Home » Quote » Terry Pratchett » „Speak softly and employ a huge man with a crowbar.“ „Speak softly and employ a huge man with a crowbar.“ — Terry Pratchett Related quotes „Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.“ — Banksy „A good many of you are probably acquainted with the old proverb: "Speak softly and carry a big stick—you will go far." If a man continually blusters, if he lacks civility, a big stick will not save him from trouble; and neither will speaking softly avail, if back of the softness there does not lie strength, power.“ — Theodore Roosevelt „the voice of beauty speaks softly; it creeps only into the most fully awakened souls“ — Friedrich Nietzsche „Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.“ — Theodore Roosevelt „The only safe rule is to promise little, and faithfully to keep every promise; to "speak softly and carry a big stick."“ — Theodore Roosevelt „It rains softly on the town.“ — Arthur Rimbaud „Speak straight and clear! I only hear that manly prayerwhich like a huge fist breaks my head against the stones.“ — Nikos Kazantzakis