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That miscellaneous collection of a few wise and many foolish individuals, called the public.
That miscellaneous collection of a few wise and many foolish individuals, called the public.
I don't care what they call me as long as they mention my name.
I don't care what they call me as long as they mention my name.
If you can't write your message in a sentence, you can't say it in an hour.
If you can't write your message in a sentence, you can't say it in an hour.
A good orator is pointed and impassioned.
A good orator is pointed and impassioned.
The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones. Many read more
The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones. Many have fallen by the edge of the sword: but not so many as have fallen by the tongue. [Ecclesiasticus 28:17 --18].
It's a damn shame we have this immediate ticking off in the mind about how people sound. On the other read more
It's a damn shame we have this immediate ticking off in the mind about how people sound. On the other hand, how many people really want to be operated upon by a surgeon who talks broad cockney?
Say not always what you know, but always know what you say.
Say not always what you know, but always know what you say.
Once you get people laughing, they're listening and you can tell them almost anything.
Once you get people laughing, they're listening and you can tell them almost anything.
The public is a ferocious beast: one must either chain it up or flee from it.
The public is a ferocious beast: one must either chain it up or flee from it.