One way to prevent conversation from being boring is to say the wrong thing. – Frank Sheed Category: Speaking
The true genius shudders at incompleteness — and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be. – Edgar Allan Poe Category: Speaking
I am annoyed by individuals who are embarrassed by pauses in a conversation. To me, every conversational pause refreshes. – George Sanders Category: Speaking
In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet. – Winston Churchill Category: Speaking
We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do. – Francis Bacon Category: Philosophy
For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery. – Jonathan Swift Category: Government
