Appearance Quote by Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben

Man is a multi-sensorial being. Occasionally he verbalizes … and we must seriously examine the implications of the fact that man does not communicate…

— Ray Birdwhistell

Speech has both an individual and a social side, and we cannot conceive of one without the other.

— Ferdinand de Saussure

Speech ... is an invention of man's to prevent him from thinking.

— Agatha Christie

We have for too long been taught that the sight of a man speaking to himself is a sign of eccentricity or madness; we…

— Teju Cole

The common fluency of speech in many men, and most women, is owing to a scarcity of matter and a scarcity of words; for…

— Jonathan Swift

Speech is a very important aspect of being human. A whisper doesn't cut it.

— James Earl Jones

Scientists attach great importance to the human capacity for spoken language. But we also have a parallel track of nonverbal communication, which may reveal…

— Leonard Mlodinow

If there were some solitary or feral man, the passions of the soul would be sufficient for him; by them he would be conformed…

— Thomas Aquinas

Among a man's many good possessions, A good command of speech has no equal. Prosperity and ruin issue from the power of the tongue.…

— Thiruvalluvar

Speech is one of the marvels that characterize man, and also one of the most difficult spontaneous creations that have been accomplished by nature.

— Maria Montessori

Speech has been given to man to disguise his thoughts.

— Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives and thoughts, as language can be a way of…

— Abraham Maslow