Sign in veterinarian’s office: Doctor will be with you shortly. Sit! Stay!
Sign in music shop: Gone Chopin. Bach in a Minuet.
Energy crisis: when you can’t fuel all the people all the time.
Our language is funny–a fat chance and a slim chance mean the same thing.
Some things not worth saying are now put into songs.
An argument is two people trying to get in the last word.
I don’t mind freedom of speech in the nation, providing we don’t have to listen to it.
The strongest words are usually used in the weakest arguments.
Those who say the least often say the most.
A good word is as easily said as a bad one.
Talk about others the same way you want others to talk about you.
If you have nothing to say, say it.
One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
Those who have the most to say usually say it with fewest words.
A great anecdote is worth a volume of biography.
Too often a word to the wise is just enough to start an argument.
As a man grows wiser, he talks less and says more.
A major part of self-control is mouth-control.
It’s easier to save face if you keep the lower half shut.
Sparkling conversation is made by filling the mouth with gems of thought.
Evil talk is the devil’s halitosis–keep silent and it will die a natural breath.
Kind words do not wear out the tongue.
Our words may hide our thoughts, but our actions will reveal them.
It would be better to leave people wondering why you didn’t talk than why you did.
If your foot slips, you may recover your balance, but if your tongue slips, you cannot recall your words.
Some people know how to say nothing, but few know when.
Don’t speak unless you can improve on silence.
The speech most winning has its end close to the beginning.
It isn’t so much what we say as the number of times we say it that makes us boring.
Courage is sometimes mistaken for fear that remained silent.
It’s a great pity the right of free speech isn’t based on the obligation to say something sensible.
Strange, but it appears those with the biggest mouths always have the least to say.
God does more than hear words: He reads hearts.
If it goes without saying, do not insist on repeating it.
Most entanglements are caused by vocal cords.
When at a loss for the right word to say, try silence.
God’s Word tells us of His love; our words should tell Him of our love.
It is wiser to choose what you say than to say what you choose.
Silence is the best and surest way to hide ignorance.
One way to store up knowledge is to keep your mouth shut.
Have you noticed that people who are not smart say things that do?
Every time you speak, your mind is on parade.
Well-timed silence has more eloquence than speech.
What many speakers lack in depth, they give in length.
You can never exercise an open mind and an open mouth at the same time.
It’s difficult to put your foot in your mouth when it is closed.
When you have nothing to say, never say it out loud.
There is no substitute for brains–but silence sometimes help.
The best evidence that one has a fine command of language is his ability to keep his mouth closed.
The popular speaker is one who knows all the advantages of stopping sooner than his audience expects him to.
All minds face a world full of ideas, but only a great mind knows how to relate them constructively.
Holding a conversation is good, but sometimes you should let go of it.
Many a man who is proud of his right to say what he pleases wishes he had the courage to do so.
You cannot judge an auto by the sound of the horn–nor a man.
When you cannot get people to listen any other way, tell them it is confidential.
A person who constantly puts his foot in his mouth finally throws his whole body out of balance.
The words we say will teach if we practice what we preach.
Some measure their generosity by the abundance of advice they give.
The words you speak today were yesterday’s thoughts.
Blessed is the man who abstains from giving windy evidence of the fact that he has nothing to say.
Talk is cheap because the supply has always exceeded the demand.
People will pay more attention to what you say if you pay more attention to what they say.
If you are a person of few words, you won’t have as many to take back.
A person is not necessarily smart because he says smart things.
When someone doesn’t speak to you, he’s trying to tell you something.
It is more important to get the thoughts than the last word.
Keep your words sweet–you may have to eat them.
Waste of words and time are two of the greatest expenses of life.
The kindly word that falls today may bear its fruit tomorrow.
The most acute indigestion is sometimes caused by the words we’ve eaten.
Better that your heart should have no words than your words have no heart.
Apology is often the best way to have the last word.
Spend not your money before it be got; speak not your mind before you have thought.
America needs more free speech that is worth something.
If you think little of a person, you ought to say as little as you think.
Kind words are short to speak, but their echoes are endless.
A lot of trouble in this world arises from the combination of a narrow mind and a wide mouth.
Great talkers are usually little doers.
Language has three important uses–it expresses thought, conceals thought, and takes the place of thought.
The fact that silence is golden may explain why there is so little of it.
Evil words cut more deeply than a sword.
Knowing what to say is not enough; we must know how to say it.
Words break no bones, but they do break hearts.
Gentle words fall lightly, but they have great weight.
Speech is silver, but silence is golden.
There are two types who say very little: the quiet type and the gabby type.