Speaking Quotes

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Then others for breath of words respect, Me for my dumb thoughts, speaking in effect. — William Shakespeare
Look at children. Of course they may quarrel, but generally speaking they do not harbor ill feelings as much or as long as adults do.… — Dalai Lama
If we knew how often the obedience of others is affected by our own, and how often our stepping forth soon brings forth a whole… — Neal A. Maxwell
Anything we need to know, we can learn it from a book. Reading, careful study, a little practice, and we’re throwing knives expertly, overhauling engines,… — Richard Bach
It's the centuries, Scarlett darling. All the life lived there, all the joy and all the sorrow, all the feasts and battles, they're in the… — Alexandra Ripley
Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
(Ravic speaking of a butterfly caught in the Louvre) In the morning it would search for flowers and life and the light honey of blossoms… — Erich Maria Remarque
Stop it," spluttered Eustace, "go away. Put that thing away. It's not safe. Stop it, I say. I'll tell Caspian. I'll have you muzzled and… — C.S. Lewis
Speaking, writing, and discoursing are not mere acts of communication; they are above all acts of compulsion. Please follow me. Trust me, for deep feeling… — Trinh T. Minh-ha
My most persistent memory of stand - up is of my mouth being in the present and my mind being in the future: the mouth… — Steve Martin
I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the most sacred--that of keeping their own nobleness, goodness, pure and… — Harriet Beecher Stowe
Normally I didn’t see a great deal. I didn’t hear a great deal either. I didn’t pay attention. Strictly speaking I wasn’t there. Strictly speaking… — Samuel Beckett
Generally speaking, I think it is fair to say that I am a friend to the creatures of the Earth when I am not busy… — John Hodgman
He thought of the number of girls and women she had seen marry, how many homes with children in them she had seen grow up… — Charles Dickens
A great nation is not saved by wars, it is saved by acts without external picturesqueness; by speaking, writing, voting reasonably; by smiting corruption swiftly;… — William James
Literary fiction and poetry are real marginalized right now. There's a fallacy that some of my friends sometimes fall into, the ol' "The audience is… — David Foster Wallace
If we communicated with something like music, we would never be misunderstood, because there is nothing in music to understand...... But until we find this… — Jonathan Safran Foer
Cynically speaking, one could say that it is true to life to be cynical about it. — Paul Tillich
Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly. — Mahatma Gandhi
[Speaking] is never without fear; of visibility, of the harsh light of scrutiny and perhaps judgment, of pain, of death. But we have lived through… — Audre Lorde
She tried to explain the real state of the case to her sister. "I do not attempt to deny," said she, "that I think very… — Jane Austen
You were disgusted with the women who were always speaking and looking, and thinking for your approbation alone. I roused, and interested you, because I… — Jane Austen
The universe contains any amount of horrible ways to be woken up, such as the noise of the mob breaking down the front door, the… — Terry Pratchett
Punctuationally speaking, wonder is a period at the end of a statement we've long taken for granted, suddenly looking up and seeing the sinuous curve… — David James Duncan
I mean to say, I know perfectly well that I've got, roughly speaking, half the amount of brain a normal bloke ought to possess. And… — P.G. Wodehouse

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