Speak Quotes

The proletariat uses the State not in the interests of freedom but in order to hold down its adversa...

Ignorance is no reason with a fool for holding his tongue.

Perhaps you should speak more softly to me, then. Monsters are dangerous beasts, and just now kings ...

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

Given my age, I am pretty near the end, probably, of my career as a writer, a scholar, a teacher. An...

When Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed the same-sex marriage bill, my blood was boiling. I had been silen...

But the problem is that when I go around and speak on campuses, I still don't get young men standing...

It is a mistake for a sculptor or a painter to speak or write very often about his job. It releases ...

I want to teach. I want to speak. I want to travel.

You're not going to be liked by everybody when you speak the truth. I don't speak the truth to put p...

God has to speak to each person in their own language, in their own idioms. Take Spanish, Chinese. Y...

Either I've always spoken to her from the heart in times like this, or I never have and I don't know...

The least I can do is speak out for the hundreds of chimpanzees who, right now, sit hunched, miserab...

I speak onstage to try to establish some method of communication. The songs are supposed to be a way...

An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.

It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues...

We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ...

She suddenly remembered studying the brain in science class- how a steel rod pierced a man's skull, ...

If she spoke, she would tell him the truth: she was not okay at all, but horribly empty, now that sh...

Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, s...

The Genie declared that in his time and place there were scientists of the passions who maintained t...

The truth is, truly passionate media creators don't get into the media business to make huge gains f...

If you work on a comedy show, your basic form of communication is teasing. That's generally how we s...

Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms. This is true of bo...

The government that governs from afar absolutely requires that the truth and the facts reach its kno...

Poetry, as odd as it is, and as hard to figure out as it is, many times, it's almost something that ...

I think it's very important for writers and artists generally to be witnesses to the world, and to b...

Well, the thing about great fictional characters from literature, and the reason that they're consta...

Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.

My problem is I say what I'm thinking before I think what I'm saying.

I need music. It's like my heartbeat, so to speak. It keeps me going no matter what's going on - bad...

Always speak the truth, think before you speak, and write it down afterwards.

Now all we need is to continue to speak the truth fearlessly, and we shall add to our number those w...

I think, with never-ending gratitude, that the young women of today do not and can never know at wha...

It cannot be said that the Constitution formed 'the people of the United States,' for all time, into...

There should be no discrimination against languages people speak, skin color, or religion.

This is how the girl who couldn't speak and the man who couldn't see fell in love.

It is wonderful to contemplate how the planetary forces balance each other so perfectly that univers...

I can't speak for the future. I have no crystal ball.

Everybody's opinion is equally valid, and I feel like everybody should have an opportunity to speak ...

I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow ...

That conversation with the taxi driver suddenly made clear to me the essence of the writer's occupat...

You won't find me in a romantic comedy. Those movies don't speak to me. People don't come to talk to...

Sure I think it is healthy to speak the truth, and be who you are, and be proud of that.

I said to the almond tree, 'Friend, speak to me of God,' and the almond tree blossomed.

However, anyone to whom this happens should not leave his room upon awakening, should speak to no-on...

Speak you too,speak as the last,say out your say.Speak-But don’t split off No from Yes.Give your say...

As an artist I come to sing, but as a citizen, I will always speak for peace, and no one can silence...

I hope for the day when everyone can speak again of God without embarrassment.

When deeds speak, words are nothing.

Wise men speak because they have something to say Fools because they have to say something.

The reason is that they utter these words of theirs not by virtue of a skill, but by a divine power ...

On the one hand, faith is a profoundly personal contact with God, which touches me in my innermost b...

My mother wouldn't allow me to speak slang when I was growing up. But when I got outside, around my ...

Gray hairs are signs of wisdom if you hold your tongue, speak and they are but hairs, as in the youn...

To be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth.

Here is the time for the sayable, here is its home.Speak and attest. More than everthe things we ca...

I'm turned on by guys who are cultured. That'll keep me intrigued. They don't have to have a single ...

I begin to feel like most Americans don't understand the First Amendment, don't understand the idea ...

In Paris, one is always reminded of being a foreigner. If you park your car wrong, it is not the fac...

Dissents speak to a future age.

To speak specifically of our problem with the Muslim world, we are meandering into a genuine clash o...

I learned early on that one of the secrets of campus leadership was the simplest thing of all: speak...

The only thing that I'd rather own than Windows is English, because then I could charge you two hund...

I met my wife through playing golf. She is French and couldn't speak English and I couldn't speak Fr...

I feel a real sense of duty to use the voice and the platform I've been afforded by my fame to speak...

I don't go by my caste, creed or religion. My works speak for me.

You know, people speak in poetry all the time. They just don't realize it.

If we feel inwardly strong, we will have no need or desire to speak ill of others.

I can speak Esperanto like a native.

Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.

What I was proud of was that I used very few parts to build a computer that could actually speak wor...

The most watched programme on the BBC, after the news, is probably 'Doctor Who.' What has happened i...

Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.

Speak softly and carry a big stick you will go far.

When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.

Thought is more than a right - it is the very breath of man. Whoever fetters thought attacks man him...

In general, questions are fine; you can always seize upon the parts of them that interest you and co...

You don’t have to speak at all—I know what you’d say…- Laura

Religion fails if it cannot speak to men as they are.

The Bill of Rights was intended to secure freedom of speech - the freedom of speech of members of pa...

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen....

I cannot speak for more than an hour exclusively about poetry. At that point, life itself takes over...

All I insist on, and nothing else, is that you should show the whole world that you are not afraid. ...

I will not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with respect of the past.

When I speak out against the guns or against the big corporations, some of my friends say, 'Oh Yoko,...

Whether it's eight o'clock in the morning or eight o'clock at night, I always try to greet others be...

Forgiveness is a very personal and intimate thing. Forgiveness is not something that you can speak f...

I was one of those weird kids who didn't really speak or smile. I remember my teachers would call ho...

It is one of the most effective attitudes of the neurotic to measure thumbs down, so to speak, a rea...

Poetry is the one place where people can speak their original human mind. It is the outlet for peopl...

You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just...

I speak directly to the people, and I know that the people of California want to have better leaders...

My own dreams fortunately came true in this great state. I became Mr. Universe; I became a successfu...

It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trust...

Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.

We can learn to work and speak when we are afraid in the same way we have learned to work and speak ...

The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.

He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees.

Hurricanes are dangerous things, and they're no fun to go through. And if you come out of it in one ...