Speaking Quotes

1939 Speaking quotes by 1471 unique authors

Here and there, human nature may be great in times of trial, but generally speaking it is its weakness and not its strength that appears… — Jane Austen
And the poem, I think, is only your voice speaking. — Virginia Woolf
My heart sings of your longing for me, and my thoughts climb down to marvel at your mercy. I do not fear as you gather… — Leonard Cohen
Generally speaking, the most miserable people I know are those who are obsessed with themselves; the happiest people I know are those who lose themselves… — Gordon B. Hinckley
In this long eternal quest to be more like our Savior, may we try to be “perfect” men and women in at least this one… — Jeffrey R. Holland
Speaking personally, you can have my gun, but you'll take my book when you pry my cold, dead fingers off of the binding. — Stephen King
The question occurred to me: Well, if that's so, if the Divine is ultimately formless and genderless, what's the big deal? Why all this bother?… — Sue Monk Kidd
Properly speaking, should any individual ever have exact, clear knowledge of his own core consciousness?" "I wouldn't know," I said. "Nor would we," said the… — Haruki Murakami
We all dream dreams of unity, of purity; we all dream that there's an authoritative voice out there that will explain things, including ourselves. If… — Junot Diaz
Digory never spoke on the way back, and the others were shy of speaking to him. He was very sad and he wasn't even sure… — C.S. Lewis
The two friends stood for a few moments on the windy street corner, not speaking a word, as two travelers, who have lost their way,… — Willa Cather
Properly speaking, the unconscious is the real psychic; its inner nature is just as unknown to us as the reality of the external world, and… — Sigmund Freud
It is not that I do not get angry. I don't give vent to my anger. I cultivate the quality of patience as angerlessness, and… — Mahatma Gandhi
So for all that we might speak words in each other's vicinity, this could never develop into anything that could be called a conversation. It… — Haruki Murakami
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has taken a lifetime to learn. It seems only the old are able to sit… — Nicholas Sparks
The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched out, if possible, to destroy the freedom of thinking, speaking,… — John Adams
The theologian who labors without joy is not a theologian at all. Sulky faces, morose thoughts and boring ways of speaking are intolerable in this… — Karl Barth
You are dead- what am I speaking to? — Philip Pullman
Every so often I take out a volume and read a page or two. After all, reading is looking after in a manner of speaking.… — Diane Setterfield
All I ask is this: Do something. Try something. Speaking out, showing up, writing a letter, a check, a strongly worded e-mail. Pick a cause… — Joss Whedon
But marriage is one long sacrifice.... Chapter 21, Medora Manson speaking to Newland Archer — Edith Wharton
I know that I have to move from speaking about Jesus to letting him speak within me, from thinking about Jesus to letting him think… — Henri Nouwen
While my friend always spoke about the sun, I kept speaking about the clouds, until one day I realized that it was the sun that… — Henri Nouwen
Statistically speaking, there is a 65 percent chance that the love of your life is having an affair. Be very suspicious. — Scott Dikkers
The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails. — William Shakespeare

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