I write a monthly feature at Middle Zone Musings called Great Quotes, and here’s one that should give every blogger pause, from the most recent edition (Great Quotes #16):
Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn’t mean you’re wiser than when it just reached to the end of the bar. – Edward R. Murrow
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Robert, that’s a great quote. I don’t remember reading it before. This requires a little of “engage brain before opening mouth” thinking.
You’re so right, Larry. When I first read it, I immediately thought of all the places around the world our words can be seen nowadays - and what’s more, they are there pretty much forever!
If that don’t make you think - then you ain’t thinkin’!
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Small wonder that we are born with the ability to listen but we have to learn how to speak. Wisdom, it seems, stems from more listening than ‘voicing’, more reading than writing. What do you think?
“…we are born with the ability to listen but we have to learn how to speak.”
Hey, I like that, Herman! Definitely food for thought, and so true. It also brings to mind an old proverb: “It’s better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt!”
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