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111 Oral quotes by 98 unique authors

Truly fine poetry must be read aloud. A good poem does not allow itself to be read in a low voice or silently. If we… — Jorge Luis Borges
As a rule of thumb, I would submit that if you need to call your floss provider, for any reason, you are probably not ready… — Bill Bryson
What was said about him, what the females needed to believe about him, was just oral masturbation for mouths that needed to be otherwise occupied. — J R Ward
What have I done thins time?" he paused to ask before continuing with his oral expedition about her body: her husband, the intrepid explorer. — Gail Carriger
For most of human history, 'literature,' both fiction and poetry, has been narrated, not written — heard, not read. So fairy tales, folk tales, stories… — Angela Carter
Though now we think of fairy tales as stories intended for very young children, this is a relatively modern idea. In the oral tradition, magical… — Terri Windling
Deep down I knew that if Hell existed, it was a real place full of ruthless, venal people, like the commodity pits at the Chicago… — Richard Dooling
For the record, I believe that women and their doctors should have access to oral contraception when desired by the patient and medically appropriate. — Ami Bera
I love oral hygiene. — Eden Sher
Oral Roberts was a man of God and a great friend in ministry. I loved him as a brother. — Billy Graham
Twentieth century history of Christianity will name Oral Roberts as the voice that brought the Pentecostal movement to be taken seriously by mainline Christianity. — Robert H. Schuller
The blues are important primarily because they contain the cultural expression and the cultural response to blacks in America and to the situation that they… — August Wilson
My background is deep and set in deep time, and in a narrow space, oral traditions going back a long, long time, which I inherited… — Alan Garner
If you need proof of how the oral relates to the written, consider that many great novelists, including Joyce and Hemingway, never submitted a piece… — Frank Delaney
There are fast chewers and slow chewers, long chewers and short chewers, right-chewing people and left-chewing people. Some of us chew straight up and down,… — Mary Roach
Mushy food is a form of sensory deprivation. In the same way that a dark, silent room will eventually drive you to hallucinate, the mind… — Mary Roach
I would then go on to say that Homer, as we now know, was working in what they call an oral tradition. — Robert Fitzgerald
In trials of fact, by oral testimony, the proper inquiry is not whether is it possible that the testimony may be false, but whether there… — Simon Greenleaf
There is probably no oral society that fails to mark the spatial distinction of left and right, peculiar as this distinction may be. — David Antin
Poetry carries its history within it, and it is oral in origin. Its transmission was oral. Its transmission today is still in part oral, because… — James Fenton
I grew up in a society with a very ancient and strong oral storytelling tradition. I was told stories, as a child, by my grandmother,… — Khaled Hosseini
Oral history is a recipe for complete misrepresentation because almost no one tells the truth, even when they intend to. — Niall Ferguson
Clinton lied. A man might forget where he parks or where he lives, but he never forgets oral sex, no matter how bad it is.(And… — Barbara Bush
Clinton lied. A man might forget where he parks or where he lives, but he never forgets oral sex, no matter how bad it is. — Barbara Bush
If you're not into Oral Sex... Then keep your mouth shut.. — Green Monk

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