Able Quote by William Pitt

A man speaking sense to himself is no madder than a man speaking nonsense not to himself.

— Tom Stoppard

There are some things which a man never speaks of, which are much finer kept silent about. To the highest communications we only lend…

— Henry David Thoreau

No one can speak well, unless he thoroughly understands his subject.

— Anonymous

Man is a multi-sensorial being. Occasionally he verbalizes … and we must seriously examine the implications of the fact that man does not communicate…

— Ray Birdwhistell

When a man says he does not want to speak of something he usually means he can think of nothing else.

— John Steinbeck

Conversation is the image of the mind. As the man is, so is his talk.

— Publilius Syrus

One man’s nonsense is another man’s sense.

— Peter Cameron

The talker has found a hearer but not a listener; and though he may talk his very best for his own sake, you will…

— Charles Dickens

He who talks much cannot talk well.

— Carlo Goldoni

Lucidity of speech is unquestionably one of the surest tests of mental precision...In my experience a confused talker is never a clear thinker.

— David Lloyd George

We have for too long been taught that the sight of a man speaking to himself is a sign of eccentricity or madness; we…

— Teju Cole

A man speaks only when driven to speech by something outside himself - like, for instance, he can't find any clean socks.

— Jean Kerr