Tongue Quotes
-
I am not ashamed to reply to you in my mother tongue, however imperfectly, and am glad to be able to show that my fatherland means more to me than anything else.
Bedrich Smetana
-
Egotism is the tongue of vanity.
Sébastien-Roch Nicolas
-
When translating one must proceed up to the intranslatable; only then one becomes aware of the foreign nation and the foreign tongue.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
-
If any man think it a small matter, or of mean concernment, to bridle his tongue, he is much mistaken; for it is a point to be silent when occasion requires, and better than to speak, though never so well.
Plutarch
-
Whisky has always tasted like introspection to me, a quiet moment after taking a sip, the lingering aftertaste, inviting you to ponder upon the flavours on your tongue.
Hannu Rajaniemi
-
When we drink coffee, our tongue gets painted. As long as it stays painted, it remains tasty!
Ernesto Illy
-
Feeling animalistic. Feeling Hyena. Feeling Wolf. Feeling Dog. I am tongue and heart.
David Wojnarowicz
-
Women can resist a man's love, a man's fame, a man's personal appearance, and a man's money, but they cannot resist a man's tongue when he knows how to talk to them.
Wilkie Collins
-
The tongue of man is a twisty thing, there are plenty of words there of every kind.
Homer
-
Be slow of tongue and quick of eye.
Miguel de Cervantes
-
You seem to be attracted to trouble," he said. "Yeah, she's real pretty," I replied. "Your tongue is sharper than mine ever was." I stuck out my tongue and tried to look at the tip of it.
Robert Farrell Smith
-
For we, which now behold these present days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise.
William Shakespeare
