I don't know why, but for some reason I thought that blinking your eyes powered your speech.
A childhood belief about eyes

others believed things like this
- I used to think that cars were powered by a jet of air which came out of the exhaust.— BadDeal
- I used to believe airplanes were powered by magic carpets.— Anonymous
- My older brother made me believe that wristwatches were powered by tiny Japanese men inside them.— Outsider
- I used to think you could go to jail just by saying a word wrong during a speech.Anon
- I used to think that an air guitar was a real instrument. I though it was a guitar powered by air..— Amanda
- I was born brunette with brown eyes and dark hair, i thought people with blue eyes, had water in them.Anon