It will be practicable to blot written words which you do not publish; but the spoken word it is not possible to… — Horace Copy Share Image
Spoken word poetry is the art of performance poetry. I tell people it involves creating poetry that doesn't just want to sit… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
“The power which has always started the greatest religious and political avalanches in history rolling has from time immemorial been the magic… — William L. Shirer Copy Share Image
Beta males and females historically fare poorly in anchor positions, and whoever has the dominate, or more alpha, personality will always win… — Dana Loesch Copy Share Image
What I love is the comedy of the body. It's a little highfalutin', but you can even say pre-verbal comedy. People laugh… — Bill Irwin Copy Share Image
I want to promote poetry to the point where you got all the baldhead kids running around doing poetry, getting the music… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
When I first knew that I wanted to rap I was seven years old and I lost the talent show. It was… — Rico Nasty Copy Share Image
Comedy, although it is not one of the fine arts - it's a vulgar art, it's one of the people's arts, it's… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
“who did I think we were. who did I think I could make you. this is the oldest mistake, to confuse wanting… — Marty McConnell Emily Kagan Trenchard Copy Share Image
Don't forget that few people are likely to tell more than a small part of the truth: no one tells much of… — Halldór Laxness Copy Share Image
Exactly. She does not shine as a wife even in her own account of what occurred. I am not a whole-souled admirer… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
When people see my show, they may not laugh out loud as they do with some of the classic comedians, but they… — Mick Foley Copy Share Image
“A man's words reveal, first, the man. The words are not the man, and yet they reveal him faithfully and are to… — N.D. Wilson Copy Share Image
Paintings may not have nearly the power to convert people that the printed or spoken word has, but each man has his… — William Kurelek Copy Share Image
Of the modes of persuasion furnished by the spoken word there are three kinds. The first kind depends on the personal character… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“You know those little moments when an unexpected act or a spoken word affects your heart with sweet, satiating intensity―a simple gesture… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
No poet will ever take the written word as a substitute for the spoken word; he knows that it is on the… — Lascelles Abercrombie Copy Share Image
Music and text have several commonalities, and one is meter and rhythm. Both spoken word and music have certain regularities, and they… — Jeff Britting Copy Share Image
Overall I think the show went well, kudos to Miss Jeanie It was well rounded. From artwork to singing, to spoken word… — Angie Brown Copy Share Image
I'm not going to do an album. There's enough horrible drag queens singing - especially when they do that spoken word over… — Bianca Del Rio Copy Share Image
Like a beautiful flower that is colorful but has no fragrance, even well spoken words bear no fruit in one who does… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“stats say relationships decline when a baby’s in the picture but the truth is, if the camera doesn’t take good pictures now,… — Xayaat Muhummed Copy Share Image
Everything starts with writing. I heard Nikki Giovanni and was blown away. I just thought 'wow'; she was writing from a black… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
“A good listener is not only one who processes the spoken word and the meaning behind the words accurately, but one who… — Rebecca Z. Shafir Copy Share Image
My band, Miles Long, is a jazz-funk spoken word band. There's jazz sensibilities, but I'm a bass player, so I'm very much… — Malcolm-Jamal Warner Copy Share Image
The spoken word is never really effective unless it is backed up by a life, but it is also true that the… — D. Elton Trueblood Copy Share Image
“Welcome to His poem. His play. His novel. Skip the bowls of fruit and statues. Let the page flick your thumbs. This… — N.D. Wilson Copy Share Image
Spoken word teaches that if you have the ability to express yourself and the courage to present those stories and opinions, you… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
God did not write a book and send it by messenger to be read at a distance by unaided minds. He spoke… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
Every spoken word double-crosses us. The written word is the only tolerable form of communication, as it isn't a stone in a… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
“If our African ancestors failed in one thing, it was relying too heavily on the spoken word. Legacy lives in writing, not… — Mwanandeke Kindembo Copy Share Image
Written words differ from spoken words in being material structures. A spoken word is a process in the physical world, having an… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I wanted to do 'Manzanar' because I'd never done anything like it before. The spoken word there is between a drama and… — John Cho Copy Share Image
Comedy was something I picked up trying to perfect my art through spoken word. I got on YouTube just to show off… — Spoken Reasons Copy Share Image
Speech recognition is utterly crap for writing fiction. If you try reading a novel aloud you'll soon figure out why - written… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
Candor compels me to admit that I have no conclusive research to support my view that jingles are less persuasive than the… — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
Orphans, dead parents, lonely children at Christmas, morose spoken word recordings, everything you love about the holidays. Move the turkey over so… — April Winchell Copy Share Image
At the beginning I wasn't really rapping. I had poetry, so it was a spoken word vibe. Then I found beats that… — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
Nothing is more unaccountable than the spell that often lurks in a spoken word. A thought may be present to the mind,… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Having decided to follow my own intuitive path I began to write music on the basis of harmonized spoken words, for new… — Harry Partch Copy Share Image