By mourning tongues The death of the poet was kept from his poems.
For centuries poets, some poets, have tried to give a voice to the animals, and readers, some readers, have felt empathy and sorrow. If animals did have voices, and they could speak with the tongues of angels-at the very least with the tongues of angels-they would be unable to save themselves from us. What good would language do? Their mysterious otherness has not saved them, nor have their beautiful songs and coats and skins and shells and eyes.
And generally, when people say good night, they keep their tongues to themselves.
Your tittle-tattlers, and those who listen to slander, by my good will should all be hanged--the former by their tongues, the latter by the ears.
I am living and having supernatural experiences. A lot of people get really freaked out about that. I speak in tongues; I've been baptized in the Holy Spirit.
Someone once said you could tell the people who were in the most successful relationships by the bite marks on their tongues.
It is often said that in Ireland there is an excess of genius unsustained by talent; but there is talent in the tongues.
We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.
The Devil often places himself upon the tongues of creatures, causing them to chatter nonsensically.
I heard the tongues of angels and the tongues of men and it all sounded no different to me.
Never! Never, Marge. I can't live the button-down life like you. I want it all: the terrifying lows, the dizzying highs, the creamy middles. Sure, I might offend a few of the bluenoses with my cocky stride and musky odors -- oh, I'll never be the darling of the so-called ‘City Fathers’ who cluck their tongues, stroke their beards, and talk about "What's to be done with this Homer Simpson?
Praying in tongues charges your spirit like a battery charger charges a battery.
I have healed the sick by the power of the God. I have spoken with the gift of tongues.
The devil makes his Christmas-pie of lawyers' tongues and clerks' fingers.
The tongues of dying men enforce attention like deep harmony.
We set down feasts for each other and treated our love with tongues of fire. Our bodies were fields of wonder to us.
Great men have been among us; hands that penn'd And tongues that utter'd wisdom--better none
I don't know where I learned elephants like their tongues slapped. Whatever turns you on.
Not all tongues that wag cohabit with a brain.
Out of evil comes good, however, and the confusion of tongues gave rise to 'the ancient practice of Masons conversing without the use of speech. '