Speaking Quotes

1939 Speaking quotes by 1471 unique authors

Nobody tells the history of marijuana and its prohibition like Russ Belville does. He has a special talent for presenting scholarship in a remarkably engaging… — Ethan Nadelmann
The National Book Festival is a great way for families and friends to share the creative works of some of America's most-loved authors, .. Readers… — Laura Bush
Bush is almost always clear when he's speaking cruelly. For example, when the subject is the punitive infliction of great pain, there is no problem… — Mark Crispin Miller
Historically speaking, institutions are slow to change and usually resistant to any sudden moves - churches especially so. — Gene Robinson
The places I come from have such rich languages, such a variety of expression. In Sierra Leone we have about fifteen languages and three dialects.… — Ishmael Beah
Music is all about transporting people; speaking a language which languages fail to express. — A. R. Rahman
Most people don't want to die, but they don't want to live either. I am speaking about men now as much as women. They look… — Jonathan Rosen
Why is an actor's unintentional giggling called a 'corpse'? It seems to me quite the opposite. It proves that he's very much alive, and can… — Antony Sher
If everyone is speaking caterpillar, don’t be afraid to speak butterfly. When it’s time to awaken, nothing else will suit you. — Tama J. Kieves
When a man has a gift in speaking the truth, brute aggression is no longer his security blanket for approval. He, on the contrary, spends… — Criss Jami
In order to be able thus to misjudge, and thus to grant left-handed veneration to our classics, people must have ceased to know them. This,… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Any sort of plain speaking is better than the nauseous sham good fellowship our democratic public men get up for shop use. — George Bernard Shaw
The doctrine of equality! ... But there is no more venomous poison in existence: for it appears to be preached by justice itself, when it… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Strictly speaking, the mass, as a psychological fact, can be defined without waiting for individuals to appear in mass formation. In the presence of one… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
I have never said that human society ought to be aristocratic, but a great deal more than that. What I have said, and still believe… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
What the people call eloquence is the facility some persons have of speaking alone and for a long time, aided by extravagant gestures, a loud… — Jean de la Bruyere
Madame de Staël thought it was pride in mankind to endeavour to penetrate the secret of the universe; and speaking of the higher metaphysics she… — Madame de Stael
Bilingualism is not an imposition on the citizens. The citizens can go on speaking one language or six languages, or no languages if they so… — Pierre Trudeau
A nation isthe universality of citizens speaking the same tongue. — Giuseppe Mazzini
It is not the man speaking through the woman, it is the woman speaking through the man. — Arlene Croce
Using SROI to explore the value of our online question and answer service, askTheSite, helped us develop new mechanisms for speaking to young people and… — Sarah McCoy
There is again a living prophet on the earth speaking in the name of the Lord. And how we need such guidance! Our times are… — Jeffrey R. Holland
Look in the face of the person to whom you are speaking if you wish to know his real sentiments, for he can command his… — Bill Vaughan
Kids don't talk like adults, but kids on the spectrum don't necessarily fall into the same patterns of speaking or have the same interests as… — Bill Vaughan
Strictly speaking, the land does not exist; it is merely dehydrated sea. — Alan Coren

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