Spoke Quotes

808 Spoke quotes by 624 unique authors

Marvin Gaye is one of my favorite revolutionaries. He spoke from his heart, his mind. That's what I want to do. — Erykah Badu
Ghosts, like ladies, never speak till spoke to. — Richard Harris Barham
For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and the greatest saints of the Church are those who despise… — Annie Besant
I was in the fashion shows in Milan; I was seventeen, I was doing like 100 shows. People were asking, 'How does it feel to… — Gisele Bundchen
'Stress' was the catch-all every pamper-pedlar I spoke to used to explain why healthy women feel the need to be regularly patted, petted and preened… — Julie Burchill
God bless my father, but he always spoke in this continental, literary accent, probably because he was a professor of comparative literature and he made… — Nicolas Cage
Jesus did not get stuck in intellectual arguments with people. He did not go for the intellect; He went for the conscience. He spoke to… — Kirk Cameron
I got all A's and was hated for it; I spoke correctly and was called a punk. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I went by myself to Hollywood, I spoke no English, every day I had to go to school. — Jackie Chan
Mom spent the time that she was supposed to be a kid actully raising children, her younger brother and younger sister. She was tough as… — Chris Christie
As a young man, Yeats spoke to me in a way I could understand. Shakespeare I couldn't understand, but Yeats I could. It was his… — Leonard Cohen
My life has been one great big joke, a dance that's walked a song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I… — Maya Angelou
I liked to write from the time I was about 12 or 13. I loved to read. And since I only spoke to my brother,… — Maya Angelou
From one till seven, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese. But I can't speak a word of it now. — Francesca Annis
I recently spoke with Barbara Jordan of the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform, and I increasingly believe we need a system to verify employment eligibility.… — William J. Clinton
Bertrand Russell had given a talk on the then new quantum mechanics, of whose wonders he was most appreciative. He spoke hard and earnestly in… — J. Robert Oppenheimer
Christ is the Word of God. It is not in certain texts written in the New Testament, valuable as they are; it is not in… — Phillips Brooks
Jesus was not a whisperer. No one ever saw Him close to His neighbor's ear, looking stealthily around lest some one should overhear what He… — Samuel Logan Brengle
The inattentive, slovenly way we drift into the presence of God is an indication that we are not bothering to think about Him. Whenever our… — Oswald Chambers
Brute force crushes many plants. Yet the plants rise again. The Pyramids will not last a moment compared with the daisy. And before Buddha or… — D. H. Lawrence
Historians will come to their own judgments about President Kennedy. Here is how I choose to remember him. He was an heir to wealth who… — Edward Kennedy
For, as it is written in the book of the Prophets: 'And the angel that spoke in me, said to me...' He does not say,… — Saint Augustine
When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered snow, They melted as they fell. — John Dryden
Greek mathematics is the real thing. The Greeks first spoke a language which modern mathematicians can understand... So Greek mathematics is 'permanent', more permanent even… — G. H. Hardy
eBay had two main things that really spoke to me. It enabled individuals to do things that they could not have done without the Web.… — Meg Whitman

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