Business Quote by Susan Cain

Speech was given to the ordinary sort of men, whereby to communicate their mind; but to wise men, whereby to conceal it.

— Robert South

“to become a man (or at least an elite man) was to claim the right to speak.”

— Mary Beard

Speech was given to the ordinary sort or men, whereby to communicate their mind; but to wise men, whereby to conceal it.

— Robert South

Among a man's many good possessions, A good command of speech has no equal. Prosperity and ruin issue from the power of the tongue.…

— Thiruvalluvar

“Be a craftsman in speech that thou mayest be strong, for the strength of one is the tongue, and speech is mightier than all…

— Ptahhotep

“The gentleman does not promote people merely on the basis of their words, nor does he reject words merely because of the person who…

— Confucius

All who say the same things do not possess them in the same manner; and hence the incomparable author of the Art of Conversation…

— Blaise Pascal

A man's power to connect his thought with its proper symbol, and so to utter it, depends on the simplicity of his character, that…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Speech, so a wise old Frenchman said to me once, is an invention of man's to prevent him from thinking. It is also an…

— Agatha Christie

“Men employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.”

— Voltaire

“They say instant communication is not communication at all but merely a frantic, trivial, nerve-wracking bombardment of clichés, threats, fads, fashions, gibberish and advertising.…

— Shannon L. Alder

“There is indeed power in words. Most of the lasting change that has been forged in the history of this world came not from…

— Mark Dunn