Heard Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nothing is more common than for men to think that because they are familiar with words they understand the ideas they stand for.

— John Henry Newman

The world is grown so full of dissimulation and compliment, that men's words are hardly any signification of their thoughts.

— Richard Steele

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

— John Locke

I like the sound of people's voices, and I think what a man says can very well tell what he's thinking, whether he's lying…

— Anonymous

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

Man usually believes, if only words he hears, That also with them goes material for thinking. [Ger., Gewohnlich glaubt der Mensch, wenn er nur…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Men are apt to be much more influenced by words than by the actual facts of the surrounding reality

— Ivan Pavlov

I thoroughly believe that any man who's got anything worthwhile to say will be heard if he only says it often enough.

— Mark Twain

The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.

— James Joyce

Normally, people believe that, if they hear just words, that these words must lead to some thought.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

It does not matter what men say in words, so long as their activities are controlled by settled instincts. The words may ultimately destroy…

— Alfred North Whitehead

Some people say things they think you want to hear, and some people say the things they are actually thinking.

— Tyron Woodley