Speak Quotes

And I honor the man who is willing to sink half his present repute for the freedom to think, and, when he has thought, be his cause strong or weak, Will risk t' other half for the freedom to speak.

My grandfather was smart and had a whole lot of pride. He didn't speak a terrible amount, but you could tell there was a ton on his mind - like a quiet acceptance of how life had turned out.

Madam, you have bereft me of all words, Only my blood speaks to you in my veins.

The more we listen to God's voice, the easier it is to recognize when He speaks to us.

Let soul speak with the silent articulation of a face.

You can learn Elvish, if you want. It's a language like Italian and English. You can learn to read it, you can learn to write it, and you can learn to speak it.

There's a light in a woman's eyes that speaks louder than words.

I don't think that someone who does not speak the original language can ever expect to produce a real translation.

I feel like I'm pretty good but I don't like to toot my own horn, you know. I want to let the work speak for itself and kind of move on to the next thing.

There is something terribly radical about believing that one's own experience and images are important enough to speak about, much less to write about and to perform

If you're not willing to speak out for the rights of other people, then who do you expect to speak out for you when it's your turn?

...one can speak with the utmost clearness, and yet not be heard by anyone.

I finally learned that it was all right to say something wasn’t working for me when it wasn’t working. The world doesn’t come crashing down when you speak the truth.

Prepare for joy - speak your truth, care for yourself, expand your knowledge, nurture your friendships, let people love you, take on new adventures, go where your heart leads you.

Poets and artists who speak of the mystery are rare.

To make yourself understood to people, one must first speak to their eyes

Go out and make your own speeches. People need you. Go on TV. It can be done. After you speak up a few times, people say, "Hey, we got a crazy man in the community," and they'll begin talking to you.

Samassi Abou don’t speak the English too good.

Great art speaks a language which every intelligent person can understand. The people who call themselves modernists today speak a different language.

It's my language, the language I speak. I've spent a lot more time playing music than talking or writing.

The sky is full of tokens which speak to the intelligent.

Paul Valery speaks of the 'une ligne donnee' of a poem. One line is given to the poet by God or by nature, the rest he has to discover for himself.

I think God loves to speak to us prophetically, because there are a number of things which happen when you receive a prophecy.

The great thing about art on any level is that it can speak to all people if it's achieved properly.

We've all been hurt by words before. So before you speak, think about how your words might affect someone else.

At one point in time, you've just got to be a brave soldier, and speak up. What are you scared of, you know? So many of our entertainers have that fear because we're afraid of opposition.

Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.

When you live with integrity and value your word over your excuses, you have the power to speak your dreams into existence.

You can speak your mind But not on my time.

thinking beings have an urge to speak, speaking beings have an urge to think.

God transforms, so to speak, this air into words, into various sounds. He makes you understand these various sounds through the modifications by which you are affected.

Freedom of speech means nothing to a people who are too weak in their convictions to speak out against the evil that is eating at the heart of the nation like a cancer.

Some people find clarity threatening. They like muddle, confusion, obscurity. So when somebody does no more than speak clearly it sounds threatening.

A lot of country making films in English, but in Japan we are very shy to speak English.

No doubt I enjoy being close to people in the way I dress, the way I speak, and the way I communicate with people.

When one man speaks to another man who doesn't understand him, and when a man who's speaking no longer understands, it's metaphysics.

I have met with but one or two persons in the course of my life who have understood the art of Walking, that is, of taking walks,-who had a genius, so to speak, for sauntering.

I am certain that I speak on behalf of my entire nation when I say: Today, we are all Americans. In grief, as in defiance.

It is difficult to speak adequately or justly of London. It is not a pleasant place; it is not agreeable, or cheerful, or easy, or exempt from reproach. It is only magnificent.

Seeds carry life from generation to generation without end. Through the seeds speak the voices of the ancestors. Each time we plant a seed, we become ancestors for the generations to come.

My mind speaks English, my heart speaks Russian, and my ear prefers French.

The laws will not be silent in time of war but they'll speak with a somewhat different voice.

We have to be honest, we have to be truthful and speak to the one dirty secret in American life, and that is racism.

More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes seems, try to.

I do not assume to speak for anyone. I know I speak in direct opposition to the wishes of many by whom I am surrounded.

You cannot speak of the ocean to a frog that lives in a well.

Live loud enough in your heart and there is no need to speak.

... God gave you just one mouth but He gave you two ears, so you should listen twice as much as you speak

If you speak evil, you will soon be worse spoken of.

Thou canst not speak of what thou dost not feel.