One should speak a little with others and a lot with oneself.
Eat when the meal is ready, speak when the time is ripe.
The fool speaks, the wise man listens.
In every woman there is a Queen. Speak to the Queen and the Queen will answer.
Confide a secret to a dumb man and he will speak.
Examine what is said, not him who speaks.
To set fire to a church is not so bad as to speak ill of a virgin.
Listen with both ears, but speak with only one tongue.
Gerti didn’t ask for help.” Miri swallowed and tried to calm her quavering voice. “It was my fault.” “So it was. Now you all have learned that those who speak out of turn choose punishment for themselves and anyone they speak to.” “So i...
Sometimes dreams are wiser than waking.
In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry and the one who can only speak prose.
Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.
I speak English without an accent, and I speak Spanish without an accent. I really do have the best of both worlds.
No one speaks for God - not even the prophets (who speak about God)
The poet knows that he speaks adequately, then, only when he speaks somewhat wildly.
I beg you to speak of Woman as you do of the Negro, speak of her as a human being, as a citizen of the United States, as a half of the people in whose hands lies the destiny of this Nation.
It's usually, my people speak to your people and then they speak around each other and trade calls for weeks.
When a person in a Russian prison decides to start speaking, to start speaking the truth - they start to reject oppression.
Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.
I enjoy my public speaking. That's what I love doing. It's what I'm good at.
I failed public speaking in grade school, 'cause I was so nervous and scared.
