"As we must account for every idle..." - Quote by Benjamin Franklin
As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.
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More on Accountability
“We are each responsible for our own life-no other person can be.”
“I just think it is important that you realize, that you're the best in the world. Whether you are a Democrat or Republican or whether you're libertarian or whatever, you are the best. And we should not ever forget that. And when somebody does not do the job, we got to let them go.”
“The government is us; WE are the government, you and I."- Theodore Roosevelt”
More on Communication
“After some while Bilbo became impatient. "Well, what is it?" he said. "The answer's not a kettle boiling over, as you seem to think by the noise you are making.”
“How futile are words in the ears of those who mourn.”
“Oysters open completely when the moon is full; and when the crab sees one it throws a piece of stone or seaweed into it and the oyster cannot close again so that it serves the crab for meat. Such is the fate of him who opens his mouth too much and thereby puts himself at the mercy of the listener.”