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Of those who say nothing, few are silent.

Thomas Neiel

To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

Ben Jonson

Two monologues do not make a dialogue.

Jeff Daly

Don't speak unless you can improve on the silence.

Spanish Proverb

If everybody thought before they spoke, the silence would be deafening.

George Barzan

You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart.

John Ford

A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie.

Desiderius Erasmus

Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot.

D. H. Lawrence

Make sure you have finished speaking before your audience has finished listening.

Dorothy Sarnoff

Do not speak harshly to any one; those who are spoken to will answer thee in the same way. Angry speech is painful: blows for blows will touch thee.

Buddha

An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.

Cato the Elder

Bush is a very poor impromptu speaker. He does fine in small groups but when speaking without a script in front of large groups or answering questions he wasn't prepped for, he has problems.

Peter Schuyler

An Englishman's way of speaking absolutely classifies him.

Alan Jay Lerner

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