Spoken Word Quotes

80 quotes by 74 authors

People around you are quick to read your attitude of thought toward them. Inner thoughts and feelings are communicated in ways other than by the… — Grenville Kleiser
Exactly. She does not shine as a wife even in her own account of what occurred. I am not a whole-souled admirer of womankind, as… — Arthur Conan Doyle
On the field of battle, the spoken word does not carry far enough; hence the institution of gongs and drums... banners and flags. Gongs and… — Sun Tzu
Just remember, the language of gesture is more effective than the spoken word. Body language is very powerful. Bring the balance within you and project… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
Every spoken word double-crosses us. The only tolerable form of communication is the written word, since it isn't a stone in a bridge between souls… — Fernando Pessoa
...man is a musical being. His origin is in the spoken Word. By sound was he sustained and by music he evolved. One day he… — Corinne Heline
But perhaps, after so much talk and fighting, unspoken words do create a silence in whose gentleness the survivors of good and bad can sleep… — Miljenko Jergovic
Man's word is his wand filled with magic and power!Â Man comes into the world financed by God, with all that he desires or requires… — Florence Scovel Shinn
Paintings may not have nearly the power to convert people that the printed or spoken word has, but each man has his part to play… — William Kurelek
Orphans, dead parents, lonely children at Christmas, morose spoken word recordings, everything you love about the holidays. Move the turkey over so you can fit… — April Winchell
[Comedian Jerry Seinfeld was nominated for a Grammy for his spoken-word children's album] Halloween... Don't Give Up on Me. — Jamie Lee Curtis
Like a beautiful flower that is colorful but has no fragrance, even well spoken words bear no fruit in one who does not put them… — Gautama Buddha
Being deeply learned and skilled, being well trained and using well spoken words; This is good luck. — Gautama Buddha
You are at a choice-point in every moment of each circumstance, each activity, spoken word and thought. — Michael Beckwith
Many a spoken word is more piercing than an attack. — Ali ibn Abi Talib
As a flower that is lovely and beautiful, but is scentless, even so fruitless is the well-spoken word of one who practices it not. — Gautama Buddha
Overall I think the show went well, kudos to Miss Jeanie It was well rounded. From artwork to singing, to spoken word to short films,… — Angie Brown
Photographs have the kind of authority over imagination to-day, which the printed word had yesterday, and the spoken word before that. They seem utterly real.… — Walter Lippmann
In some instances, music is actually better than the spoken word, because it doesn't need to be understood. — Victor Wooten
Nothing is more unaccountable than the spell that often lurks in a spoken word. A thought may be present to the mind, and two minds… — Nathaniel Hawthorne

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