2006-08-25 06:25:10 · 5 answers · asked by themoondancesaloon 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
In other words: do as you have said. The idea is an old one, dating back to the old Latin tag "facta non verba" – actions not words. And there's an old expression in English: "actions speak louder than words." Where this new modern coinage comes from is not certain. Back in the 1990's a group of women set out to raise awareness of breast cancer by power walking in The New York Marathon. The money they raised went into a charity trust fund called "Walk The Walk". But this seems too recent an event to be the source of the phrase. So, I may have to resort to that common explanation provided by lexicographers: origin unknown (although the rhyme between "walk" and "talk" clearly played a role).
2006-08-25 06:32:52 · answer #1 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I got it from the movie, Full Metal Jacket. The character Animal Mother said it to Joker.
2006-08-25 06:28:43 · answer #2 · answered by ntoriano 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was common in the 1960`s so it is at least that old and probably older.
2006-08-29 05:04:17 · answer #3 · answered by Gone Rogue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It actually ocmes fgrom slang it means to be able to strut you r stuff or to back up what you have been saying to someone about something
2006-08-25 06:30:14 · answer #4 · answered by Mutlee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i was the first to say it when i was a little lad, a long time ago,before animal....signed bull
2006-08-25 09:35:45 · answer #5 · answered by bull 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