"Most people do not really want others to have freedom of speech, they just want others to be given the freedom to say want they want to hear."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Speech, Truth, Power, Regret, Wisdom

39

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

"Most people do not really want others to have freedom of speech, they just want others to be given the freedom to say want they want to hear."

Exlpore more Speech quotes

"A tongue is about the size of a bullet, but much more fierce and powerful."

Anthony Liccione, American Author

Speech, Power, Language, Truth

"I never gossip - but after all, a tongue is given one to speak with, and I'm not deaf mute.That you most certainly are not. A tongue, Henet, may sometimes be a weapon. A tongue may cause a death - may cause more than one death. I hope your tongue, Henet, has not caused a death."

Agatha Christie, English Writer

Speech, Gossip, Weapon, Truth

"So much can be done, even when little is said. So little can be done, even when much is spoken."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Speech, Silence, Words, Actions

"A bad word triggers another in your opponent. Be ready to reap what you plant."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Speech, Word, Conflict, Consequence

"Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall."

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Writer

Speech, Word

"I was on the speech team, we called it forensics."

Thomas Lennon, American Actor

Speech,

"Spontaneous and natural (sahajik) speech means there is not an iota of ego in it."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

Speech, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Inspirational

"You don't need to kill with a sword, the tongue can do equally a better job and police will not knock on your door."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Speech, Word, Power, Tongue, Violence

"You can not control the thought, but you can control the tongue."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

Speech, Thought, Control, Tongue, Word

"An evening like this would be empty without some reference to [politics] so let's just think of this as empty."

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

Speech, Evening, Politics

Explore more quotes by Mokokoma Mokhonoana

"Because of self-doubt, the fear of failure, or laziness, most people usually bite off way less than they can chew."

Psychology

"Sniffing glue is a homeless nonbeliever's prayer."

Psychology

"Back in the day, it was either both a mother and her daughter had pubic hair, or the daughter didn't. Today, in many a case, the mother is the one who doesn't."

Society

"A horny man is seen. A horny woman is heard."

Gender

"Peanut butter is a poor man's marmalade."

Food

"The only way to truly help most drug addicts and most alcoholics is to-instead of them-change reality."

Psychology

"There is no such thing as a boring person when you are lonely or extremely bored."

Psychology

"Once born, how long a man will live matters. Once dead, how long he has lived doesn't."

Life

"To evade insanity and depression, we unconsciously limit the number of people toward whom we are sincerely sympathetic."

Psychology

"There is more to life than making a living. Do not work more than you live."

Balance