Accomplishing something Quote by Neal Stephenson

Every man may speak truly, but to speak methodically, prudently, and fully is a talent that few men have.

— Michel de Montaigne

Speaking and doing are two different actions springing up the two completely different results. But, the best result arrives when a mans speaking of…

— Anuj Somany

Men resort to talking only when they haven't the power to enforce their convictions upon others.

— Lin Yutang

Most men make little use of their speech than to give evidence against their own understanding.

— George Savile

Those who have few affairs to attend to are great speakers. The less men think, the more they talk.

— Baron de Montesquieu

Men of many words sometimes argue for the sake of talking; men of ready tongues frequently dispute for the sake of victory; men in…

— George Crabbe

Surely human affairs would be far happier if the power in men to be silent were the same as that to speak. But experience…

— Baruch Spinoza

Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time.

— E. W. Howe

Men talk as if they believed in God, but they live as if they thought there was none; their vows and promises are no…

— Roger L'Estrange

We are more solicitous that men speak of us, than how they speak.

— Michel de Montaigne

Few men make themselves masters of the things they write or speak.

— John Selden

Why tell me that a man is a fine speaker, if it is not the truth that he is speaking?

— Thomas Carlyle