Quotes with tongue-twisters

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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Tennessee Williams The most dangerous word in any human tongue is the word for brother. It's inflammatory.
    Tennessee Williams
    American playwright (1911 - 1983)
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  • Barry Cornwall The sweetest noise on earth, a woman's tongue; A string which hath no discord.
    Dramatic scenes: with other poems
    Barry Cornwall
    English poet (pen name of Bryan Procter) (1787 - 1874)
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  • Washington Irving The tongue is the only instrument that gets sharper with use.
    Washington Irving
    American writer (1783 - 1859)
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  • Benjamin Stillingfleet Tis good nature only wins the heart It moulds the body to an easy grace And brightens every feature of the face; It smoothes th' unpolish'd tongue with eloquence And adds persuasion to the finest sense.
    Benjamin Stillingfleet
    British botanist, translator and author (1702 - 1771)
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  • Charles Dickens Tongue: well that's a very good thing when it ain't a woman's.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • Brigid Brophy We Irish had the right word on the tip of our tongue, but the imperialist got at that. What should trip off it we trip over.
    Brigid Brophy
    British novelist and critic (1929 - 1995)
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  • Bode Miller We should tell our kids to just have fun, participate and not get bent on winning or losing. But every coach, when they say that, they say it tongue in cheek, 'Don't worry about winning': If you win I'll get you ice cream, but if you lose I'm going to pout in the car.
    Bode Miller
    American former World Cup alpine ski racer (1977 - )
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  • Kenneth Grahame Well, well, perhaps I am a bit of a talker. A popular fellow such as I am - my friends get round me - we chaff, we sparkle, we tell witty stories - and somehow my tongue gets wagging. I have the gift of conversation. I've been told I ought to have a salon, whatever that may be.
    Kenneth Grahame
    British novelist (1859 - 1932)
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  • Bryn Terfel Welsh is my mother tongue, and my children speak it. If you come and live in this community you'll work out pretty quickly that it's beneficial to learn the language, because if you're going to the pub or a cafe you need to be a part of the local life.
    Bryn Terfel
    Welsh bass-baritone opera singer (1965 - )
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  • Benjamin Franklin When men and woman die, as poets sung, his heart's the last part moves, her last, the tongue.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson When the eyes say one thing, and the tongue another, a practiced man relies on the language of the first.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Bob Dylan While one who sings with his tongue on fire
    Gargles in the rat race choir
    Bent out of shape from society's pliers
    Cares not to come up any higher
    But rather get you down in the hole
    That he's in
    Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
    Bob Dylan
    American musician (1941 - )
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  • John Ford You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart.
    John Ford
    American film director (1894 - 1973)
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  • Bela Lugosi You can't make people believe in you if you play a horror part with your tongue in your cheek.
    Bela Lugosi
    Hungarian-American actor (1882 - 1956)
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  • Ambrose Bierce Battle, n., A method of untying with the teeth a political knot that would not yield to the tongue.
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • Simone Weil The afflicted are not listened to. They are like someone whose tongue has been cut out and who occasionally forgets the fact. When they move their lips no ear perceives any sound. And they themselves soon sink into impotence in the use of language, because of the certainty of not being heard.
    Simone Weil
    French philosopher (1909 - 1943)
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