- Nov 07, 2020
Tongue Quotes
On sharp words and the edge they never lose.
Several lines here return to the same image: a sharp tongue behaves like a tool that only grows keener the more it gets used, unlike a temper, which is said never to soften with age. This page collects quotes built around that comparison. Related reading continues on Speech quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Late-night shows are 'Chopped.' Who are your guests tonight? Your guests tonight are veal tongue, coffee grounds and gummy bears. There, make a show ... Make an appetizer that appeals to millions of people. That's what I like. How could you possibly do it? Oh, you bring in your own flavors. Your own house band is another flavor.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I learnt to sing in Bengali, my mother tongue, then went on to sing in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati and every possible Indian language.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sugar is my friend, not my love. I always season sugar with a bit of acid or salt. Listen to your tongue.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
Age makes all things greater after their death; a name comes to the tongue easier from the grave.
- Hot
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- Nov 07, 2020
Long-stemmed broccoli should be tossed with olive oil and flaky salt and roasted in a hot oven until the florets turn the color of hazelnut shells and shatter on the tongue.
- Late-Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a notorious late-night texter. I seem to use a lot of lip, heart, and tongue emoji.
- Locked
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.
- Praise
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- Nov 07, 2020
O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue with which to praise the Lord. It utters a thousand pious follies, in a continuous endeavor to please Him who thus possesses it.
- Hug
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Welsh have everywhere adopted the Cymric tongue; they hug themselves in the belief that they are pure descendants of the ancient Britons, but in fact, they are rather Silurians than Celts.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm tired of biting my tongue.
- Harmonize
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to make wines that harmonize with food - wines that almost hug your tongue with gentleness.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Homer's whole language, the language in which he lived, the language that he breathed, because he never saw it, or certainly those who formed his tradition never saw it, in characters on the pages. It was all on the tongue and in the ear.
- Gossip
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.
- Nov 07, 2020