“The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.”
“Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think is creation's.”
"The Raison d'Etre of Criticism in the Arts"
Two Cheers for Democracy (1951)
“Just you think first, and don’t bother to speak afterward, either.”
“Catch That Rabbit”, p. 71
I, Robot (1950)
“¿Do you think before speaking or do you speak after thinking?”
13 June, 2017
As President, 2017
Source: Telecinco https://www.telecinco.es/informativos/mocion-censura-mariano-rajoy-lapsus-pifias-trabalenguas-pp-partido-popular-presidente-gobierno-espana-podemos-pablo-iglesias_2_2386680191.html
Source: The Benefactor (1963), Ch. 1, p. 1, Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN 0-312-42012-9
“You cannot think clearly if you cannot speak and write clearly”
The Storm Over the University (December 6, 1990)
Context: Finally, and perhaps most importantly, you need to acquire the skills of writing and speaking that make for candor, rigor, and clarity. You cannot think clearly if you cannot speak and write clearly.
“Think twice before you speak to a friend in need”
Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
“Writing is closer to thinking than to speaking.”
1760s, A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law (1765)
“An Aes Sedai never lies, but the truth she speaks, may not be the truth you think you hear.”
Tam al'Thor
(15 January 1990)
