Quote by Christin Lovell

“Why can't people say what they mean at the time?”

— Alice Hoffman

“What are words if you really don't mean them when you say them?”

— Chris Medina

“By habitually saying things we do not mean, we discredit the words that we do mean.”

— M. Conley

“Sometimes they don't write what I mean, they just write what I say.”

— José Eduardo Agualusa

“Humans draw a hard line between thinking something and saying it aloud.”

— Will McIntosh

“I think maybe the most frustrating thing in the world is to have something to say but not know how to put it into…

— Alexandra Bracken

“Talkers don't think much; their words drown out any possibility of hearing their subconscious asking, why did you say that? What do you really…

— Cecelia Ahern

“Two of the biggest problems with language is that you can say what you do not mean to say, and that you can say…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Perhaps you think too hard about what words you're going to use and how to make your mouth say them.”

— Ali Shaw

“-I hate that. I hate that people can't just say what they mean. -You don't. Not always. -I never say anything I don't mean.…

— Doug Dorst

“Why writers stumble over words when talking? Because we have so much to say, our mouths can't keep up with our brains.”

— Ksenia Anske

“sometimes it is necessary for us all to pretend together that language can really mean.”

— Jill Talbot