Able Quote by Temple Grandin

Language just gradually came in, one or two stressed words a time. Before then, I would just scream. I couldn't talk. I couldn't get…

— Temple Grandin

I couldn't speak well. I went to speech therapy for 10 years. And I was sort of frustrated in that sense.

— Walter Dean Myers

I think it was a good challenge for me to get my reactions across without being able to speak.

— Verne Troyer

The hardest times for me were not when people challenged what I said, but when I felt my voice was not heard.

— Carol Gilligan

Speaking is physically difficult for me.

— Gabrielle Giffords

I hate when I feel I have so much to say and can't put it into words. It's like standing on a stage without…

— Anonymous

I used to fear public speaking. My voice would shake, I used to forget to breathe. Now it's pretty easy for me.

— Spencer Stone

I mean, I have moments of huge frustration because of my inability to express myself linguistically as clearly as I would like to.

— David Gilmour

Can you imagine how your life would be if you couldn't talk?

— Naoki Higashida

I never found it frustrating not speaking.

— David Selby

Screaming, it's not me. I tried it before! Action is more my thing. Not talking. It's hard for me to have word fights, fighting…

— Ziggy Marley

I had been walking in silence for so long,I had almost forgotten what my own voice sounded like.My knees were tired;my toes were beginning…

— Banana Yoshimoto