William Shakespeare - L C Ingleby & Oscar Wilde & James Whister - Bill Hicks - Muhammad Ali - Star Trek: The Next Generation TV - John Dryden - George Bernard Shaw - Allen Ginsberg - Proverbs - Mark Twain - Arthur Miller & Death of a Salesman 1985 - Matthew Arnold - Shammai - Edwin Arlington Robinson - Richard Yates - Jane Austen - Jean Cocteau - The Iron Lady 2011 - The Theory of Everything 2014 - Bobby Robson - Seneca - Martin Luther - Francois de la Rochefoucauld -
46,169. ’Tis good to be sad and say nothing. (Shakespeare & Sad & Good & Say & Silence & Nothing) As You Like It, Globe Theatre Sky Arts 2012, Jaques
11,169. Oscar Wilde: I wish I had said that.
James Whistler: You will, Oscar. You will. (Art & Say) L C Ingleby, Oscar Wilde, paraphrased
78,535. I’ve said all that I’ve had to say. (Last Words & Say) Bill Hicks
128,091. If I even say the wrong thing, it makes news. (Boxers: Heavyweights & Say) Muhammad Ai, cited What’s My Name: Muhammad Ali, 2019
24,257. I would appreciate it if you would let me finish my sentences once in a while. (Star Trek: The Next Generation & Say) Star Trek: The Next Generation: Unnatural Selection s2e7, Picard to Doctor
45,683. A thing well said will be wit in all languages. (Play & Say & Wit) John Dryden, An Essay of Dramatic Poesy 1668
80,986. My method is to take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to say, and then to say it with the utmost levity. (Method & Say) George Bernard Shaw
51,137. No more to say, and nothing to weep for. (Weep & Say) Allen Ginsberg
56,799. Least said, soonest mended. (Proverb & Say) Mid-15th century proverb
68,464. Whatever you say, say it with conviction. (Conviction & Say) Mark Twain
72,316. It’s not what you say but how you say it. (Family & Say) Death of a Salesman 1985 ***** starring Dustin Hoffman & John Meldovich & Stephen Lang & Kate Reid & Charles Durning & Louis Zorich et al, director playwright Arthur Miller, Willy
74,610. Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way. (Genius & Say) Charles Bukowski
87,670. Have something to say, and say it as clearly as you can. That is the only secret of style. (Say & Style) Matthew Arnold, G W E Russell, Collections and Recollections, 1898
87,671. Say little and do much. Receive all men with a cheerful countenance. (Say & Do & Cheerful) Shammai, Jewish scholar and teacher
87,672. I shall have more to say when I am dead. Edwin Arlington Robinson, John Brown 1920
88,444. Never say anything that doesn’t improve on silence. (Silence & Say) Richard Yates, A Good School
89,977. Mary wished to say something very sensible, but knew not how. (Stupidity & Say) Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
90,020. Style is a simple way of saying complicated things. (Style & Say) Jean Cocteau
90,915. Someone must say the unsayable. (Thatcher & Say) The Iron Lady 2011 starring Meryl Streep & Alexandra Roach & Jim Broadbent & Harry Lloyd & Anthony Head & Richard E Grant & Iain Glen & Olivia Colman & Nicholas Farrell & Susan Brown & Martin Wimbush et al, director Phyllida Lloyd
91,706. ‘Was it something I said, professor?’ (Theory of Everything & Say) The Theory of Everything 2014 starring Eddie Redmayne & Felicity Jones & Charlie Cox & Emily Watson & Simon McBurney & David Thewlis & Maxine Peake & Harry Lloyd & Charlotte Hope et al, director James Marsh, Stephen to departing professor
40,234. What can I say about Peter Shilton? Peter Shilton is Peter Shilton, and he has been Peter Shilton since the year dot. (Football & Say) Bobby Robson
71,450. When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people. (Envy & Say) Lucius Annaeus Seneca
86,655. You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say. (Responsibility & Say) Martin Luther
71,206. True eloquence consists in saying all that should be said, and that only. (Eloquence & Brevity & Say) François de la Rochefoucauld