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"In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri." »Douglas Adams
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"That man that hath a tongue, I say, is no man,
If with his tongue he cannot win a woman." »William Shakespeare, "The Two Gentlemen of Verona", Act 3 scene 1
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"Give not thy tongue too great a liberty, lest it take thee prisoner. A word unspoken is like thy sword in thy scabbard; if vented, the sword is in another?s hand.* If thou desire to be held wise, be so wise as to hold thy tongue." »Francis Quarles
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"Sandy Carl I want you to kill all the gophers on the golf course Carl Spackler Correct me if I'm wrong Sandy, but if I kill all the golfers they'll lock me up and throw away the key. Sandy Not golfers, you great fool. Gophers. THE LITTLE BROWN, furry RODENTS. Carl Spackler We can do that. We don't even need a reason." »CaddyShack
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"The pen is the tongue of the mind." »Miguel de Cervantes
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"For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these 'It might have been'" »John Greenleaf Whittier
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"Listen or your tongue will keep you deaf." »American Indian Proverb
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"A man's ruin lies in his tongue." »Egyptian Proverb
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"I would rather fight with my hands than my tongue." »Dolly Payne Todd Madison
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"Be slow of tongue and quick of eye." »Miguel de Cervantes
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"For of all sad words of tongue or pen,
the saddest are these, "It might have been!"" »John Greenleaf Whittier
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"Better the foot slip than the tongue." »French Proverb
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"Of all sad words of tongue and pen the saddest are these, what might have been." »John Greenleaf Whittier
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"It is easier to talk than to hold one's tongue." »Greek Proverb
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"The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath." »The Talmud
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"Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf." »American Indian Proverb
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"My tongue swore, but my mind was still unpledged." »Euripides
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"Man's chiefest treasure is a sparing tongue." »Hesiod
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"Men are born with two eyes, but only one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say." »Charles Caleb Colton
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"Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit." »Jeremy Taylor
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"The tongue weighs practically nothing, But so few people can hold it." »Unknown
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"Readiness of speech is often inability to hold the tongue." »Jean Baptiste Rousseau
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"We have two ears and only one tongue in order that we may hear more and speak less." »Laertius Diogenes
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"Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know' and thou shalt progress." »Moses Ben Maimon Maimonides
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"The wise man has long ears and a short tongue." »German proverb
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"Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue." »Virginia Woolf
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"Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage." »Publilius Syrus
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"While thou livest keep a good tongue in thy head." »William Shakespeare
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"The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment." »Proverbs 12:19, The King James Bible
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"No sword bites so fiercly as an evil tongue." »Sir Philip Sidney
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