Do you think before speaking or do you speak after thinking?

Sometimes when I'm talking, my words can't keep up with my thoughts. I wonder why we think faster than we speak. Probably so we can think twice.

I talk thinking that I shouldn't talk: that is how I talk.

I think it. I say it. You hear it. Sometimes, I don't even think it, I just say it.

How do I know what I think until I hear what I say?

I try to say what I feel
Without thinking about what I feel.
I try to place words right next to my idea
So that I won't need a corridor
Of thought leading to words.

Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think is creation's.

How do I know what I think until I see what I say?

The trouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought of yet.

How can I tell what I think till I see what I say?

Now I am depressed myself,' I said. 'That's why I never think about these things. I never think and yet when I begin to talk I say the things I have found out in my mind without thinking.

When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say.

I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don't.

Every time I say anything, people seize on it for all kinds of meanings so I am uncomfortable with talking. At least this way, I can think about the answers and phrase them carefully.