Speak Quotes

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Bullshit is unavoidable when circumstances require someone to talk without knowing what he is talking about. Thus, the production of bullshit is stimulated whenever a… — Harry Frankfurt
I paint ideas, not things. My intention is less to paint works that are pleasing to the eye than to suggest great thoughts which will… — George Frederic Watts
We become intoxicated with color, with words that speak of color, and with the sun that makes colors brighter. — Andre Derain
Art has always had as its test in the long term the ability to speak to our innermost selves. — Bill Viola
The characteristic property of hallucinogens, to suspend the boundaries between the experiencing self and the outer world in an ecstatic, emotional experience, makes it posible… — Albert Hofmann
God speaks as softly as he can and as loud as he has to. — Unknown Author
The beneficial effect of state intervention, especially in the form of legislation, is direct, immediate, and so to speak, visible, while its evil effects are… — A. V. Dicey
We are responsible for the quality of our vision, we have a say in the shaping of our sensibility. In the many thousand daily choices… — Carolyn Forche
For a billion years the patient earth amassed documents and inscribed them with signs and pictures which lay unnoticed and unused. Today, at last, they… — Hans Cloos
In the final, the positive, state, the mind has given over the vain search after absolute notions, the origin and destination of the universe, and… — Auguste Comte
This [the opening of the Vatican City radio station built by Marconi earlier in 1931] was a new demonstration of the harmony between science and… — Pope Pius XI
The phosphorous smell which is developed when electricity (to speak the profane language) is passing from the points of a conductor into air, or when… — Christian Friedrich Schonbein
Some may claim that is it unscientific to speak of the operations of nature as "miracles." But the point of the title lies in the… — Elisha Gray
To my mind, you cannot speak about the need for leadership within our communities without being prepared to take on responsibility yourself. It's not enough… — Jackie Huggins
Baptize first the children; and if they can speak for themselves, let them do so. Otherwise, let their parents or other relatives speak for them. — Hippolytus of Rome
Animals cannot speak, but can you and I not speak for them and represent them? Let us all feel their silent cry of agony and… — Unknown Author
One should not hurt others even by words. One must not speak an unpleasant truth unnecessarily. — Sarada Devi
I have two children. I have a daughter 29, and a daughter four. They are 25 years apart, so you speak about generations and I… — Burt Ward
Failure is not the opposite to success, it's a stepping stone to success. If our primary goal is to be approved of, then we are… — Arianna Huffington
Mourn not the dead that in the cool earth lie, but rather mourn the apathetic, throng the coward and the meek who see the world's… — Ralph Chaplin
Socrates and then Archesilaus used to make their pupils speak first; they spoke afterwards. 'Obest plerumque iss discere volunt authoritas eorum qui docent.' [For those… — Michel de Montaigne
What is the source of our first suffering? It lies in the fact that we hesitated to speak. It was born in the moment when… — Gaston Bachelard
If you want to resolve a dispute or come out from conflict, the very first thing is to speak the truth. If you have a… — Ziauddin Yousafzai
Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly and, if you speak, speak accordingly. — Benjamin Franklin
Just be what you are and speak from your guts and heart - it's all a person has. — Hubert H. Humphrey

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