Best We Speak Lines

253 We Speak quotes by 215 unique authors

In my house, we speak Spanglish to the dogs, to the grandchildren, to the kids. — Cristina Saralegui
There's often a distressing disconnect between the good words we speak and the way we live our lives. In personal relations and politics, the mass… — Parker J. Palmer
When we speak our words to God with thanksgiving and release them with the faith that our requests will be granted, we put ourselves in… — Donna Fargo
It is not our sexual preferences, the color of our skin, the language we speak, nor the religion we practice that creates friction, hatred and… — Yehuda Berg
Of course, the majority of us would speak up in the face of outrageous bigotry, but do we speak up in a social situation when… — Jack Antonoff
Human language is lit with animal life: we play cats-cradle or have hare-brained ideas; we speak of badgering, or outfoxing someone; to squirrel something away… — Jay Griffiths
We cannot be divided either by the languages we speak, by the faiths we profess or by the political views we choose. — Viktor Yushchenko
This is not some distant problem of the future. This is a problem that is affecting Americans right now. Whether it means increased flooding, greater… — Barack Obama
Prayer means that, in some unique way, we believe we're invited into a relationship with someone who hears us when we speak in silence. — Anne Lamott
In issues of recent ethnic wars and genocides - particularly if you look at Darfur - one of the most remarkable things is our inability… — Stephen Daldry
God doesn't expect us to perform for him. He loves us always-when we're disappointed or hurt or making a mess of things. Sometimes we speak… — Luci Swindoll
Life is short - while we speak it flies; enjoy, then, the present, and forget the future; such is the moral of ancient poetry, a… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
How can we speak of right and justice if we take an innocent creature and shed its blood? How can we pray to God for… — Isaac Bashevis Singer
When we speak of God or achieving union with God, we are often merely trying to put that great thing into a small container. One… — Chogyam Trungpa
When we speak of the perfection of art, we must recollect what the materials are with which a painter contends with nature. For the light… — John Constable
You know we're constantly taking. We don't make most of the food we eat, we don't grow it, anyway. We wear clothes other people make,… — Steve Jobs
When we speak of knowing God, it must be understood with reference to man's limited powers of comprehension. God, as He really is, is far… — John Milton
We who advocate peace are becoming an irrelevance when we speak peace. The government speaks rubber bullets, live bullets, tear gas, police dogs, detention, and… — Desmond Tutu
Learning is its own exceeding great reward; and at the period of which we speak, it bore other fruits, not unworthy of it. — William Hazlitt
We speak with pride and admiration of that little band of Americans who overcame insuperable odds to set this nation on course 200 years ago.… — Ronald Reagan
It's always been easy with Mark, he's a rock fan and we speak the same language. He's a big Beatles fan too. We worked a… — Phil Collins
We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak. — Epictetus
Poetry is the language we speak in the most terrifying or ecstatic passages of our lives. But the very word poetry scares people. They think… — Erica Jong
Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms. This is true of bodies; but when we speak of… — Joseph Joubert
When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it… — Audre Lorde

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