Tongue Quotes
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No mortal has a right to wag his tongue, much less to wag his pen, without saying something.
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Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
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The pen is the tongue of the mind.
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The tongue of man is a twisty thing, there are plenty of words there of every kind.
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Friends started saying, "Oh, don't come. No vengas. It's dangerous for us, and we live here." Then there's also the issue, if you go back, and you happen to be Mexican-American, you get treated very differently in Mexico than if you're blond. If you say something wrong, they say, "Why don't you learn your mother tongue?"
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Doctrine is not an affair of the tongue but of the life.
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Poetry expands the senses and keeps them in prime condition. It keeps you aware of your nose, your eye, your ear, your tongue, your hand.
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Bittersweet? No, just bitter, the taste of your tongue. Words you can’t have back, so they linger.
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Only the dead can be forgiven; But when I think of that my tongue's a stone.
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The tongue is the only muscle in the human body that never gets tired talking.
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Loquacity with tongue or pen is its own reward -- or, punishment.
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He was the only person in the world she was tongue-tied around, and yet the only person she really wanted to talk to.
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Where is the sound?" someone hastily scribbled on the blackboard, and they all waited anxiously for the reply. Milo caught his breath, picked up the chalk, and explained simply, "It's on the tip of my tongue.
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When we advance a little into life, we find that the tongue of man creates nearly all the mischief of the world.
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People usually don't allow you to cut off their tongue.
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Make that money run like honey on your tongue.
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I haven’t seen her since. I wrote to her a few times, not really expecting an answer, for—as she often used to say—the tongue is longer than the pen and can lead you straight to Kiev.
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Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.
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Even a Menno sheltered from the world knows not to stick her tongue into the mouth of a boy who owns an Air Supply record. You might stick your tongue into the mouth of a boy who owned some Emerson, Lake and Palmer, but you would not date him on a regular basis, or openly.
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When the tongue lies, the eyes tell the truth.
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They are fools who kiss and tell'-- Wisely has the poet sung. Man may hold all sorts of posts If he'll only hold his tongue.
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If your Eyes are Positive, You will Love the World. But if Your Tongue is Positive, The World will Love you.
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Writing kept her sane. Kept her form spinning out of control. Kept her tongue still whenever some white person spoke down to her. She had to write, it was the only thing that was completely hers, that she could look forward to at the end of her long day.
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A tongue is very like a gun, which is why they nearly rhyme. Both can be fired to devastating effect, for good or evil, and both can explode in your hands, wounding your comrades instead of your enemies.
