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’Tis good to be sad and say nothing. William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Globe Theatre, Jaques, Sky Arts 2012
Oscar Wilde: I wish I had said that.
James Whistler: You will, Oscar. You will. L C Ingleby, Oscar Wilde, paraphrased & attributions
I’ve said all that I’ve had to say. Bill Hicks
If I even say the wrong thing, it makes news. Muhammad Ai, cited What’s My Name: Muhammad Ali, 2019
I would appreciate it if you would let me finish my sentences once in a while. Star Trek: The Next Generation s2e7: Unnatural Selection, Picard to Doctor
A thing well said will be wit in all languages. John Dryden, An Essay of Dramatic Poesy, 1668
My method is to take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to say, and then to say it with the utmost levity. George Bernard Shaw
No more to say, and nothing to weep for. Allen Ginsberg
Least said, soonest mended. Mid-15th century proverb
Whatever you say, say it with conviction. Mark Twain
It’s not what you say but how you say it. Death of a Salesman 1985 ***** starring Dustin Hoffman & John Meldovich & Stephen Lang & Kate Reid & Charles Durning & Louis Zorich et al, director playwright Arthur Miller, Willy
Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way. Charles Bukowski
Have something to say, and say it as clearly as you can. That is the only secret of style. Matthew Arnold, G W E Russell, Collections and Recollections, 1898
Say little and do much. Receive all men with a cheerful countenance. Shammai, Jewish scholar & teacher
I shall have more to say when I am dead. Edwin Arlington Robinson, John Brown, 1920
Never say anything that doesn’t improve on silence. Richard Yates, A Good School
Mary wished to say something very sensible, but knew not how. Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
Style is a simple way of saying complicated things. Jean Cocteau
Someone must say the unsayable. The Iron Lady 2011 starring Meryl Streep & Alexandra Roach & Jim Broadbent & Harry Lloyd & Anthony Head & Richard E Grant & Iain Glen & Olivia Colman & Nicholas Farrell & Susan Brown & Martin Wimbush et al, director Phyllida Lloyd
‘Was it something I said, professor?’ The Theory of Everything 2014 starring Eddie Redmayne & Felicity Jones & Charlie Cox & Emily Watson & Simon McBurney & David Thewlis & Maxine Peake & Harry Lloyd & Charlotte Hope et al, director James Marsh, Stephen to departing professor
What can I say about Peter Shilton? Peter Shilton is Peter Shilton, and he has been Peter Shilton since the year dot. Bobby Robson
When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say. Martin Luther, attributions & variations
True eloquence consists in saying all that should be said, and that only. François de la Rochefoucauld
A man can spend the rest of his life trying to remember what he shouldn’t have said. Force of Evil 1948 starring John Garfield & Thomas Gomez & Marie Windsor & Howland Chamberlain & Roy Roberts & Paul Fix & Stanley Prager & Barry Kelley & Beau Bridges et al, director Abraham Polonsky, Joe