Linguis Quotes

#1. Tattletales, and those who listen to their slander, by my good will, should all be hanged. The former by their tongues, the latter by their ears.
[Lat., Homines qui gestant, quique auscultant crimina, si meo arbitratu liceat, omnes pendeant gestores linguis, auditores auribus.]

Plautus

#2. I hate the uncultivated crowd and keep them at a distance. Favour me by your tongues (keep silence).
[Lat., Odi profanum vulgus et arceo.
Favete linguis.]

Horace

#3. We'll build a fortress to keep them out
And in a world gone silent, I'll be your sound
And if they try to hurt you, I'll tear them down
I'm always with you know

Emma Hewitt

#4. You snorted. And you call a dick a schlong.

Leylah Attar

#5. What may look like a small act of courage is courage nevertheless. The important thing is to be willing to take a step forward.

Daisaku Ikeda

#6. The world belongs to those who persevere.

Nathaniel Branden

#7. Satan has usurped people so that they care only for their existence, not for God's purpose in their existence (Matt. 6:25, 31-33).

Witness Lee

#8. I don't look at polls, I pay no attention to them. I pay attention to the public, and the sense of where the public is on certain things, but you have to lead.

John Kasich

#9. There is nothing more boring than a bored person.

Arlene Francis

#10. What is it we value? Innovation. Originality. Novelty. But most importantly ... timeliness. I fear you may be too late, my confused, unfortunate, friend.

Brandon Sanderson

#11. My thoughts, my dreams, they had been nothing in comparison. They were a single drop of water, and this, the whole sea.

J.M. Miller

#12. I'm flattered anytime someone has taken enough time to listen to me and make a connection to someone else, honestly.

Charlie Worsham

#13. The ad world used to be something of a refuge for literary types. But I feared for myself at J.W.T. It seemed to be entirely peopled by blocked dramatists, likeably shambling poets, and one-off novelists. The whole place felt like a clubworld sunset home for literary talent.

Martin Amis

#14. Nature exists for man to exploit for his own ends, while the end of man himself is nothing else but to serve God, to be grateful to Him, and to worship Him alone.

Fazlur Rahman