It's better to keep your mouth shut and give the impression that you're stupid than to open it and remove read more

It's better to keep your mouth shut and give the impression that you're stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.

The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones. Many read more

The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones. Many have fallen by the edge of the sword: but not so many as have fallen by the tongue. [Ecclesiasticus 28:17 --18].

It's a damn shame we have this immediate ticking off in the mind about how people sound. On the other read more

It's a damn shame we have this immediate ticking off in the mind about how people sound. On the other hand, how many people really want to be operated upon by a surgeon who talks broad cockney?

Say not always what you know, but always know what you say.

Say not always what you know, but always know what you say.

Grasp the subject, the words will follow.

Grasp the subject, the words will follow.

Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.

Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.

The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less read more

The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less quantity and more quality.

If there's anything a public servant hates to do it's something for the public.

If there's anything a public servant hates to do it's something for the public.

Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.

Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.