Right Thing To Say Quotes

I had a student once come up to me and we were talking about this incident, and, of course, I never had the right thing to say. But later on, I realized I should have said: Don’t write about trying to change the world, just write about a changed world or a world that’s not changing. Let that do the work.

Mother Teresa was asked what was the meaning of life, and she said to help other people, and I thought, ‘What a strange thing to say’ – but maybe it’s the right thing to say.

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

My method is to take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to say, and then to say it with the utmost levity.

Have the courage to face the truth

I never know the right thing to say, especially during sex. After my first time, I said to the girl, ‘That’s it, I’m afraid’

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

The world is full of bright men who know all the right things to say and who say them in the wrong place.

The other possibility was that there was no right thing to say, that the choice wasn’t between right and wrong but between wrong, more wrong, and as wrong as you can get.

You always find the right quote, or the right thing to say to make me believe you love me.

I know it’s not the right thing to say to a lady, miss, but you are sweating like a pig!” “My mother always said that horses sweat, men perspire, and ladies merely glow…” “Is that so? Well, miss, you are glowing like a pig!

We conservatives don’t have a corner on saying no. We’re just the ones who say it when it’s the right thing to say.