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"Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both."

John Andrew Holmes

"Lots of people act well, but few people talk well. This shows that talking is the more difficult of the two."

"Slang is the language which takes off its coat, spits on its hands - and goes to work."

"One ought, each day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, if possible, speak a few reasonable words."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Some people use language to express thought, some to conceal thought, and others instead of thought."

"Reading makes a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man."

"Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way."

"The best of life is conversation, and the greatest success is confidence, or perfect understanding between two people."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"'Twas but my tongue, 'twas not my soul that swore."

"People have to talk about something just to keep their good voice boxes in working order, so they'll have good voice boxes in case there's ever anything really meaningful to say."

"I think 'no comment' is a splendid expression. I am using it again and again."

Winston Churchill

"A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day."

Emily Dickinson

"We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."

Booker T. Washington

"What this country needs is more free speech worth listening to."

Hansell B. Duckett

"If you can speak three languages you're trilingual. If you can speak two languages you're bilingual. If you can speak only one language you're an American."

"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut."

Ernest Hemingway

"A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on."

"Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible."

Frank Moore Colby

"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer."

"Those who are preoccupied with 'making a statement' usually don't have any statements worth making."

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