Speaking Quotes

1939 Speaking quotes by 1471 unique authors

A Christian reveals true humility by showing the gentleness of Christ, by being always ready to help others, by speaking kind words and performing unselfish… — Ellen G. White
As for the extraordinary operations of the Holy Ghost, such as working of miracles, or speaking with divers kinds of tongues, they are long since… — George Whitefield
I heard an Israeli speaking on Palestinian human rights issues, an interesting guy, and he said 'There's no military solution to terrorism. If there were,… — Bradley Whitford
In the confusion we stay with each other, happy to be together, speaking without uttering a single word. — Walt Whitman
I hated speaking in public. I would miss school just so I wouldn't have to do it. — Kristen Wiig
For people who have been raised on text-based interactions, just speaking on the telephone can be high bandwidth to the point of anxiety. — Daniel H. Wilson
I wonder anybody does anything at Oxford but dream and remember, the place is so beautiful. One almost expects the people to sing instead of… — William Butler Yeats
Generally speaking, if people are prepared to stick their heads above the power pit, like Zinn says, and absorb what's going on around them, it… — Thom Yorke
If you just compare South Africans to the rest of the world, I think that white South Africans, and especially English-speaking white South Africans, are… — Neill Blomkamp
The one thing I have never been afraid of is standing before important people and speaking my mind. I represent women who may never have… — Leymah Gbowee
For where all love is, the speaking is unnecessary — Diana Gabaldon
Nothing gives a sadder sense of decay than this loss or suspension of the power to deal with unaccustomed things, and to keep up with… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
They said, “You are a savage and dangerous woman.” I am speaking the truth. And the truth is savage and dangerous. — Nawal El Saadawi
No-one is exempt from speaking nonsense – the only misfortune is to do it solemnly. — Michel de Montaigne
See how weak prose is.... Presently I shall go to a bar and there one or two poets will speak to me and I to… — Jack Spicer
The Red Poppy The great thing is not having a mind. Feelings: oh, I have those; they govern me. I have a lord in heaven… — Louise GluÌˆck
Conscience is no more than the dead speaking to us. — Jim Carroll
To commit herself to becoming "an apostle of Joy" when humanly speaking she might have felt at the brink of despair, was heroic indeed. She… — Brian Kolodiejchuk
The former stewardess glared at her ex-pilot husband as if he had been speaking, and thinking, in the absence of sufficient oxygen. — John Irving
I finished my first book seventy-six years ago. I offered it to every publisher on the English-speaking earth I had ever heard of. Their refusals… — George Bernard Shaw
One Christmas was so much like another, in those years around the sea-town corner now and out of all sound except the distant speaking of… — Dylan Thomas
The rose fell into his lap, and he looked up, startled. Mimi grinned. "Hey handsom" Mimi sent. "What's up?" Jack replied, without speaking. "Just thinking… — Melissa de la Cruz
I shall forget you presently, my dear, So make the most of this, your little day, Your little month, your little half a year, Ere… — Edna St. Vincent Millay
Kurt Vonnegut speaking to John Irving while Irving was administering the Heimlich maneuver in response to Vonnegut's uncontrollable coughing..."John,stop- I am not choking. I have… — Kurt Vonnegut
Women should be respected as well! Generally speaking, men are held in great esteem in all parts of the world, so why shouldn't women have… — Anne Frank

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