A Quote by John Wayne

You're short on ears and long on mouth.

John Wayne

Quote Topics

Ears Long Mouth Short

Quote Author

John Wayne
American - Actor
May 26, 1907 - June 11, 1979

Jesus was short on sermons, long on conversations; short on answers, long on questions; short on abstraction and propositions, long on stories and parables; short on telling you what to think, long on challenging you to think for yourself.

Brian D. McLaren

Men trust their eyes rather than their ears; the road by precept is long and tedious, by example short and effectual.

Seneca the Younger

Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed

John D. Rockefeller

there they laugh: they do not understand me; I am not the mouth for these ears.

Friedrich Nietzsche

You have two ears and one mouth. Use them accordingly.

Stephen Covey

The most important thing that a company can do in the midst of this economic turmoil is to not lose sight of the long-term perspective. Don't confuse the short-term crises with the long-term trends. Amidst all of these short-term change are some fundamental structural transformations happening in the economy, and the best way to stay in business is to not allow the short-term distractions to cause you to ignore what is happening in the long term.

Paul Saffo

If the elbow had been placed closer to the hand, the forearm would have been too short to bring the glass to the mouth; and if it had been closer to the shoulder, the forearm would have been so long that it would have carried the glass beyond the mouth.

Benjamin Franklin

Nature has given us two ears but only one mouth.

Benjamin Disraeli

we have two ears and one mouth and we should use them proportionally

Susan Cain

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

Epictetus

Long life, and short, are by death made all one; for there is no long, nor short, to things that are no more.

Michel de Montaigne

Keep your mouth shut, and close up the doors of sight and sound, and as long as you live you will have no vexation. But open your mouth, or become inquisitive, and you will be in trouble all your life long.

Laozi

Every mouth you’ve ever kissed was just practice. All the bodies you’ve ever undressed and ploughed in to were preparing you for me. I don’t mind tasting them in the memory of your mouth. Was it a long journey? Did it take you long to find me? You’re here now, welcome home.