"Keep your mouth closed, and let your eyes listen."
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"If you want to live in the fullness of God's anointing, fill your mouth with His Word."
"My greatest political asset, which professional politicians fear, is my mouth, out of which come all kinds of things one shouldn't always discuss for reasons of political expediency."
"Every time your faith is strengthened as you hear the Word, release it through your mouth to receive your miracle, for God’s Word is out to prosper you!"
"A society which allows an abominable event to burgeon from its dung heap and grow on its surface is like a man who lets a fly crawl unheeded across his face or saliva dribble from his mouth -- either epileptic or dead."
"Demosthenes overcame and rendered more distinct his inarticulate and stammering pronunciation by speaking with pebbles in his mouth."
"There's a time and a place for getting a smart mouth."
"Edible substances evoke the secretion of thick, concentrated saliva. Why? The answer, obviously, is that this enables the mass of food to pass smoothly through the tube leading from the mouth into the stomach."
"I opened my mouth, almost said something. Almost. The rest of my life might have turned out differently if I had. But I didn’t."
"Either be hot or cold. If you are lukewarm, the Lord will spew you forth from His mouth."
"The responsibility for maintaining the composition of the blood in respect to other constituents devolves largely upon the kidneys. It is no exaggeration to say that the composition of the blood is determined not by what the mouth ingests but by what the kidneys keep; they are the master chemists of our internal environment, which, so to speak, they synthesize in reverse."
"Let's end the unworkable marijuana prohibition and put our money where our mouth is. Let's solve the problems like border crime. We can do it with pot legalization."
"I don't know what it is about the french language, it seems to be scared of coming out of the mouth so it comes out the nose instead."
"Spelling is a way to make words safe, at least for now, until another technology appears to soften attacks launched from the mouth."
"I truly believe that people like myself, who are in a position of entertainers in the limelight, should keep their mouth shut on politics."
"Some people need a fig-leaf on their mouths."
"The author must keep his mouth shut when his work starts to speak."
"Dance and Provencal song and sunburnt mirth! On for a beaker full of the warm South, Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene! With beaded bubbles winking at the brim, And purple-stained mouth."
"Without integrity, no company can have positive word of mouth"
"You're short on ears and long on mouth."
"From the moment you put a piece of bread in your mouth you are part of the world. Who grew the wheat? Who made the bread? Where did it come from? You are in relationship with all who brought it to the table. We are least separate and most in common when we eat and drink."