Quotes by Tongue WHANGDEPOOTENAWAH, n. In the Ojibwa tongue, disaster; an unexpected affliction that strikes hard. Ambrose Bierce tongue affliction unexpected Loquacity, n. A disorder which renders the sufferer unable to curb his tongue when you wish to talk. Ambrose Bierce tongue disorder wish He missed an invaluable opportunity to hold his tongue. Andrew Lang tongue public-speaking opportunity It is through the tongue, the pen, and the press that truth is principally propagated. Angelina Grimke pens tongue truth-is Allah created my tongue to speak. I don't have freedom to come , because Allah created my feet to walk. So I walk, and I speak, and I look, and I hear according to what God says. Anjem Choudary tongue feet looks Your voice is wild and simple. You are untranslatable Into any one tongue. Anna Akhmatova tongue voice simple I speak English, so I am no longer cute. My tongue itches for French. Anna Held speak-english tongue cute I am obnoxious to each carping tongue/ Who says my hand a needle better fits./ A poet's pen all scorn I should thus wrong/ For such despite they cast on female wits;/ If what I do prove well, it won't advance,/ They'll say it's stolen, or else, it was by chance. Anne Bradstreet tongue female hands I am obnoxious to each carping tongue who says my hand a needle better fits. Anne Bradstreet tongue fit hands If we can only speak to slander our betters, let us hold our tongues. Anne Bronte slander tongue speak Caught between the tongue and the taste. Anne Carson tongue caught taste Let there be seasons so that our tongues will be rich in asparagus and limes. Anne Sexton asparagus tongue rich I'm terrible at speaking extemporaneously about my work - I get completely tongue-tied and consumed with fear. Annie Baker tied tongue terrible She wanted to hold foreign syllables like mints on her tongue until they dissolved into fluency. Anthony Marra mint fluency tongue The argument of Alcidamas: Everyone honours the wise. Thus the Parians have honoured Archilochus, in spite of his bitter tongue; the Chians Homer, though he was not their countryman; the Mytilenaeans Sappho, though she was a woman; the Lacedaemonians actually made Chilon a member of their senate, though they are the least literary of men; the inhabitants of Lampsacus gave public burial to Anaxagoras, though he was an alien, and honour him even to this day. Aristotle tongue wise men Never upstage a man. Don't top his joke, even if you have to bite your tongue to keep from doing it. Never launch loudly into your own opinions on a subject - whether it's petunias or politics. Instead, draw out his ideas to which you can gracefully add your footnotes from time to time. Arlene Dahl tongue men ideas Falsehood often lurks upon the tongue of him, who, by self-praise, seeks to enhance his value in the eyes of others. Arnold Bennett tongue eye self Of all cold words of tongue or pen, the worst are these: "I knew him when - Arthur Guiterman artistic tongue cold Some words live in my throat Audre Lorde tongue lips sun How we love to blame others for our misfortunes! Almost every individual who has lost money in stock speculation has on the tip of his tongue an explanation which he trots out to show that it wasn't his own fault at all.... Hardly one loser has the manliness to say frankly, "I was wrong. B. C. Forbes tongue blame faults «1234567891011»