Utters Quotes

45 quotes by 42 authors

It is safer to quote what is written than what is spoken. What a man writes it is fair to presume he believes as a… — Christian Nestell Bovee
A man cannot speak but he judges himself. With his will or against his will he draws his portrait to the eye of his companions… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man calumniated is doubly injured -- first by him who utters the calumny, and then by him who believes it. — Herodotus
Though man is the only beast that can write, he has small reason to be proud of it. When he utters something that is wise… — Edward Dahlberg
We cannot assume the injustice of any actions which only create offense, and especially as regards religion and morals. He who utters or does anything… — Wilhelm von Humboldt
This fellow pecks up wit, as pigeons peas; And utters it again when God doth please: He is wit's pedler; and retails his wares... — William Shakespeare
Whosoever says truffle, utters a grand word, which awakens erotic and gastronomic ideas.... — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
A line runs from the meditations of the heart to the words of the mouth. The meditations are not clear to us until the mouth… — Richard Mitchell
Blessed, blessed is that Sikh of the Guru, who goes and falls at the Feet of the True Guru. Blessed, blessed is that Sikh of… — Guru Gobind Singh
True humility scarcely ever utters words of humility. — Saint Francis de Sales
The most meaningless term in the English language is 'I take full responsibility.' When a politician utters those words it means absolutely nothing. — Bernard Goldberg
Hateful to me as are the gates of hell, Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart, Utters another. — Homer
A word spoken is a terrible thing when it suddenly utters what the heart has long allowed. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Beloved, we are always in the wrong, Handling so clumsily our stupid lives, Suffering too little or too long, Too careful even in our selfish… — Wystan Hugh Auden
While we are actually subjected to them, the 'moods' and 'spirits' of nature point no morals. Overwhelming gaiety, insupportable grandeur, sombre desolation are flung at… — C.S. Lewis
God listens not to your words save when He Himself utters them through your lips. — Khalil Gibran
To be a poet in a destitute time means: to attend, singing, to the trace of the fugitive gods. This is why the poet in… — Martin Heidegger
She never utters a sound even when she's crying, and that makes me a little sad. Doesn't seem right. When you cry, people should hear… — Libba Bray
But it seems to me that a man cannot and ought not to say that he loves, he said. Why not? I asked. Because it… — Leo Tolstoy
No one ever accepts criticism so cheerfully. Neither the man who utters it nor the man who invites it really means it. — R.K. Narayan

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