Speaking Quotes

1939 Speaking quotes by 1471 unique authors

When millions of tons of angry elephant come spinning through the sky, and there was no one there to hear it, does it - philosopically… — Terry Pratchett
Most English-speaking people, for instance, will admit that cellar door is 'beautiful', especially if dissociated from its sense (and its spelling). More beautiful than, say,… — J.R.R. Tolkien
The psychotic does not merely think he sees four blue bivalves with floppy wings wandering up the wall; he does see them. An hallucination is… — Philip K. Dick
I believe that one always does himself and his audience an injustice when he speaks merely for the sake of speaking. I do not believe… — Booker T. Washington
Speaking of myself, I was made to realize long ago that the old trade union was utterly incompetent to deal successfully with the exploiting corporations… — Eugene V. Debs
Speaking in tongues is as normal to me as 'Pass the salt' It's a secret, direct prayer language to God. — Katy Perry
Pity the nation that has to silence its writers for speaking their minds. Pity the nation that needs to jail those who ask for justice,… — Arundhati Roy
It is only through the psyche that we can establish that God acts upon us, but we are unable to distinguish whether these actions emanate… — Carl Jung
When I was 12 years old, I was just horrible. My parents were ashamed to watch my matches. I would play on a court at… — Roger Federer
Speaking as a man, it's not a woman's issue. Us men are tired of losing our women. — Dan Quayle
We're at a time when we are being presented with undeniable changes in the global climate and fundamental issues that affect every single one of… — Thom Yorke
Generally speaking, color directly influences the soul. — Wassily Kandinsky
Speaking of a future at most only decades away, an experimenter in intelligence control asserted, “I foresee a time when we shall have the means… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
MEMRI allows an audience far beyond the Arabic-speaking world to observe the wide variety of Arab voices speaking through the media, schoolbooks, and pulpits to… — Richard Holbrooke
Just as the right to speak and the right to refrain from speaking are complementary components of a broader concept of individual freedom, so also… — John Paul Stevens
I would tell him that shoot me but first listen to me. And I would tell him that education is my right and education is… — Malala Yousafzai
There was a time when women social activists asked men to stand up for their rights, but this time we will do it by ourselves.… — Malala Yousafzai
I didn't know anything about fashion. I couldn't believe it when I got here. I don't know how I'm sitting here right now speaking English. — Adriana Lima
The Holocaust is a central event in many people's lives, but it also has become a metaphor for our century. There cannot be an end… — Aharon Appelfeld
Speaking about climate change is not a matter of intellectual luxury – the phenomenon is an actual fact … all of the industrialised countries, especially… — Osama bin Laden
Speaking from my experience as a person involved for a long time in building the European Union, it is important to have patience and efforts… — Giorgio Napolitano
All of us have a God in us, and that God is the spirit that unites all life, everything that is on this planet. It… — Wangari Maathai
An anecdote is related of Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper (1621-1683), who, in speaking of religion, said, "People differ in their discourse and profession about these… — Gilbert Burnet
Through my singing and acting and speaking, I want to make freedom ring. Maybe I can touch people's hearts better than I can their minds,… — Paul Robeson
Broadly speaking, I learned to recognize sin as the refusal to live up to the enlightenment we possess: to know the right order of values… — Unknown Author

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