Spoke Quotes

808 Spoke quotes by 624 unique authors

The story about me, apocryphal or not, is that I could sing before I spoke. My parents went into bedroom one day and there I… — Linda Lavin
It is true that despite occasional gleams of Churchillian eloquence he [Gen. Douglas MacArthur] usually spoke poorly. He was far more effective in conversations a… — William Manchester
Creation was given to people as a clean window through which the light of God could shine into people's souls. Sun and moon, night and… — Thomas Merton
Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the Word with boldness. Even when threatened with punishment, he said that he could not help… — David Jeremiah
A story must be told in such a way that it constitutes help in itself. My grandfather was lame. Once they asked him to tell… — Martin Buber
She spoke perfect English, which led to considerable trouble. She couldn't understand us at all. — Bob Hope
I once spoke to a human geneticist who declared that the notion of intelligence was quite meaningless, so I tried calling him unintelligent. He was… — Peter Medawar
If I spoke Italian, I'd be in Italy in a minute. I love the food, I love the way people live there. I mean, it… — Bonnie Bedelia
The multitude will hardly believe the excessive force of education, and in the difference of modesty between men and women, ascribe that to nature, which… — Bernard de Mandeville
I spoke so much about being a manic-depressive. I want to bring everyone back to my earliest memories of this companion of mine. Some people… — Richard Dreyfuss
Well, with the French language, which I understood and spoke, however imperfectly, and read in great quantities, at certain times, the matter I suppose was… — Robert Fitzgerald
One of the reasons I wanted to teach deaf children was because it made me very sad that they spoke so clumsily and that they… — Stephanie Beacham
My first language is both English and Spanish. My mom was raised in Los Angeles, so with her we spoke English, but my father was… — Jencarlos Canela
The more I do bookstores, the more people come up to me from church groups. I spoke at Pittsburg State College and had 2 or… — Anita Diament
In my early writing, all of my characters were exactly the same person. They all spoke the same, made the same types of jokes, reacted… — James Dashner
I was born the son of a lawless man, always spoke my mind with a gun in my hand. — Christopher Cross
... Oceanic malaise. I never saw anyone reading anything more demanding than a comic book. I never heard any youth express an interest in science… — Paul Theroux
I found my life's calling when you spoke my name. — John Michael Montgomery
Coming from a technology background, I mostly worked behind the scenes or let the men take the lead. I had to learn to assert myself,… — Regina Agyare
I suspect that Jesus spoke many of his parables as a kind of sad and holy joke and that that may be part of why… — Frederick Buechner
I grew up speaking Spanish and English. My mother can speak Spanish, English, French and Italian, and she's pretty good at faking Portuguese. I wish… — Sebastian Arcelus
When I discovered Gil Scott-Heron, I discovered a musical hero, a man who spoke baritone truth to power over jazzy funk at a time when… — Will Hermes
I would say Pittsburgh softly each time before throwing him up. Whisper Pittsburgh with my mouth against the tiny ear and throw him higher. Pittsburgh… — Jack Gilbert
Last time I spoke to my mom she called me from a pay phone, and we didn't have the best talk. Ever since my stepdad… — Eric West
I spoke bluntly about what I had seen in a little over a year as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.… — Preet Bharara

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