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We are in great haste to construct a magnetic telegraph from Maine to Texas; but Maine and Texas, it may be, have nothing important to communicate.
Henry David Thoreau1817–1862Walden (1854), Economy (2 of 3)In context
- Technology
It’s my belief we developed language because of our deep inner need to complain.
Lily Tomlinborn 1939The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (1985), As “Trudy”
- Comedy
If you can’t convince them, confuse them.
Harry S. Truman1884–1972Address at the National Plowing Match (18 September 1948); as quoted in Miracle of ‘48: Harry Truman’s Major Campaign Speeches and Selected Whistle-stops (2003); edited by Steve Neal
- Debate
I know words. I have the best words.
Donald Trumpborn 1946December 2015, 30 December 2015 speech in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina reported by Gawker and The Daily Caller
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
Martin Farquhar Tupper1810–1889Proverbial Philosophy (1838-1849), Of Discretion
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
Mark Twain1835–1910
Adam was the only man who, when he said a good thing, knew that nobody had said it before him.
Mark Twain1835–1910
- Quotations
Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.
Mark Twain1835–1910Letter to an Unidentified Person (1908)
- Work
There is nothing in the world like a persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus and upset the convictions and debauch the emotions of an audience not practised in the tricks and delusions of oratory.
Mark Twain1835–1910“The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg”, ch. III, in The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories and Essays (1900)
Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble.
FTFrank Tyger
Wise men argue causes, and fools decide them.
FTFrank Tyger
- Debate
If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull.
?UnattributedOften credited to W. C. Fields
Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn’t have said.
?Unattributed
- Quotations
If you can speak three languages you’re trilingual. If you can speak two languages you’re bilingual. If you can speak only one language you’re an American.
?Unattributed
Some people use language to express thought, some to conceal thought, and others instead of thought.
?Unattributed