeemer's praise, the glories of my God and King, the triumphs of his… — Charles Wesley Copy Share Image
What, with my tongue in your tail? nay, come again, Good Kate; I am a gentleman. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
There's an old saying amongst players in football talking about your general manger and coaches, they speak with a forked tongue. — Joe Namath Copy Share Image
The women that I picked spoke sweet and low And yet gave tongue. "Hound voices" were they all. — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
![“We understand the forked tongue that our grandfathers talked about. [...] We know all the tricks of the wasicu world. Our young people have mastered it. I have mastered your language. [...] But I also know the genetic psyche. And I also have the collective memory of the damages that have occurred…” quote by Nick Estes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ac4/nick-estes-266121_indigenous-peoples_we-understand-the-forked-tongue-that-our_3027429.jpg)
