Speaking Quotes

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Strictly speaking, there are no such things as good and bad impulses. Think...of a piano. It has not got two kinds of notes on it,… — C.S. Lewis
There are those hearts, reader, that never mend again once they are broken. Or if they do mend, they heal themselves in a crooked and… — Kate DiCamillo
(Speaking of the Cistercian monks) A grim fraternity, passing grim lives in that sweet spot, that God had made so bright! Strange that Nature's voices… — Jerome K. Jerome
Besides, if I wanted to hear people speaking wall-to-wall French, all I had to do was remove my headphones and participate in what is known… — David Sedaris
People are, generally speaking, either dead certain or totally indifferent. — Jostein Gaarder
For a week, almost without speaking, they went ahead like sleepwalkers through a universe of grief, lighted only by the tenuous reflection of luminous insects,… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
You are speaking of my future lover. Be more respectful. — Charlaine Harris
As a philosopher, if I were speaking to a purely philosophic audience I should say that I ought to describe myself as an Agnostic, because… — Bertrand Russell
The first rule of my speaking is: listen! — Larry King
Yawns are not the only infectious things out there besides germs. Giggles can spread from person to person. So can blushing. But maybe the most… — Vera Nazarian
I am not one of those who believe - broadly speaking - that women are better than men. We have not wrecked railroads, nor corrupted… — Jane Addams
An unalterable and unquestioned law of the musical world required that the German text of French operas sung by Swedish artists should be translated into… — Edith Wharton
You do not seek to kill me, Dumbledore?” called Voldemort, his scarlet eyes narrowed. “Above such brutality, are you?” “We both know that there are… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Walkers are 'practitioners of the city,' for the city is made to be walked. A city is a language, a repository of possibilities, and walking… — Rebecca Solnit
at last you, will say (maybe without speaking) (there are mountains inside your skull garden and chaos, ocean and hurricane; certain corners of rooms, portraits… — Margaret Atwood
His smile was the nightmare in my back pocket.(Speaking about Ronald Reagan) — William Gibson
I have no idea how he knows when I need him. We can go weeks without speaking, and then, when my blue moods threaten to… — David Levithan
What could he mean by speaking so, as if I were always thinking that he cared for me, when I know he does not; he… — Elizabeth Gaskell
Properly speaking, of course, there is no such thing as a return to nature, because there is no such thing as a departure from it.… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
It's amazing I won. I was running against peace, prosperity, and incumbency." —George W. Bush, June 14, 2001, speaking to Swedish Prime Minister Goran Perrson,… — George W. Bush
Many Indians have told me that the most basic difference between Western and indigenous ways of being is that Westerners view the world as dead,… — Derrick Jensen
Statistically speaking, there's a better chance that some part of me will go on to greatness somewhere in the world. I'd rather be partly great… — Neal Shusterman
The earth is speaking to us, but we can't hear because of all the racket our senses are making. Sometimes we need to erase them,… — Jerry Spinelli
I do try to say, God’s will be done, sir,” said the Squire, looking up at Mr. Gibson for the first time, and speaking with… — Elizabeth Gaskell
In youth,' he said, speaking as if from a great distance, 'we believe, and the death of belief forces us to disavow all belief. But… — Michelle Sagara

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