Saying Quotes

True eloquence consists in saying all that should be said, and that only. (François de La Rochefoucauld)
Who you are is speaking so loudly that I can't hear what you're saying. View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday. View quote
Alexander Pope
Journalism largely consists of saying "Lord Jones is Dead" to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive. View quote
G. K. Chesterton
Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me... Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful... that's what matters to me. View quote
Steve Jobs
To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive. View quote
Robert Louis Stevenson
There's no point in saying anything but the truth. View quote
Amy Winehouse
When we got into office, the thing that surprised me the most was that things were as bad as we'd been saying they were. View quote
John F. Kennedy
Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times. View quote
Augustine of Hippo
A short saying oft contains much wisdom. View quote
Sophocles
All we are saying is give peace a chance. (John Lennon)
I have nothing to say/ and I am saying it/ and that is poetry/ as I need it. View quote
John Cage
My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying 'My mother, drunk or sober. View quote
G. K. Chesterton
Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive, and widely effective mode of saying things. View quote
Matthew Arnold
Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid. View quote
Walter Winchell
Let the people who never find true love keep saying that there's no such thing. Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die. View quote
Wisława Szymborska
Before marriage, a man will lie awake thinking about something you said; after marriage, he'll fall asleep before you finish saying it. View quote
Helen Rowland
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. View quote
Will Rogers
There's an old saying in Hollywood: It's not the length of your film, it's how you use it. View quote
Ben Stiller
If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can't be done. View quote
Peter Ustinov
Style is a simple way of saying complicated things. (Jean Cocteau)
Cocaine addiction is God's way of saying you make too much money. View quote
Robin Williams
Punk is musical freedom. It's saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster's terms, 'nirvana' means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world, and that's pretty close to my definition of Punk Rock. View quote
Kurt Cobain
The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes. View quote
Tony Blair
Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear. View quote
James Thurber
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