It is not appropriate to act and speak like men asleep.

“One ought not to act and speak like people asleep.”

— Heraclitus

Men forget where the way leads and what they meet with every day seems strange to them.We should not act and speak like men…

— Heraclitus

There is but one world common for those who are awake, but when men are asleep, each turns away into a world of his…

— Heraclitus

“Act,speak with full awareness and then you will find a tremendous change in you. The very fact that you are aware changes your acts.”

— Osho

Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself.

— Marva Collins

Learn to speak what you feel, and act what you speak.

— Sathya Sai Baba

When men were all asleep the snow came flying, In large white flakes falling on the city brown, Stealthily and perpetually settling and loosely…

— Robert Bridges

History is a needle for putting men asleep anointed with the poison Of all they want to keep.

— Leonard Cohen

“Picture the east Aegean sea by night, And on a beach aslant its shimmering Upwards of 50,000 men Asleep like spoons beside their lethal Fleet.”

— Christopher Logue

There are men who would do anything, asleep, and I'm not sure what stops them when they wake. I do not know how they…

— Anne Enright

“For the record, you just looking at me encourages me, Hailee. But when you speak, it’s like a whole other world I never knew…

— Nina Levine

When I go hear a man speak, I like to hear him speak like he's fighting a swarm of bees.

— Abraham Lincoln

“It is said that when men have made up their mind to die they act and speak like gods.”

— C.J. Chivers

The world has wanted me to speak differently than I speak. You know, I speak like my mom; I speak like, you know, like…

— Jordan Peele

I'm not one to speak about myself. I like to speak about the people around me.

— Michael Ovitz