Speak Quotes
7113 Speak quotes by 4090 unique authors
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Who speaks the truth stabs falsehood to the heart.
— James Russell Lowell
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Nobody speaks the truth when there's something they must have.
— Elizabeth Bowen
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When I speak to you about myself, I am speaking to you about yourself. How is it you don't see that?
— Victor Hugo
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Faith speaks when hope is disassembled; faith lives when hope dies dead.
— Algernon Charles Swinburne
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Today's Uncle Tom doesn't wear a handkerchief on his head. This modern, twentieth-century Uncle Thomas now often wears a top hat. He's usually well-dressed and…
— Malcolm X
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I speak about universal evolution and teleological evolution; because I think the process of evolution reflects the wisdom of nature. I see the need for…
— Jonas Salk
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Every man may speak truly, but to speak methodically, prudently, and fully is a talent that few men have.
— Michel de Montaigne
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Speak with the speech of the world; think with the thoughts of the few.
— John Hay
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None love to speak so much, when the mood of speaking comes, as they who are naturally taciturn.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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It is most difficult to speak when we are ashamed of being silent.
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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We may hope that machines will eventually compete with men in all purely intellectual fields. But which are the best ones to start with? Many…
— Alan Turing
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To speak in literature with the perfect rectitude and insouciance of the movements of animals and the unimpeachable of the sentiment of trees in the…
— Walt Whitman
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It is less dishonor to hear imperfectly than to speak imperfectly. The ears are excused; the understanding is not.
— Ben Jonson
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The Bible is alive, it speaks to me; it has feet, it runs after me; it has hands, it lays hold of me.
— Martin Luther
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Live among others as if God beheld you; speak to God as if others were listening.
— Seneca the Younger
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The angels are so enamored of the language that is spoken in heaven that they will not distort their lips with the hissing and unmusical…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The world today speaks a great deal about love, and it is sought by many. But the pure love of Christ differs greatly from what…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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When we change our daily lives - the way we think, speak and act - we change the world.
— Nhat Hanh
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Every day, passion speaks to us through our feelings. That's why when you allow yourself to become anesthetized by what others think, you literally block…
— Oprah Winfrey
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I speak the password primeval; I give the sign of democracy.
— Walt Whitman
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