Rudeness makes even the elite common. Takes intelligence to kindly say what comes to mind or not say it at all.
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We all must learn that in some cases there is something much worse than saying the wrong thing; that...
RICHARD BELLZON Yet, sadly, accidental rudeness occurs alarmingly often. Best to say nothing at all, my dear man.
JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING Not to want to say, not to know what you want to say, not to be able to say what you think you want ...
SAMUEL BECKETT That's what I want to invoke on them. This is bigger than them and it is sport and it's a chain of e...
RICK SAY They looked at the videotape because of Kali, but I guess they liked the other boys. Same thing happ...
WENDELL SAY To be, or not to be, that is the question.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE There's a popular concept of 'intelligence' as book smarts, like calculus or chess, as o...
ELIEZER YUDKOWSKY In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and to the young, it comes with bitterest agony beca...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN If it takes a lot of words to say what you have in mind, give it more thought.
DENNIS ROCH Was it the forgetfulness of old age or personal incapacity that made the man able to say please but ...
YANN MARTEL Knowing what to say is sense, when to say it is intelligence, how to say it is wisdom, why and how t...
MATSHONA DHLIWAYO Frankness is not a license to say anything you want, wherever and whenever you want. It is not ruden...
RICK WARREN To be or not to be. That's not really a question.
JEAN-LUC GODARD I would like to tell Sayako just what comes to my mind on the morning of the wedding, but like my mo...
EMPRESS MICHIKO So I think it's better to say something than not to say anything at all, even to an ignorant per...
CHAD HUGO Never mind what I say. I am always saying what I shouldn't say. In fact, I usually say what I really...
OSCAR WILDE Suicide thought is a negative force that needs to be overcome with a positive force,positive thinkin...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Suicide is an option for the unwise,but for the wise suicide has got no room to be given an option.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Suicide is never the solution to life's problems but hope.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) When the mind is filled with positivity the thoughts of suicide becomes virtually non existing.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) People become more ignorant when it comes to religion.
DANIEL MELGAçO So I think it's better to say something than not to say anything at all, even to an ignorant person.
CHAD HUGO Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ...
FEREIDOON YAZDI If you were to ask everyone what 'Hamlet' was about, they might say, "It's about a ...
ORLANDO BLOOM It is not much matter which we say, but mind, we must all say the same.
LORD MELBOURNE Etiquette does not render you defenseless. If it did, even I wouldn't subscribe to it. But ruden...
JUDITH MARTIN I discovered that what's really important for a creator isn't what we vaguely define as inspiration ...
FEDERICO FELLINI If you can say nothing kind, then kindly say nothing.
SHELLY KAY WALDE To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be.
GOLDA MEIR To be mad is worse than not to be if this is what it is.
JOHNNY RICH Hamlet's Cat's Soliloquy
"To go outside, and there perchance to stay
Or to re...
HENRY N. BEARD To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being.
TOM ROBBINS I had nothing to say to these strangers, whoever or whatever they were.
CATHERINE LACEY Great dreams... never even get out of the box. It takes an uncommon amount of guts to put your dream...
ERMA BOMBECK People who say Jane or talk about Janeites revolt me. The sort that can walk with kings and not lose...
ANGELA THIRKELL It is inaccurate to say I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, a...
H. L. MENCKEN Never mind what people say or do, they just can handle their own problems at home.
OMPHEMETSE A smart person knows what to say, a wise person knows whether or not to say it.
SOURCE UNKNOWN A pure heart and mind only takes you so far - sooner or later the hormones have their say, too.
JIM BUTCHER It takes true courage and real humility to say NO or YES!
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited.
OSCAR WILDE It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common hones...
H. L. MENCKEN It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common hones...
HENRY LOUIS MENCKEN There's no way to say what this stuff is going to bring. All it takes is two people to want somethin...
WES COWAN The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say.
ANAIS NIN The role of a writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say.
ANAïS NIN Have you any idea how many kids it takes to turn off one light in the kitchen? Three. It takes one t...
ERMA BOMBECK Human intelligence is a reflection of the intelligence that produces everything. In knowing, we are ...
HUSTON SMITH At this point, we don't even care. We know what we've got to do, and we know what we need to do -- a...
LINDSEY HUNTER It's a wonderful thing to have life and to look at all this creation and say thank you. I even s...
AL JARREAU Jonathan liked to say it?s all about looking - you just have to keep looking for material, but also ...
