[On George H.W. Bush:] A man who wishes to lead the Western world should be able to find the right words, string… — Mary McGrory Copy Share Image
“As much as Milly loved seeing Asa on that tractor, a part of her dreaded the days he came to mow, not… — Rebecca Rasmussen Copy Share Image
“While racial minorities across every civilized country in the world are still waiting for their break, our kind (stutterers) became emperors (i.e.,… — Anas Hamshari Copy Share Image
For God's sake (I never was more serious) don't make me ridiculous any more by terming me gentle-hearted in print. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
“There is more to stuttering than the mere repetition of words and phrases. And more to anxiety than just being nervous.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“The enigma of stuttering is profound. For in a moment, you would sound very fluent, and at other times, you would struggle… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“Before i could utter a word, my listeners had left me long ago.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
I think I do become someone else. In real life, I’m very shy, but people think I’m this angry, sexy kind of...… — Lara Stone Copy Share Image
It turns out the population issue is an easier thing to deal with than the consumption issue. Some obvious extremes in consumption… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
Stuttering is painful. In Sunday school, I'd try to read my lessons, and the children behind me were falling on the floor… — James Earl Jones Copy Share Image
For a few thousand years, women had no history. Marriage was our calling, and meekness our virtue. Over the last century, in… — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
“Fear the soldier who stammers, for he is very fast at pulling the triger.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“Why would someone for whom talking was torture want to talk all the time before thousands of Athenians? Because otherwise he’d have… — David Shields Copy Share Image
“Being nervous. Having anxiety. Stuttering. Autism. When you have any of those, at some point, you're forced to spend most of your… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Somebody told me I should put a pebble in my mouth to cure my stuttering. Well, I tried it, and during a… — Jean Rostand Copy Share Image
I mean, I - it's so funny, I am, you know, I am, you know, a working woman out in the world,… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
“When you have a defect, some people try not to see it only as a defect, but as your entire identity.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Even my family laughed at me because they thought this young guy who's always stuttering in front of other people should be… — Kurt Masur Copy Share Image
You may rely on it that you have the best of me in my books, and that I am not worth seeing… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I was able to be distant by portraying another person, another character, if you will, and I found myself not stuttering and… — Pam Grier Copy Share Image
Stuttering and trying to find your thoughts, the imperfections make the performances better. — Justin Roiland Copy Share Image
“You wouldn't think there is anything life threatening about speech impediments, but let me tell you, there is nothing more dangerous than… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
To stutter through it with you or even stop stuttering and say nothing, was so lucky and soft, better talk than mile-a-minute… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
“I may be deprived of eloquence, but my mind can never be a dumb.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“His stutter didn't like the idea of wooing and silenced any attempts to broach the subject.” — Peadar Ó Guilín Copy Share Image