Cautious Speech Quotes

You really have to think a lot before speaking, and the things that are written about you, sometimes you might not like it.

I have a lot of faith in President Obama. The thing that seems to be true of him is that he doesn't speak when you would expect him to speak. He's very measured in his response to things. He likes to get all the facts first before he shoots his mouth off. It makes me crazy; it makes a lot of people crazy.

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

I think everyone holds back. I am always censoring myself and I'm sorry about it. But I always have to consider whether my remarks might cause someone pain.

I'm generally soft spoken, very measured, and I think 500 times before I say something.

Obama spoke so slowly because he, a clever and cultured man, had constantly to be on his guard against sounding it.

On matters beyond his ken a gentleman speaks with caution. If names are not right, words are misused. When words are misused, affairs go wrong. When affairs go wrong, courtesy and music droop, law and justice fail. And when law and justice fail them, a people can move neither hand nor foot. So a gentleman must be ready to put names in speech, to put words into deeds. A gentleman is nowise careless of words.

I have to be conscious of what I'm sayin' because people are gonna come at me about this sh*t.

Words are seductive and dangerous material, to be used with caution.

We leave it to the [local] bishops to weigh the circumstances in deciding whether or not to exercise restraint, ad maiora mala vitanda [to avoid greater evil]. This would be advisable if the danger of retaliatory and coercive measures would be imminent in cases of public statements of the bishop. Here lies one of the reasons we ourselves restrict our public statements. The experience we had in 1942 with documents which we released for distribution to the faithful gives justification, as far as we can see, for our attitude.

Guard your roving thoughts with a jealous care, for speech is but the dialer of thoughts, and every fool can plainly read in your words what is the hour of your thoughts.

Be slow of tongue and quick of eye.

I've learned a long time ago, you don't say anything for absolutely certain.

Listen widely to remove your doubts and be careful when speaking about the rest and your mistakes will be few. See much and get rid of what is dangerous and be careful in acting on the rest and your causes for regret will be few. Speaking without fault, acting without causing regret: 'upgrading' consists in this.

Attention is like a narrow mouthed vessel; pour into it what you have to say cautiously, and, as it were, drop by drop.

Princes need, in tender matters and ticklish times, to beware what they say.

Try to keep your mind open to possibilities and your mouth closed on matters that you don't know about. Limit your 'always' and your 'nevers.'

I was cautious in what I said before the young lady; for I could not be sure that she was sane; and, in fact, there was a certain restless brilliancy about her eyes that half led me to imagine she was not.

I probably should be a little more cautious with how I speak, and I think my delivery needs to be a little softer.

Take care what you say before a wall, as you cannot tell who may be behind it.

Because of the way my words get scrutinized, I have to use a level of precision so people don't accuse me of misleading them.

I don't like to open my mouth a lot because, I'll be honest with you, man, I come from the streets.

Let us, cautious in diction, And mighty in contradiction, Love powerfully.

Well, in my job, I avoid political commentary.

I have to choose my words carefully because I don't want to sound like one of those who goes on about how things were better in my day.