Spoken Truth Quotes

Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.

What is uttered is finished and done with.

The real being of language is that into which we are taken up when we hear it - what is said.

Not to get too grandiose about it, but I really believe I'm saying things a lot of Americans want someone to say.

There is a power in names. Olakunde told us of ashe-the power which runs through all things, subtle and flexible, which find its most potent expression in human utterance; so that it is a terrible thing to call down imprecations on an enemy, or to wish for anything but good, for what is said out loud is forged into truth.

What has been said does not simply belong to us.

A wise person speaks carefully and with truth, for every word tht passes between one's teeth is meant for something.

Factual truth is always related to other people: it concerns events and circumstances in which many are involved; it is established by witnesses and depends upon testimony; it exists only to the extent that it is spoken about, even if it occurs in the domain of privacy. It is political by nature.

The greater amount of truth is impulsively uttered; thus the greater amount is spoken, not written.

Strong words outlast the paper they are written upon.

A word once let out of the cage cannot be whistled back again.