It was my ambition all of my life to be master of the spoken word. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
All epoch-making revolutionary events have been produced not by the written, but by the spoken word. — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
The unspoken word never defeats one. What one does not say does not have to be explained. — William Penn Copy Share Image
The spoken word is man's physician in grief. For this alone has soothing charms for the soul. — Menander Copy Share Image
Four things do not come back: the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity. — Ted Chiang Copy Share Image
I don't really have a lot of hobbies. I listen to a lot of spoken word. I get books on tape. — Benny Green Copy Share Image
Three things that never come back: the spent arrow; the spoken word; the lost opportunity. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What a script says that isn't dialogue is as important as the spoken word. — Vanessa Redgrave Copy Share Image
The spoken word was the first technology by which man was able to let go of his environment in order to grasp… — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
I was really drawn to spoken-word style poetry. I loved the rhythms, and for some reason, I was just drawn to this… — Matt de la Pena Copy Share Image
I appreciate the written word and spoken word more, but Atonement sort of established so much of me. It was a character… — Saoirse Ronan Copy Share Image
“The power which has always started the greatest religious and political avalanches in history rolling has from time immemorial been the magic… — William L. Shirer Copy Share Image
The pictures are created by the listener, with a little help from the broadcaster. The pictures are perfect. If you're showing pictures,… — Bob Edwards Copy Share Image
Having decided to follow my own intuitive path I began to write music on the basis of harmonized spoken words, for new… — Harry Partch Copy Share Image
Nothing is more unaccountable than the spell that often lurks in a spoken word. A thought may be present to the mind,… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
At the beginning I wasn't really rapping. I had poetry, so it was a spoken word vibe. Then I found beats that… — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
Orphans, dead parents, lonely children at Christmas, morose spoken word recordings, everything you love about the holidays. Move the turkey over so… — April Winchell Copy Share Image
In my shows, I always try to incorporate music because it's the most natural way to set a tone. So if I… — Kerby Jean-Raymond Copy Share Image
“When a pebble falls down a well, it is gratifying to hear the eventual plunk. If, however, the pebble only slips into… — Mark Z. Danielewski's Copy Share Image
No event for the Koyukon - or for most other indigenous peoples - is ever entirely meaningless or accidental, but neither is… — David Abram Copy Share Image
I think you can perform any poem. But what I believe is that the best examples of spoken word poetry I've ever… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
If he thinks he would harm Mirabelle, he would back away. But he does not yet understand when and how people are… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
Since the beginning of establishment, poets and spoken word artists have always been both vocal supporters and critics of government. And in… — Malcolm-Jamal Warner Copy Share Image
Writing comes into being to retain information across time and across space. Before writing, communication is evanescent and local; sounds carry a… — James Gleick Copy Share Image
This career essentially chased me down while I was on the spoken-word scene in New York. I kept hearing that my delivery… — Sonja Sohn Copy Share Image
“And as for romance? Well, I want that too. I want to fall asleep next to you, 100 times a night, so… — Shane Koyczan Copy Share Image
“Under a smoky streetlamp I stood face to face with my beloved and pricked my fingers against the diamond studs of her… — Ann-Marie MacDonald Copy Share Image
“It is not by way of language that I shall transmit what is within me; for it is inexpressible in words. I… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
“What said those two souls communicating through the language of the eyes, more perfect than that of the lips, the language given… — José Rizal Copy Share Image
“I wrote too many poems in a language I did not yet know how to speak But I know now it doesn't… — Andrea Gibson Copy Share Image
“We're pupils of the religions—Catholic, Protestant, Jewish . . . Well, the Christian religions. Those who directed French education down through the… — Louis Ferdinand Céline Copy Share Image
“In creating man, God voluntarily determined, at the same time, to establish a relationship with him. That relationship is properly designated a… — K. Scott Oliphint Copy Share Image
“For so long considered a second-rate category to other writing genres, Science Fiction should be allotted its true place in literature. The… — Joseph Duda Copy Share Image
