Speak Quotes · Page 122

I just don't like big guys who speak cryptically and act like they understand the language better than me.

— Robert Downey, Jr

I can fight in Japan, I can fight in Europe, I can fight in U.S. How am I not marketable? I speak…

— Gegard Mousasi

Of Belief Human mathematics, so to speak, like the length of life, are subject to the doctrine of chances.

— William Godwin

The more you talk about negative things in your life, the more you call them in. Speak victory not defeat.

— Joel Osteen

Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid…

— H. L. Mencken

Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches, but they mean the riches possessed by others.

— Charles Caleb Colton

When our friends are present we ought to treat them well; and when they are absent, to speak of them well.

— Epictetus

Elegance isn't solely defined by what you wear. It's how you carry yourself, how you speak, what you read.

— Carolina Herrera

Valyrian is oddly easier than Dothraki. It's got a more lyrical flow to it that feels more familiar to the way I…

— Emilia Clarke

Speak what you think today in hard words and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Great art speaks a language which every intelligent person can understand. The people who call themselves modernists today speak a different language.

— Marshall McLuhan

Pay attention to how you think and speak, and if it turns out that you're sounding snide or crappy or doubtful, make…

— Jen Sincero

I can only speak for myself and my own music, because that is what I am most familiar with, and I write…

— Laura Bell Bundy

I decided that I wanted nothing to do with South African government television while any of my fellow writers were banned and…

— Nadine Gordimer

If God had so wished, he would have made all Indians speak with one language ... the unity of India has been…

— Rabindranath Tagore

...Someone speaks in soft tones to me and says I am psychotic, but it's going to be all right. I put on…

— Marya Hornbacher

We work in this cave, and we speak to each other sort of subconsciously and with like, weird cues and tangential brother…

— Mark Duplass

When I lived in the U.S., I spoke Portuguese with my mother and grandmother, Spanish with my father and his family, and…

— Vicente Luque

People are always asking me where I come from, and they're expecting me to say India, and they're absolutely right insofar as…

— Pico Iyer

As a Palestinian today I speak of a Palestinian and Arab demand for a state on 1967 borders. It is true that…

— Khaled Mashal

Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has been one of my good friends in the House of Representatives. When she was brutally shot, Gabby was…

— Chellie Pingree

I don't know if it was a defining moment. I knew it as soon as I could comprehend the possibility of having…

— Columbus Short

And as cynical and jaded as many have become, you see the heroic nature of cops, who put aside a lot of…

— Veena Sud

When my work does speak to audiences, when it creates audiences around it, I feel a little less crazy because what that…

— Dawn Lundy Martin

Taste speaks through a turn of phrase, a curl of the lip, a shrug of the shoulder: it makes an atmosphere.

— Irving Howe

To whom to speak when the other no longer is? The place is empty when emptiness occupies all of the place.

— Edmond Jabes

I've always had the mentality of: work hard, get to bed early, focus - and let your work speak for itself.

— Olivia Palermo

I turned to speak to God About the world's despair But to make bad matters worse I found God wasn't there.

— Robert Frost

If I had to speak in front of a Korean audience, I would be hard pressed to sound other than a little…

— An Na

Speak only the speech that neither torments self nor does harm to others. That speech is truly well spoken.

— Gautama Buddha

While I cannot speak on behalf of the AAPI community, I do want to say that I stand in solidarity with you.

— Cori Bush

I believed in God when cancer come to me. Now when I speak, I speak with authority because I've been there.

— Mr. T

When I pass, speak freely of my shortcomings and my flaws. Learn from them, for I'll have no ego to injure.

— Aaron McGruder

It's only important to differentiate between patriotism and nationalism. I speak of enlightened patriotism.

— Charlotte Knobloch

I consider myself blessed that I am multi-lingual and now-a-days we all speak at least two-three languages.

— Konkona Sen Sharma

America's founders knew the importance of allowing the people to speak critically about government actions.

— Mark Meadows

I hate to speak about individuals. Players don't win you trophies, teams win trophies, squads win trophies.

— Jose Mourinho

Think before you speak. Think before you judge. Think before you think you have a person all figured out...

— Lily Collins

We do not need presidents who are bigger than the country, but rather ones who speak for it and support it.

— Eugene McCarthy

Try to say something familiar in a unique way so that it's sing-alongable, even if you don't speak English.

— Bonnie McKee