Speaking Quotes
1939 Speaking quotes by 1471 unique authors
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I am a Mexican that has been lucky enough to travel the world, speaking English, but with a heart that speaks a universal language.
— Cesar Millan
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Strictly speaking, no activity and no industry is possible without a certain amount of violence, no matter how little. Even the very process of living…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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When will talkers refrain from evil speaking: when listeners refrain from evil-hearing.
— Augustus William Hare
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When you worry, there is static coming through your mind radio. God's song is the song of calmness. Nervousness is the static; calmness is the…
— Paramahansa Yogananda
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There on the sofa, as I nursed Maxie and her eyes slid closed, I said to the girls, 'I think nursing is where kisses come…
— Katherine Center
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A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.
— Sophocles
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The whole idea of revenge and punishment is a childish day-dream. Properly speaking, there is no such thing as revenge. Revenge is an act which…
— George Orwell
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Those who keep speaking about the sun while walking under a cloudy sky are messengers of hope, the true saints of our day.
— Henri Nouwen
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Generally speaking, the best people nowadays go into journalism, the second best into business, the rubbish into politics and the shits into law
— Auberon Waugh
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I am not strictly speaking mad, for my mind is absolutely normal in the intervals, and even more so than before. But during the attacks…
— Vincent Van Gogh
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I have all the time in the world. I am in touch with the timeless. I am surrounded by infinity. When I think like that,…
— Deepak Chopra
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Rigel, Betelgeuse, and Orion. There was no finer church, no finer choir, than the stars speaking in silence to the many consumptives silently condemned, a…
— Mark Helprin
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Properly speaking, all true work is religion.
— Thomas Carlyle
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Good Heavens! For more than forty years I have been speaking prose without knowing it.
— Moliere
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It has long been a theory of mine and I am known, if I do say so, for my long theories that authors, generally speaking,…
— Cleveland Amory
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I've traveled all over the country for years speaking in churches, teaching the Ten Commandments. It's amazing if 2 percent of any congregation knows the…
— Randall Terry
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Speaking of Oscars, I would win overwhelmingly if the Academy gave an Oscar for faking orgasms. I have done some of my best acting convincing…
— Marilyn Monroe
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Let the inner ear listen to the voice of truth that is always speaking.
— Ernest Holmes
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Surveys show that the #1 fear of Americans is public speaking. #2 is death. That means that at a funeral, the average American would rather…
— Jerry Seinfeld
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I don't mind expressing my opinions and speaking out against injustice. I would be doing this even if I wasn't a writer. I grew up…
— Tayari Jones
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If you want to change your life, begin by changing your words. Start speaking the words of your dreams, of who you want to become,…
— Robert Kiyosaki
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Love is appreciating, complimenting, feeling gratitude, and speaking good words to others.
— Rhonda Byrne
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There is a grace of kind listening, as well as a grace of kind speaking.
— Frederick William Faber
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We need a fundamental change of mindset with regards to the way we speak and behave about sex and sexuality. Boys and men have a…
— Nelson Mandela
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Strictly speaking, there is no such thing as an enlightened person. There is only enlightened activity.
— Shunryu Suzuki
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