“To be generous is to say yes before the man even opens his mouth.”

“Open your mind before your mouth”

“A man’s face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth, for it is a compendium of everything his mouth will ever say, in that it is the monogram of all this man’s thoughts and aspirations.”

“Yes, you should talk," he said. "Sometimes a sad man can talk the sadness right out through his mouth. Sometimes a killin' man can talk the murder right out of his mouth.”

“When the wise man opens his mouth, the beauties of his soul present themselves to the view, like the statues in a temple.”

“When the wise man opens his mouth, the beauties of his soul present themselves to the view, like the statues in a temple”

“The Ibo people have a proverb that when a man says yes his chi says yes also. Okonkwo said yes very strongly, so his chi agreed. And not only his chi but his clan too, because it judged a man by the work of his hands.”

“We understood one another better before ever I opened my mouth”

“I saw him open his mouth wide… as though he had wanted to swallow all the air, all the earth, all the men before him.”

“A general never shows despair. He instills confidence in his troops. He leads them forward, even into the mouth of death.”