Speak Quotes · Page 136

I'm Language Gal. I can speak any language presented to me. And I look exactly like Halle Berry.

— Ilana Glazer

I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.

— Saint Francis de Sales

“I will speak ill of no man and speak all the good I know of everybody.”

— Benjamin Franklin

I speak truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare; and I dare a little more, as…

— Catherine Drinker Bowen

Sinners often speak the truth. And saints have led people astray. Examine what is said, not the one who says it.

— Anthony de Mello

But what can a decent man speak of with most pleasure? Answer: Of himself. Well, so I will talk about myself.

— Anonymous

Jazz speaks for life. The Blues tell the story of life's difficulties.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Just because I don't speak English with an accent anymore doesn't mean that I'm better than the people who do.

— Jimmy O. Yang

I grew up in South Mumbai and I am a total homebody, so I was not seen around. I guess that's the…

— Diana Penty

Music enabled me as a fragile young person to give voice to emotions I could barely name, and how it enables me…

— Renee Fleming

Those who make antitheses by forcing the sense are like men who make false windows for the sake of symmetry. Their rule…

— Blaise Pascal

I've got a quiet voice. I think it's because as a child I didn't speak very much. I used to put my…

— Daniel Tammet

Within the industry - I can only speak for myself - but I think everybody has different goals and ambitions and different…

— Jamie-Lee O'Donnell

It becomes pretty crystal clear once you watch that first assembly [movie cut] the things that are just grinding it to a…

— Todd Phillips

But still there are moments when a brother and sister can lay down their instruments of torture for a moment and speak…

— John Boyne

The man who can speak acceptably is usually given credit for an ability out of all proportion to what he really possesses.

— Lowell Thomas

I am persuaded that if the brutes even--if the dog, the horse, the ox, the elephant, the bird, could speak, they would…

— Alphonse de Lamartine

President Ronald Reagan used to speak of the Soviet constitution, and he noted that it purported to grant wonderful rights of all…

— John Roberts

The only legitimate interpretation of the concept of the "public" is that it's a highly heterogeneous group of people, and I cannot…

— Wang Jianwei

With respect to love we speak continually about perfection and the perfect person. With respect to love Christianity also speaks continually about…

— Anonymous

I don't really think of my narrator in terms of gender. I think of them much more in basic emotional terms. As…

— Steve Almond

To speak freely of mathematics, I find it the highest exercise of the spirit; but at the same time I know that…

— Blaise Pascal

I think for guys - you're going to have some people that are willing to be on the front line. You think…

— Jason McCourty

If it was all about me, I'd do a whole lot of pop records, make a whole lot of money, just rake…

— Ice Cube

Speak softly. It is far better to rule by love than fear.Speak softly. Let no harsh words mar the good we may…

— Isaac Watts

After a long silence, Dodge cleared his throat. "I think I speak for all of us when I say, 'Huh?'" -Dodge(obviously)

— Frank Beddor

Life is the external text, the burning bush by the edge of the path from which God speaks.

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

Do no sinful action, speak no angry word; ye belong to Jesus, children of the Lord.

— Cecil Frances Alexander

When I avoided interviews, it was mainly because I didn't want to speak only about my personal life.

— Gauri Khan

The ability to speak exactly is intimately related to the ability to know exactly.

— Wendell Berry

We must not only speak about forgiveness and reconciliation, we must act on these principles.

— Desmond Tutu

There is nothing more nervous than a million dollars - it moves very fast, and it doesn't speak any language.

— Jean Chretien

Sometimes, I think to myself, 'Damn, I don't speak as well as I used to.'

— Shannon Briggs

The terrorists do not speak for over a billion Muslims who reject their hateful ideology.

— Barack Obama

Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.

— Epictetus

Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks.

— Euripides

Every hooker I ever speak to tells me that it beats the hell out of waitressing.

— Woody Allen

I do have a mouth - I will say. I speak up when I see things I don't care for.

— Kelly Bishop

I speak my mind too much, and the UFC probably don't really like that. But I really don't care.

— Derrick Lewis

It's a common mistake to speak the same to everybody. We all have different filters.

— Julian Treasure