Tongue Quotes

1522 quotes by 1045 authors

Wit is educated insolence. — Aristotle
I have a very sharp tongue, I'm very impatient, and it's a lifelong struggle. — Karen Armstrong
One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty. — Jane Austen
O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue with which to… — Teresa of Avila
Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and… — Francis Bacon
In nine times out of ten, the slanderous tongue belongs to a disappointed person. — George Bancroft
All parts of the human body get tired eventually - except the tongue. — Konrad Adenauer
Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues. — Ambrose Bierce
Battle, n., A method of untying with the teeth a political knot that would not yield to the tongue. — Ambrose Bierce
The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust. — Josh Billings
I have learned to interface - what I think would be the contemporary term - with various different lexicons, and people speak very different languages.… — Bono
A woodland in full color is awesome as a forest fire, in magnitude at least, but a single tree is like a dancing tongue of… — Hal Borland
I am convinced that the best service a retired general can perform is to turn in his tongue along with his suit and to mothball… — Omar N. Bradley
It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues. — Jean de la Bruyere
It's going to be the year of the sharp elbow and the quick tongue. — George W. Bush
The tongue may be employed about, and made to serve all the purposes of vice, in tempting and deceiving, in perjury and injustice. — Joseph Butler
In Hollywood today, it's cool for guys to wear nail polish and earrings in their lips and tongues. I don't get it. — Scott Caan
I'm sticking my tongue out in scenes to try to make that work in 3D. I'm thinking I'll try to get my tongue all the… — Nicolas Cage
It's a very good time for horror. This business certainly has changed, but there's still room for serious horror films. Look at 28 Days Later,… — John Carpenter
The eyes those silent tongues of love. — Miguel de Cervantes

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