“If a cat spoke, it would say things like 'Hey, I don’t see the problem here.” — Roy Blount Jr Copy Share Image
He drew forth a phrase from his treasure and spoke it softly to himself: A day of dappled seaborne clouds. — James Joyce Copy Share Image
Everything dictated silence and self-control but I couldn't restrain myself and spoke my mind. — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
I was always on time, I did my work to exact specifications, I spoke when spoken to. — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
Spintharus, speaking in commendation of Epaminondas, says he scarce ever met with any man who knew more and spoke less. — Plutarch Copy Share Image
What on earth are you wearing? Did you take orders in a convent since we spoke last? Little Sisters of the Drab… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
I loved the theatre-my dad gave me many plays and books to read. The dramatic form just spoke to me. — Danny Burstein Copy Share Image
They spoke truth and a lot of people listened… that voice, Kurt we miss you. — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
Can you row?" the Sheep asked, handing her a pair of knitting-needles as she spoke. "Yes, a little--but not on land--and not… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
I wanted to find a way to speak for people. It was important for me, because so many people spoke for me… — Emeli Sande Copy Share Image
And yet, even as she spoke, she knew that she did not wish to come back. not to stay, not to live.… — Maud Hart Lovelace 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
…a cheerful black shadow reared up behind him as he spoke, thundering a happy challenge to my Dark Passenger, which slid forward… — Jeff Lindsay Copy Share Image
She spoke quietly then, the tiniest crack in her voice, and all at once Lacey Pemerton was not Lacey Pemberton. She was… — John Green Copy Share Image
And in this silence of the dumb and these speeches of the blind, in this medly of people bound together by the… — Vasily Grossman Copy Share Image
I love a little more driving rock and roll vibe and that kind of music has always spoke to me. I guess… — Caleb Shomo Copy Share Image
Brute force crushes many plants. Yet the plants rise again. The Pyramids will not last a moment compared with the daisy. And… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
Nature Boy There was a boy A very strange enchanted boy They say he wandered very far, very far Over land and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't like that word 'discovery.' ... Sinatra was the first one to call Ray Charles a genius, he spoke of 'the… — Gayl Jones Copy Share Image
When I studied computer science at Duke University in the first half of the 1980s, I had professors who treated women differently… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
Just — just to be clear,” he said. “You want to leave Tonks at her parents’ house and come away with us?”… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
(Speaking of the Cistercian monks) A grim fraternity, passing grim lives in that sweet spot, that God had made so bright! Strange… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
What does it feel like?” he asked. “What does what feel like?” Peter thought for a moment. “Being at the top.” Josie… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Do you truly believe that you care more for me than I do for you?" he murmured, leaning closer to me as… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
I went to Istanbul. I spoke to blind people, most of whom had lost their sight suddenly. I asked them to describe… — Sophie Calle Copy Share Image
The kids growing up in the apartheid era were so restricted and angry - if they spoke out against it, they were… — Malik Bendjelloul Copy Share Image
Thirty spokes are joined in the wheel's hub. The hole in the middle makes it useful. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Spokes are one of those Saturn-system phenomena that we are keenly interested in understanding. — Carolyn Porco Copy Share Image
If all politicians fished instead of spoke publicly, we would be at peace with the world. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
I went by myself to Hollywood, I spoke no English, every day I had to go to school. — Jackie Chan Copy Share Image
Most of the women I spoke to were pushing agendas that they felt connected to - more so than with the male… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share Image
And Death spoke to them —’” “Sorry,” interjected Harry, “but Death spoke to them?” “It’s a fairy tale, Harry!” “Right, sorry. Go… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The boy spoke two words, the first a short guttural verb, the second “you. — Dashiell Hammett Copy Share Image
He hardly ever spoke of magic, and when he did it was like a history lesson and no one could bear to… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
Happiness is not a circus clown rolling around in a big tractor tire so that his arms and legs form 'spokes.' Happiness… — Jack Handey Copy Share Image
“My father spoke with his hands. He was deaf. His voice was in his hands. And his hands contained his memories.” — Myron Uhlberg Copy Share Image
Because, as we are told—a sad old joke, too— Ghosts, like the ladies, never speak till spoke to. — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
There is no limit to the vanity of this world. Each spoke in the wheel thinks the whole strength of the wheel… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
When I started Cove, I spoke to three immigration lawyers who gave me a long checklist of things to do before my… — Ruchi Sanghvi Copy Share Image
Someone handed me Mexico City Blues in St. Paul [Minnesota] in 1959 and it blew my mind. It was the first poetry… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image