Tongue Quotes · Page 39

I don't deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it.

— Flannery O'Connor

Gray hairs are signs of wisdom if you hold your tongue, speak and they are but hairs, as in the young.

— Rabindranath Tagore

Economists who speak the English tongue are strangely intimidated by mathematical symbols.

— Al Nichol

It is through the tongue, the pen, and the press that truth is principally propagated.

— Angelina Grimke

The primary virtue is: hold your tongue; who knows how to keep quiet is close to God.

— Cato the Younger

“Love has no tongue, but speaks to many; no hands, but touches many; and no feet, but carries many.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

Ten doors are opened if one door be shut: the finger is the interpreter of the dumb man's tongue.

— Saib Tabrizi

A tongue has no bone but it can break a heart so be careful with your words. Mean what you say, and…

— Nishan Panwar

A painter like Picasso, who runs through many periods and phases, ends up by saying all those things which are on the…

— Norbert Wiener

That we would do We should do when we would, for this 'would' changes, And hath abatements and delays as many As…

— William Shakespeare

But in vain she did conjure him, To depart her presence so, Having a thousand tongues t' allure him And but one…

— Walter Raleigh

I am her friend, and her tongue is in my mouth. I can speak her sentiments for her, though Ethel Waters can…

— Zora Neale Hurston

“Nothing was worse than a bovine with a 150 IQ trying to wrap its stunned mollusk tongue around the finely tuned syllables…

— Gary Anderson

All day long he was docile, intelligent, good, Though sometimes changing to a darker mood. He seemed hypocritical, could tell better lies,…

— Arthur Rimbaud

“Was his tongue in your mouth, boo? "Does this mean you're going to have a baby?" "Did you just give each other…

— R.K. Lilley

I wanted a name I could shape the music towards. I was going to Miami quite a lot at the time, speaking…

— Lana Del Rey

The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the window-panes Licked its…

— Anonymous

Howbeit your faith seeth but the black side of providence, yet it hath a better side, and God shall let you see…

— Samuel Rutherford

Howbeit your faith seeth but the black side of Providence, yet it hath a better side, and God shall let you see…

— Samuel Rutherford

The love of dress is very marked in this attractive animal; he is proud of the lustre of his coat, and cannot…

— Champfleury

Lend sat up,craning his neck to see down my shirt,which I hurriedly pushed back into place. Last time I checked, you couldn't…

— Kiersten White

My dentist once told me that letting go is like pulling a tooth. When it was pulled out, youre relieved, but how…

— Pacifiersucker

Give heed to the cause of the holy Roman Church, mother of all churches and teacher of the faith, whom you by…

— Pope Leo X

“New Rule: Apple's next device must be a computer that you control with your tongue. Thanks for eliminating the keyboard and the…

— Bill Maher

At Oxford one was positively encouraged to take wine during tutorials. The tongue must be untied.

— Christopher Hitchens

We Irish had the right word on the tip of our tongue, but the imperialist got at that. What should trip off…

— Brigid Brophy

I cannot, nor I will not hold me still; My tongue, though not my heart, shall have his will.

— William Shakespeare

You know what I'll do? I'll get a knife and cut out his tongue, and we'll send it to his wife

— John Stanfa

“For the record, I want to be anywhere you are," he murmured in her ear, so close he might as well have…

— Katie Reus

“Nothing complements a fast mind better than a slow tongue. And nothing aggravates a slow mind better than a fast tongue.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.

— Sallust

From all who dwell below the skiesLet the Creator's praise arise;Let the Redeemer's name be sungThrough every land, by every tongue.

— Isaac Watts

I suppose that people, using themselves and each other so much by words, are at least consistent in attributing wisdom to a…

— William Faulkner

The pen is the tongue of the hand; a silent utterer of words for the eye.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Who ever told you there is no such thing in the world as real, true, everlasting love? May the liar have his…

— Mikhail Bulgakov

Discipline, Norah. If you're going to taunt them, remember to stick out your tongue.

— James A. Owen

I could not possibly count the gold-digging ruses of women, Not if I had ten mouths, not if I had ten tongues.

— Ovid

Tell people like you see it be straight up with them don't hold your tongue

— Anonymous

Speaking in tongues is as normal to me as 'Pass the salt' It's a secret, direct prayer language to God.

— Katy Perry

Tollywood has a special place in my heart because Telugu is my mother tongue, and when I sing in the language, my…

— Armaan Malik