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1939 Speaking quotes by 1471 unique authors

Now you see, Dr. Stadler, you're speaking as if this book were addressing to a thinking audience. If it were, one would have to be… — Ayn Rand
...morally speaking, there is no limit to the concern one must feel for the suffering of human beings, that indifference to evil is worse than… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
I'm a child in that respect: able to live, physically speaking, on a crumb of anticipation for weeks at a time, but always in danger… — ZoÃ« Heller
To speak robin to a robin is like speaking French to a Frenchman — Frances Hodgson Burnett
I can't keep my head above water one minute to the next: it's not just the parties and the goo-gooing with what's-her-name, I've got the… — William Goldman
And speaking of scary things, I need to leave. My guides are fading even as we speak. (Talon) I hate when you commune with the… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
However,' said Dumbledore, speaking very slowly and clearly so that none of them could miss a word, 'you will find that I will only truly… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Memory's images, once they are fixed in words, are erased," Polo said. "Perhaps I am afraid of losing Venice all at once, if I speak… — Italo Calvino
Speaking of which, would you like to explain to me how you’re alive — Stephenie Meyer
Gwendolen, it is a terrible thing for a man to find out suddenly that all his life he has been speaking nothing but the truth.… — Oscar Wilde
In a way fighting was just like using magic. You said the words, and they altered the universe. By merely speaking you could create damage… — Lev Grossman
He never spoke of that night again, not to your mother, not to anyone else. He was ashamed for her, for Mickey, for himself. In… — Mitch Albom
Speaking of, her family is due in any minute to claim her body. What am I supposed to tell them when we can’t give the… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
If Under fell, if Over leaped, If death was life and Death life reaped, Something rises from the gloom, To make the Underland a tomb… — Suzanne Collins
Best way then is to be waiting for them to bring Halt and the others out of that prison,” he said, almost to himself. “There’s… — John Flanagan
Hollywood movies are designed for 15-year-old youths from North Dakota who, intellectually speaking, are on equal terms with a British zoo animal. — Jeremy Clarkson
And, since they are theater people, they are all talking. All of them. Simultaneously. They do not need to be heard; they only need to… — John Green
The WWII generation shares so many common values: duty, honor, country, personal responsibility and the marriage vow " For better or for worse--it was the… — Tom Brokaw
Generally speaking, books don't cause much harm. Except when you read them, that is. Then they cause all kinds of problems. — Pseudonymous Bosch
You speak baby gibberish?' asked Jack. 'Fluently. The adult-education center ran a course, and I have a lot of time on my hands.' 'So what… — Jasper Fforde
In the past seven years of love-making he had heard the words "I love you" so many times: from the mouths of widows and children,… — Jonathan Safran Foer
Why do I constantly feel as if all of you are speaking a foreign language? What is ‘grabbing a burger at the Hard Rock’ supposed… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Speaking the Lord’s name with reverence must simply be part of our lives as members of the Church... we do not use foul language. We… — Spencer W. Kimball
Well, speaking as a feminist, I'm glad that women can lead--uh, groups of unspeakable magical evil." "Yes," Alan said gravely. "It'd be shoking if the… — Sarah Rees Brennan
- So my own sister will not promote me? Speaking of which, weren't you supposed to find me a beautiful future wife with a small… — Libba Bray

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