“He spoke slowly, his voice deeper and louder, every word tacked nine inches deep into the beams of our minds.” — Chigozie Obioma Copy Share Image
“Like many human beings, he took the least sign of conversation as his cue to make noise.” — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
Trump spoke badly about women... It sparked worldwide reactions. — N. Chandrababu Naidu Copy Share Image
My mom used to call me a parrot, because the way I spoke would change in every country we'd go to. — Hannah Simone Copy Share Image
“He was probably being so quiet because he was trying not to say it out loud.” — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
His sentences didn't seem to have any verbs, which was par for a politician. All nouns, no action. — Jennifer Crusie Copy Share Image
Of the authors published under Ballantine's Adult Fantasy logo, only Evangeline Walton 'spoke' to me. — Stephen R. Donaldson Copy Share Image
“Thre is strength," he said slowly, "in knowing when to speak, and when to listen." His hands stayed on his chest, motionless.… — Jodi Meadows Copy Share Image
Keats himself spoke about how Shakespeare was capable of erasing himself completely from the characters he had created. As an actor, that… — Ben Whishaw Copy Share Image
The real achievement of Woody Allen was that he was making movies that felt very personal, and for a whole group of… — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
“He could not make conversations with strangers, and yet conversations with strangers were perhaps the first thing required of him in his… — Alice McDermott Copy Share Image
“Mr Hawkins said nothing; the Hawkins' domestic affairs were arranged upon the principle that Fanny supplied the talk and he the silence.” — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
I would like to spend more time with Spanish poetry. I know French better than Spanish, but Spanish was my first language,… — Helen Vendler Copy Share Image
The several tribes of Indians inhabiting the regions of the Upper Missouri, and of whom I spoke in my last Letter, are… — George Catlin Copy Share Image
“lemonade, suntan lotion, books, espadrilles, sunglasses, colored pens, and music, which he listened to with headphones, so that it was impossible to… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
Prior to passage of Obamacare, Americans spoke out against the individual mandate; they didn't want to change the health care they had;… — Fred Upton Copy Share Image
Sociologists in the 1960s, reaching for an explanation of why cities were burning, often spoke of the problem of 'rising expectations.' It… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
It was fear. He didn't want to see a united Germany. Stalin made it clear to me - I spoke with him… — W. Averell Harriman Copy Share Image
Being on a television show and having so many fans is something that I've never experienced before, and it's really neat when… — Shantel VanSanten Copy Share Image
I was raised in a little church, the Grundy Methodist Church, that was very straight-laced, but I had a friend whose mother… — Lee Smith Copy Share Image
Lucy Mercedes Martinez, my mother, was probably my first mentor. She really tried to take care of me in spite of myself,… — Richard Carmona Copy Share Image
I am genuinely into soul, R&B and hip hop - all these genres that get slapped under the 'soul' genre. That spoke… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
My first real venture was a paintball company I started in Grade 10, when I was 16. After hearing about it from… — Ryan Holmes Copy Share Image
