George Eliot Quotes

Thought flies and words go on foot.

We do not learn first what to talk about and then what to say about it.

Though men may be deep, mentally they are slow.

Language is a form of human reason, which has its internal logic of which man knows nothing.

It takes me time to realize things; I'm a speedy person but a slow thinker.

Man does not speak because he thinks; he thinks because he speaks. Or rather, speaking is no different than thinking: to speak is to think.

One of the things that writing and speech can do is express what we're thinking one thought at a time.

Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind.

Thought itself needs words. It runs on them like a long wire. And if it loses the habit of words, little by little it becomes shapeless, somber.

Thought and speech are inseparable from each other. Matter and expression are parts of one; style is a thinking out into language.

I think that I speak a lot like I write.

The thought process can never be complete without articulation.

Writing is thinking in slow motion.

Language is what books do very well and movement is what movies does very well.

For me, speaking is work. It's not like when you breathe.

Words must be taken according to the matter whereof they are uttered.

No glass renders a man's form or likeness so true as his speech.

I have seen these persons speak unthinkingly, not realizing that to speak is also to be. Word and gesture are man's thought. We should not speak without reason.

For gods' sake, Strider," Torin snapped. "Open your mouth and form some words. While you're at it, stop staring at the angel like he's a tasty treat.

A nervous silence loosens tongues

I've always learned how to deal with my problems through my words, through my education, and through my intelligence, which I think is important and the best way to deal with an issue.

It is not my words that I polish, but my ideas.

Those who write as they speak, even though they speak well, write badly.

God has given us speech in order that we may say pleasant things to our friends, and tell bitter truths to our enemies.

Nothing is more unaccountable than the spell that often lurks in a spoken word. A thought may be present to the mind, and two minds conscious of the same thought, but as long as it remains unspoken their familiar talk flows quietly over the hidden idea.