Jeanne Phillips Quotes

I've really learned to watch what I say.

If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it.

It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes.

I really do try to watch everything I say. Because one little tiny slip, and it's like the world is coming to an end!

You know, I have found out in the course of a long public life that the things I did not say never hurt me.

If you're not sure of what to say, don't say anything.

Know when to speak - for many times it brings danger, to give the best advice to kings.

It's not so much knowing when to speak, when to pause.

The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.

Silence and tact may or may not be the same thing.

Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.

Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.

An Englishman's never so natural as when he's holding his tongue.

There are two great rules of life: never tell everything at once.

I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.

I have to chose my words carefully.

Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.

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

Where Mr. McKinley was patient, cautious, tactful and a very good listener…, Roosevelt is impetuous, impatient, and wholly lacking in tact.

Sometimes you usually know the point where to keep your mouth shut.

Discretion is a very valuable asset.

To be silent is sometimes an art, yet not so great a one as certain people would have us believe, who are wisest they are most silent.

Tis better to sit there and look the fool, than to open your mouth and prove it.

All persons are not discreet enough to know how to take things by the right handle.