Verbal Caution Quotes

Silence is safer than speech.

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

I - listen, racism - being a racist is the worst thing you can say about somebody. I mean, it is such a charged accusation. And I really think people should be very careful before they level that.

I haven't much opinion of words. They're apt to set fire to a dry tongue, that's what I say.

For words are magical formulae. They leave finger marks be hind on the brain, which in the twinkling of an eye become the footprints of history. One ought to watch one' s every word.

Never insult anyone by accident.

If we were handling a bomb which could go off at any minute as a result of our actions, we would mind ourselves and be delicate. Our words have the same power, yet we wield them around as though they were powerless and insignificant.

If any man think it a small matter, or of mean concernment, to bridle his tongue, he is much mistaken; for it is a point to be silent when occasion requires, and better than to speak, though never so well.

Many times in life I've regretted the things I've said without thinking. But I've never regretted the things I said nearly as much as the words I left unspoken.

I know, if I'm speaking to God in any kind of way, I keep myself from using profanity.

There may be no more-radioactive term in the English language than what we now almost always refer to as the 'n-word' - itself a coy means of linguistic sidestepping that is a sign of how perilous it is to utter the thing in full, even in conversations about language.

Coaches? They can talk. I tell them: 'Just make sure before you open your mouth you've researched what you're about to say. Don't just say stuff. And if you don't have anything good to say, don't say anything.'

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

I don't like getting myself in hot water. But suddenly I find that every minute I have to stop and think about what I'm saying. I can see what's going to happen. I'm going to have to stop giving interviews because I'm always saying the wrong thing. I don't want that to happen.

What passes out of one's mouth passes into a hundred ears. It is a great misfortune not to have sense enough to speak well.

I never show the back of my tongue. That is a Dutch expression.

Never ever say the word shoot when you are taking a picture with a camera because a camera is not a violent weapon.

Better to trip with the feet than with the tongue

Do not utter words that can create discord and cause the community to break.

Often I feel I say too much.

It is the way of my people to use light words at such times and say less than they mean. We fear to say too much. It robs us of the right words when a jest is out of place.

Negative words are powerful boomerangs so be careful what you say about people and yourself.

The English language is an arsenal of weapons. If you are going to brandish them without checking to see whether or not they are loaded, you must expect to have them explode in your face from time to time.

If there are older black people in the audience that I can see I will not say the n-word. I know they grew up with a different meaning.

I know words sometimes have consequences, but I try to choose the correct words every time.