It is from him, from Beolco Ruzzante, that I've learned to free myself from conventional literary writing and to express myself with… — Dario Fo Copy Share Image
Anderson sent me to give you this he said. I believe the subtext was kiss and makeup. This time I was sure… — Jenna Black Copy Share Image
“In short, the first duty of a man is to speak; that is his chief business in this world; and talk, which… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
The men are mostly so slow, their thoughts overrun 'em, an' they can only catch 'em by the tail. I can count… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
True and false are attributes of speech not of things. And where speech is not, there is neither truth nor falsehood. Error… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
But can one not conceive of a presence, and of a presence to itself of the subject before speech or signs, a… — Jacques Derrida Copy Share Image
“In classes, the more lively and uninhibited ones will “suck away the air” from those with a more passive nature, despite all… — Kató Lomb Copy Share Image
I'm suffering from stage fright. I don't like making speeches. [...] I'm the kind of introvert actor who likes putting on other… — Helena Bonham Carter Copy Share Image
There is something very wonderful about music. Words are wonderful enough; but music is even more wonderful. It speaks not to our… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
I know people who are embarrassed to be American. They don't like showing their passports. It's becoming a scary place. It takes… — Gillian Anderson Copy Share Image
Cumulatively, American society is sliding toward a new form of 'authoritarian democracy'. Elections continue, free speech is generally protected, institutions operate in… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
As the truest society approaches always nearer to solitude, so the most excellent speech finally falls into Silence. Silence is audible to… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Okay, men,” he said. “And women,” said Chaser Angelina Johnson. “And women,” Wood agreed. “This is it.” “The big one,” said Fred… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“This entire environment is filled with parmanu (the smallest, most indivisible and indestructible particles of matter). That is why 'we' tell you,… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
The Internet is a far more speech-enhancing medium than print, the village green, or the mails. Because it would necessarily affect the… — Stewart Dalzell Copy Share Image
I'm sure that everything you do contributes to the sort of novel that you write. A lot of actors have an understanding… — Rachel Joyce Copy Share Image
History does seem to repeat itself hence it's mindboggling to still hear the 'avoid all negative people' speeches from, of all people,… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
[Pope Francis] continued to focus on migrants. He visited the Greek island of Lesbos, which was the front line of the European… — Sylvia Poggioli Copy Share Image
But we either believe in democracy or we not. If we do, then, we must say categorically, without qualification, that no restraint… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
The practice of Zen is to eat, breathe, cook, carry water, and scrub the toilet — to infuse every act of body,… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
I was grateful to see President Obama's victory speech. I was over the moon to see the audience. There were about 60… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
If you read Martin Luther King speeches and sermons in the last two years of his life - you might want to… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
I gave the graduation speech at my high school. Not because I was valedictorian but because the grade voted for me to… — Nick Kroll Copy Share Image
Written things are not for speech; their form is literary; they are stiff, inflexible, and will not lend themselves to happy and… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I have heard Mr. Romney's speech's many times on television and the radio and I have even read his book No Apology:… — Angela Lansbury Copy Share Image
I appeal to the contemptible speech made lately by Sir Robert Peel to an applauding House of Commons. 'Orders of merit,' said… — John Joseph Griffin Copy Share Image
Speeches by businessmen on social responsibility...may gain them kudos in the short run. But it helps to strengthen the already too prevalent… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
No one can deny that much of our modern advertising is essentially dishonest; and it can be maintained that to lie freely… — Carl L. Becker Copy Share Image
National Defense A strong USA defense brought down the Soviet Union. It was Ronald Reagan - first in a speech at Notre… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
When I look out the window, I exhale a prayer of thanks for the color green, for my children's safety, for the… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
Our culture, therefore, must not omit the arming of the man. Let him hear in season, that he is born into the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Rhiannon readied her speech. The speech she’d given more than once over the years to Éibhear and, when they were much younger,… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
Plainly, she is quite besotted by him,... a girl, a young girl, and she is falling in love for the first time… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
Speech within the kingdom of Amazonia - run by its sovereign Jeff Bezos and his board of directors with help from the… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Like most novelists, I like to do exactly the opposite of what I'm told. It's in my nature as a novelist. Novelists… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I believe in the right to offend. To insult. Even to horrify. It’s not that we’re supposed to enjoy it; it’s that… — Megyn Kelly Copy Share Image
Freed by full realization and at peace, the mind of such a man is at peace, and his speech and action peaceful.… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
One day while Lloyd George was making a political speech before a big crowd, a heckler yelled, "Wait a minute, Mr. George.… — David Lloyd George Copy Share Image
“When the children were very small I spent weeks alone with them high up in the Welsh hills and I used to… — Alice Thomas Ellis Copy Share Image
Patriotism threatens free speech with death. It is infuriated by thoughtful hesitation, constructive criticism of our leaders and pleas for peace. It… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image