Speak Quotes · Page 138

To practice your scales, so to speak, in order play the symphony, is what you have to do as a young poet.

— Rita Dove

What you do should speak so loudly that no one will hear what you say.

— Marv Levy

True fragrance speaks for itself. It does not require to be pointed out by the bearer.

— Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi

To a father who loves his children victor has no charms. When the heart speaks, glory itself is an illusion.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Actions always speak louder than words, especially when they're peaceful actions.

— DeAndre Hopkins

I'm too diplomatic. I tend to edit my mind before I speak - it can be incredibly draining.

— Erin O'Connor

I don't like to speak about me, but I will say that I'm a player that wants to have the ball and…

— Joao Felix

I do feel a responsibility. It's a privilege to be able to speak about it, but I don't speak for all gay…

— Damian Barr

Sports psychology suggests - and we as players have been taught - that negative self-talk can diminish our chances for success and…

— Gabe Kapler

It's your obligation to speak the truth, and everyone can either take it or leave it. But truth must be in us.…

— Mother Angelica

If you do not see any good in these persons, then say nothing, but if you do see some, speak about it…

— Vincent de Paul

Now the idea about taking people abroad is that if they come over to Cyprus, which we have in mind, and bring…

— Hans Blix

When we humans speak, we are not merely communicating information but attempting to make an impression and achieve a goal.

— Francine Prose

We speak much of God, can talk of him, his ways, his works, his counsels, all the day long; the truth is,…

— John Owen

I've never consciously tried to 'make hits' nor do I feel like that will ever be apart of my psyche. I just…

— Matthew Koma

I used to go and see bands like the Orb and Orbital every time they came down, and I've seen Aphex Twin…

— Matt Bellamy

In empathy, you don't speak at all. You speak with the eyes. You speak with your body. If you say any words…

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

On Nov. 6, the day before my 94th birthday, our nation will hold one of the most critical elections in my lifetime.…

— Billy Graham

Commonplace people have an answer for everything and nothing ever surprises them. They try to look as though they knew what you…

— Eugene Delacroix

When the Irish nun said to me, "Speak your name loud and clear so that all the boys and girls can hear…

— Richard Rodriguez

If I were to speak of war, it would not be to show you the glories of conquering armies but the mischief…

— Clara Barton

I don't understand the feeling of, the way people speak of writing as though it were, like, some kind of djinn to…

— Matt Fraction

What's great is we actually have friends who belong or have previously belonged to the Amish community, so we got first hand…

— Alyson Stoner

Philosophers feel a little more cautious about letting down their technical guard lest the general public doesn't recognize their special credentials. It's…

— Rebecca Goldstein

Speak only endearing speech, speech that is welcomed. Speech, when it brings no evil to others, is pleasant.

— Gautama Buddha

We have some very personal songs; songs that are a little more close to our hearts, that speak our story a little…

— Rose

Think before yu speak, cause I word could end a person's life.

— Marina Hanna

Painting, like passion, is a living voice, which, when I hear it, I must let it speak, unfettered.

— Barnett Newman

I think it is important to speak your mind. Tolerance of the ignorance sends the wrong message to kids.

— Marley Dias

One ought, everyday, to hear a song, read a fine poem, and, if possible, to speak a few reasonable words.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I applaud women who speak out and are loud and brave and bold about the disgusting things that they've been dealt.

— Raye

Many with careers in the art world are intimidated, and afraid to speak out against the gospels of Modernist theory.

— Kara Ross

The harvested fields bathed in the autumn mist speak of God and his goodness far more vividly than any human lips.

— Albert Schweitzer

My hope is that no matter your mood there is [on a Joyride albom] a song on there that speaks to you.

— Tinashe

A man speaks of what he knows, a woman of what pleases her: the one requires knowledge, the other taste.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

If I speak of Islamic violence, I must speak of Catholic violence.

— Pope Francis

What wouldst thou do, old man? Think'st thou that duty shall have dread to speak When power to flattery bows?

— William Shakespeare

thinking beings have an urge to speak, speaking beings have an urge to think.

— Hannah Arendt

I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak.

— Lillian Hellman

“Who gets to speak and why?, I wrote last week, is the only question.”

— Chris Kraus