ANDREW SPAHR When it comes to knowing what to say, to charm, I always had it.
DRAKE All I can say is every bit of news footage and pictures I've seen, they don't come with any of the d...
JOSE GOMEZ Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, "She doesn...
CLARE BOOTHE LUCE Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, 'She doesn...
CLARE BOOTH LUCE Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, 'She doesn...
CLARE BOOTHE LUCE Darkness does not exist at all. It is merely the absence of light but it is essential for being ther...
Q. M. SIDD It takes local pastors to say, 'we're not going to take it. Be strong,
DON MEREDITH Anything you don't understand, you attribute to God. God for you is where you sweep away all the mys...
CARL SAGAN We can say what we need to say. We can gently, but assertively, speak our mind. We do not need to be...
MELODY BEATTIE It takes just a step to show the other side of you that you never wanted to show. It takes just a wo...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH To really be on stage and not know what you're going to say, and to be able to say something tha...
MARY LYNN RAJSKUB In every passing moment that is not appreciated time cannot give it back to you. So in moments of id...
GARY F EVANS... We never say so much as when we do not quite know what we want to say. We need few words when we hav...
ERIC HOFFER You're supposed to say, 'All I want is your happiness. I'll do whatever it takes, even if it means b...
MICHELLE HODKIN In the present case it is a little inaccurate to say I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of co...
H.L. MENCKEN No offense but a seller will say whatever it takes to sell a product but if you sum it up, it comes ...
AULIQ ICE Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, "She doesn...
CLARE BOOTHE LUCE That's all it takes. ... I won't say anymore on that.
AL MCSURELY What it comes down to is the reporter has to say it was a false report or there has to be evidence t...
CORAL CONNER Mind what you say when someone is listening
SOTONYE ANGA Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need ...
RAYMOND CHANDLER Intelligence is knowing the right answer. Wisdom is knowing when to say it.
TIM FARGO All it takes is just to say yes to God and He will do magnificent things.
BRENTON SHOWS You have to begin to lose your memory, if only in bits and pieces, to realize that memory is what ma...
LUIS BUNUEL You have to begin to lose your memory, if only in bits and pieces, to realize that memory is what ma...
LUIS BUñUEL Takes Intelligence to do & Wisdom not to.
BJ MORIN If you have something Negative to say, then, say it in a Positive way. Don't set out to hurt people ...
PATSY WHITTLE She got tired of herself. She got tired of not being able to say what she wanted or do what she want...
ANN BRASHARES I am a writer. Imagining what someone would say or do comes to me as naturally as breathing.
JOAN DIDION Time doesn’t heal all wounds. We both know that’s bullshit; it comes from people who have nothin...
ADAM SILVERA Rudeness makes me very angry.
STEPHEN GRAHAM He always is going to say something about the losing streak. Whenever he remembers, he comes and thr...
DARIUS WALKER But what I was going to say was, I just figured I'm going to go boldly in the direction of my dr...
DEMETRI MARTIN We are not prepared to say, to assert, that they are or are not. We are looking at what they are say...
LAURA MURPHY Someone in the film says what everybody there has in common is a complete disregard for rules, which...
CHRIS DEAUX It takes my breath away!" that's all that I can say.
ANTHONY T. HINCKS The mind never has anything new to say-all it knows is of the past.
BERT MCCOY The other thing that I wanted to say -- and that I will say at this point, even though the chairman ...
JERROLD NADLER It's not just politicians. Any spokesman for a vested interest is well schooled in how to say wh...
JEREMY PAXMAN She can change her
Mind like the wind: whatever she has said
Or done, is light to what she'll...
UNKNOWN What a terrible thing to have lost one's mind. Or not to have a mind at all. How true that is.
DAN QUAYLE I always used to say I'm definitely not a straight-ahead jazz singer, because then there's p...
GRETCHEN PARLATO The great thing about our country is we all get to say what we feel and believe. Whether you agree w...
JOEL MADDEN Some people say, ‘Do not judge the book by its cover!’ Well, I say not to judge at all. People c...
TOBA BETA You have multiple intelligence agencies. They all ultimately report to the director of national inte...
RAYMOND KELLY People may or may not say what they mean ... but they always say something designed to get what they...
GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ People may or may not say what they mean... but they always say something designed to get what they ...
DAVID MAMET We've been told to say that. (And say) whatever it takes to get that phone line in the receiver.
FRANK MARTINEZ Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it
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