When you say things aloud, you let them go.

I refuse to say things behind people's backs.

— Marilyn Manson

If I hear an interesting turn of phrase on TV, I'll repeat it back - I just like to roll it around on my…

— Terence Winter

When I said it aloud, it sounded terribly creepy, which is why I had said it aloud.

— Amanda Hocking

It helps to read the sentence aloud.

— Harry Kemelman

“If you spoke something aloud, it made it real. Ignore it for long enough and it might go away. Only it never did. It…

— Victoria Jenkins

One way to be aware of it, to teach to yourself, is simply to read work aloud. I love reading the endings of books…

— Paul Lisicky

I was encouraged to read aloud in class and vocalize.

— Bob Edwards

“We all have goals and dreams. Say them aloud to yourself; if they don’t sound slightly impossible then they aren’t set high enough.”

— Noel DeJesus

You want to cry aloud for your mistakes. But to tell the truth the world doesn't need any more of that sound.

— Mary Oliver

I surrendered to a world of my imagination, reenacting all those wonderful tales my father would read aloud to me. I became a very…

— Andrew Wyeth

“Saying something aloud, anything coming from my heart was more than acknowledging it; it was owning it. I needed to hear the words come…

— Cari Kamm

Reading aloud sounds like a good idea, but honestly, it doesn't work very well. Good dialogue in a book doesn't actually bear much resemblance…

— Patrick Rothfuss

I have always believed that poems beg to be read aloud, even if the reader is in a world all her own.

— J. Patrick Lewis

I think many poets, including myself, write both for the voice and for the page. I certainly write for the person alone in the…

— Adrienne Rich

“Very few authors, especially the unpublished, can resist an invitation to read aloud.”

— Truman Capote