Quotes by Saying Too Much I have a superstition about saying too much about what I want to happen, just in case it all disappears, or someone else comes along and beats me to it. Gil Gerard saying-too-much superstitions want Is it then saying too much if I say, that man by thinking only becomes truly man? Take away thought from man's life, and what remains? Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi saying-too-much men thinking Keep the golden mean between saying too much and too little. Publilius Syrus saying-too-much life mean