“Open your mouth wide
A universal sigh”
Thom Yorke (1968) English musician, philanthropist and singer-songwriter
Bloom
Lyrics, The King of Limbs (2011)
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Athenian playwright of Old Comedy -448–-386 BCRelated quotes
“So, open your mouth, lad! For every voice counts!”
Dr. Seuss book One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
Horton Hears a Who! (1954)
Source: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
Context: "This", cried the Mayor, "is your town's darkest hour!
The time for all Whos who have blood that is red
To come to the aid of their country!", he said.
"We've GOT to make noises in greater amounts!
So, open your mouth, lad! For every voice counts!"
G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) English mystery novelist and Christian apologist
Original quote:
For my friend said that he opened his intellect as the sun opens the fans of a palm tree, opening for opening's sake, opening infinitely for ever. But I said that I opened my intellect as I opened my mouth, in order to shut it again on something solid. I was doing it at the moment. And as I truly pointed out, it would look uncommonly silly if I went on opening my mouth infinitely, for ever and ever.
The Extraordinary Cabman, one of many essays collected in Tremendous Trifles (1909)
Misattributed
“Be open minded, but not so open minded that your brains fall out.”
Groucho Marx (1890–1977) American comedian
“Now you've opened your mouth, do you expect me to lose interest?”
Peter Greenaway (1942) British film director
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover
Frank Herbert (1920–1986) American writer
"Laclac Riddle"; p. 68
The Bureau of Sabotage series, Whipping Star (1969)
Josh Homme (1973) American musician
"The Blood Is Love", Lullabies to Paralyze (2005)
Lyrics, Queens of the Stone Age
“It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Cited as an example of "What Mark Twain Didn't Say" in Mark Twain by Geoffrey C. Ward, et al.
Misattributed
Variant: It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
“Tis better people think you a fool, then open your mouth and erase all doubt.”
Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States
Variously attributed to Lincoln, Elbert Hubbard, Mark Twain, Benjamin Franklin and Socrates
Misattributed
Variant: It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.