“Where is the weapon with which I enforce your bondage? You give it to me every time you open your mouth.”
"Laclac Riddle"; p. 68
The Bureau of Sabotage series, Whipping Star (1969)
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“Now you've opened your mouth, do you expect me to lose interest?”
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover
“So, open your mouth, lad! For every voice counts!”
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!"
Original: (it) È Natale ogni volta che sorridi a un bimbo, tenendogli la mano. È Natale ogni volta che riconosci i tuoi limiti, i tuoi errori. È Natale ogni volta che rimani in silenzio per ascoltare l'altro. È Natale ogni volta che doni con amore la tua dolcezza. È Natale ogni volta che ascolti la canzone del cuore.
Source: prevale.net
“Money. You don't know where it's been,
but you put it where your mouth is.
And it talks.”
"Money" http://www.danagioia.net/poems/money.htm
Poetry, The Gods of Winter (1991)
“Tis better people think you a fool, then open your mouth and erase all doubt.”
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.