A Quote by P. G. Wodehouse

It was one of those parties where you cough twice before you speak and then decide not to say it after all.

P. G. Wodehouse

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P. G. Wodehouse
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October 15, 1881 - February 14, 1975

Oh, don't cough, Ernest. When one is dictating one should speak fluently and not cough. Besides, I don't know how to spell a cough.

Oscar Wilde

Think twice before you speak, and then you may be able to say something more insulting than if you spoke right out at once.

Evan Esar

The States then being the parties to the constitutional compact, and in their sovereign capacity, it follows of necessity, that there can be no tribunal above their authority, to decide in the last resort, whether the compact made by them be violated; and consequently that as the parties to it, they must themselves decide in the last resort, such questions as may be of sufficient magnitude to require their interposition.

James Madison

I wish that all those, who on this night are not merry enough to speak before they think, may ever after be grave enough to think before they speak!

Ann Radcliffe

I speak English, obviously, Afrikaans, which is a derivative of Dutch that we have in South Africa. And then I speak African languages. So I speak Zulu. I speak Xhosa. I speak Tswana. And I speak Tsonga. And like - so those are my languages of the core. And then I don't claim German, but I can have a conversation in it. So I'm trying to make that officially my seventh language. And then, hopefully, I can learn Spanish.

Trevor Noah

He laughed, tried to make it into a cough, inhaled at exactly the wrong moment, and then really did cough.

Robin McKinley

If thou thinkest twice before thou speakest once, thou wilt speak twice the better for it.

William Penn

When you need to correct someone, be resolved not to do so in a blaming manner. Before criticizing, view the situation from the other person's point of view. Then be careful to speak calmly and tactfully. Carefully edit what you say before you say it.

Zelig Pliskin

If I remember right, Aelia, you had four teeth; a cough displaced two, another two more. You can now cough without anxiety all the day long. A third cough can find nothing to do in your mouth.

Martial

Think twice before you speak to a friend in need

Ambrose Bierce

Words spoken can not be recalled so think twice before you speak.

William Shakespeare

Within seconds thoughts become words that slip off our tongue and into the world. Pausing before we speak may seem cumbersome, but it allows us to decide: Is this helpful? Does this need to be said now? What is the best way to say this?

David Jeremiah

They say: Think twice before you jump. I say: Jump first and then think as much as you want!

Rajneesh

The Flash could do everything twice as fast. Except you never saw him think twice as fast or speak twice as fast. Could he do math faster than the other superheroes? Could he compute the tip for the bill twice as fast?

Ira Glass

Be slow to speak, and only after having first listened quietly, so that you may understand the meaning, leanings, and wishes of those who do speak. Thus you will better know when to speak and when to be silent.

Saint Ignatius

Things go bad after a divorce and often stay that way. It is rare for the parties to return placidly to a time before they met. A bitterness lingers on. Those who call this our Independence Day, fantasising of returning to a never-never time before they married, when they were free, easy, single, and master of their fate, are delusional.

Howard Jacobson

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