Commonly Quote by Henry David Thoreau

“We commonly do not remember that it is … always the first person that is speaking.”

— Henry David Thoreau

When nobody speaks your name, or even knows it, you, knowing it, must be the first to speak it.

— Marlon Riggs

Words spoken can not be recalled so think twice before you speak.

— William Shakespeare

If you're first, no one will ever remember. If you're wrong, no one will ever forget.

— Scott Pelley

At the end of the day, people don't always remember what it is you said to them, but they remember how you made them…

— Diana Silvers

When somebody speaks a language that we don't know, we often imagine that some important things are being said!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated.

— Anonymous

People don't always remember what you say or even what you do, but they always remember how you make them feel.

— Maya Angelou

People don't always remember the words you have said to them, but they will always remember the way you made them feel.

— Nishan Panwar

Speech is our second possession, after the soul-and perhaps we have no other possession in this world.

— Gabriela Mistral

It is one of the worst things of sentiment that the voice grows to be more important than the words, and the speaker than…

— Robert Louis Stevenson

It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.

— Publilius Syrus