Quote by Jarod Kintz

“Their throat muscles shifted sharply when they spoke, as if separately manufacturing each word.”

— Walter Kirn

“The straight word never runs away from the crooked word.”

— Gabriel Okara

“(The caption uses the scientific term for lip-licking: “lateral tongue protrusion.”)”

— Mary Roach

“Unlike written words which can mend those leaving the tip of your tongue never bend.”

— R.J. Green

“When the mouth opens All are wrong.”

— Paul Reps

A figure of speech is a shifty thing; it can be twisted or it can be straight.

— Salman Rushdie

“Words left their mouths to hang frozen in midair.”

— Haruki Murakami

Sometimes the eyes can say more than the mouth..

— Anonymous

“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

“The body speaks long before the mouth ever opens.”

— Charlene Barshefsky

“opens its mouths to reveal a long, red tongue. More”

— Zoraida Córdova

In every person's face, there is one place that seems to express them most accurately. With my grandmother, you always looked at her mouth.

— Mona Simpson