#tongue

When I need a word and do not find it in French, I select it from other tongues, and the reader has either to understand or translate me. Such is my fate. ↗

— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

#fate #find #french #i #me

On July 26, 1916, I announced to all my friends in America that from now on I resolved to write no more poems in the classical language, and to begin my experiments in writing poetry in the so-called vulgar tongue of the people. ↗

— Hu Shih

#announced #begin #classical #experiments #friends

I'm forbidden fruit. Once you go to certain households, mommy doesn't want you to see that dirty man who sticks his tongue out and spits out blood and all that stuff. ↗

— Gene Simmons

#certain #dirty #forbidden #fruit #go

I think English is a fantastic, rich and musical language, but of course your mother tongue is the most important for an actor. ↗

— Max von Sydow

#course #english #fantastic #i #i think

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage. ↗

— Publilius Syrus

#his #hold #pass #sage #tongue

He thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts ↗

— Stephen King

#it #lisp #stutter #therapy #tongue-twister

Pick your words carefully as it has the power to make the sentence beautiful or ugly..... ↗

— Adil Adam Memon

#beauty

Enter RUMOUR, painted full of tongues." [Stage direction, Henry IV, Part 2, Induction] ↗

— William Shakespeare

#gossip #libel #public-opinion #reputation #rumor

Breaking into the house in the middle of the night just wasn't his style. He did his best work in plain view, and, usually, his tongue was doing most of it. Now that was an interesting thought. Heh. ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#funny #ilona-andrews #kaldar #the-edge #tongue

I see a tongue! Some asshole is licking my peephole. ↗

— Mark Tufo

#tongue #zombie #humor