Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

“There is a weird power in a spoken word.”

— Joseph Conrad

“Every thought shines a light. Every thought shows the way.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

The spoken word was the first technology by which man was able to let go of his environment in order to grasp it in…

— Marshall McLuhan

I always like spoken word records.

— Ry Cooder

Many a spoken word is more piercing than an attack.

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

At this point in my life - age 24 - I have chosen a fairly strange path that not many are walking. I am…

— Sarah Kay

Spoken word poetry is the art of performance poetry. I tell people it involves creating poetry that doesn't just want to sit on paper,…

— Sarah Kay

“The spoken word and the written - there is an astonishing gulf between them. There is a way of turning sentences that completely reverses…

— Agatha Christie

“There are two things that cannot be taken back- the sped arrow and the spoken word.”

— Jane Casey

“Every spoken word carries great risk. Therefore, it is better to remain silent if one does not know how to talk. Talking about religion…

— Dada Bhagwan

My first spoken word poem, packed with all the wisdom of a 14-year-old, was about the injustice of being seen as unfeminine. The poem…

— Sarah Kay

I don't really have a lot of hobbies. I listen to a lot of spoken word. I get books on tape.

— Benny Green

I like spoken-word as much as the singing word.

— Loren Mazzacane Connors

The way we tell our stories on stage is that we use spoken word to convey action, and in movies, we use visual images…

— Tracy Letts

“The spoken word has come to dominate many Protestant forms of worship: the words of prayers, responsive readings, Scripture, the sermon, and so forth.…

— Marcus J. Borg