Figures Quote by Plutarch

Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.

— Antoine Rivarol

Speech is the index of the mind.

— Seneca the Younger

Speech is but the incorporation of thought.

— Joseph Joubert

Speech is as a pump, by which we raise and pour out the water from the great lake of Thought,--whither it flows back again.

— John Sterling

Between thought and spoken word is a gap where intention can enter, the symbol be twisted aside, and the lie come to be.

— Ursula K. Le Guin

Speech is the mark of humanity. It is the normal terminus of thought.

— Susanne Katherina Langer

Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both

— John Andrew Holmes

We speak not only to tell other people what we think, but to tell ourselves what we think. Speech is a part of thought.

— Oliver Sacks

Speech is the image of actions

— Anonymous

Speech is the mirror of the mind.

— Seneca the Younger

Thought is the fountain of speech.

— Chrysippus

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

— Salman Rushdie