Speak Quotes

It may be added, to prevent misunderstanding, that when I speak of contemplated objects in this last phrase as objects of contemplation, the act of contemplation itself is of course an enjoyment.

Those who speak ill of the spiritual life, although they come and go by day, are like the smith's bellows: they take breath but are not alive.

I have never been able to carry out any work coolly. On the contrary it is done, so to speak, with my own blood.

Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts.

The ability to speak well is the shortcut to distinction.

Every thought and every word you speak is an affirmation. So why not choose to use only positive affirmations to create an exceptional life? I know you can do it!

Dreams do come true, even for someone who couldn't speak English and never had a music lesson or much of an education.

I speak on due consideration because Britain, France, and Mexico, have abolished slavery, and all other European states are preparing to abolish it as speedily as they can.

Tis beauty, so to speak, nor good talk necessarily. It's just IT. Some women will stay in a man's memory if they once walked down a street.

The work that lasts over time is the work which still speaks to us when all contemporary interest in that work is extinct.

We never listen when we are eager to speak.

In Washington, a man gets up to speak and doesn't say a thing, and the other men disagree with him for three hours.

Let thy virtue be too high for the familiarity of names, and if thou must speak of it, be not ashamed to stammer about it.

Shakespeare is forever coming into our affairs -- putting in his oar, so to speak -- with some pat word or sentence.

Only speak words that make souls stronger.

When our friends are present we ought to treat them well; and when they are absent, to speak of them well.

All are free to believe or not believe; all are free to practice a faith or not. But those who believe must be free to speak of and act on their belief

It's understanding the intention of a composer that allows a producer and an arranger to make those moments speak

Let the music speak for itself.

The knowledge and reason speak, ignorance and error shout.

Thou speak'st like him's untutored to repeat: Who makes the fairest show means most deceit.

We speak loud. And we speak with our hands, but we're not aggressive like warwise. A Portuguese is not going to punch you for no reason.

We in Congress stand by Israel. In Congress, we speak with one voice on the subject of Israel.

I'll just let the hair speak for itself. It's got a Twitter account, so it actually does more speaking than I probably do on Twitter.

Striving to tell his woes, words would not come; For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb.

When we take voice lessons from the Master, we learn to speak with tenderness.

Always speak the truth, think before you speak, and write it down afterwards.

You won't find me in a romantic comedy. Those movies don't speak to me. People don't come to talk to me about those scripts, because they probably think I'm this dark, twisted, miserable person.

Yes, I believe that the art of winning is through intimidation, and not necessarily do you have to speak about it.

I'm more straightforward, and I speak up more than I did before. When I was younger, I wouldn't speak up as much, but now that I'm a mom, things have changed.

I want to go to college to study journalism. I want to speak French fluently, to travel. My mom was a journalist and it's in my blood.

If she spoke, she would tell him the truth: she was not okay at all, but horribly empty, now that she knew what it was like to be filled.

I want to teach. I want to speak. I want to travel.

There is nothing more fearful for the average person in our society than to stand before a group of people and speak.

But the problem is that when I go around and speak on campuses, I still don't get young men standing up and saying, 'How can I combine career and family?'

I think it's really important these days to be able to relate to how the music flows and be able to speak the same language as your bandmates and the producer, rather than just talking drums.

It often happens that those of whom we speak least on earth are best known in heaven.

Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.

Out of five hundred who speak glibly of love, not one can spell the first letter of his name.

Today we speak, but first we spoke; faucets leak, but never loke. Today we write, but first we wrote; we bite our tongues, but never bote.

As we speak cruel time is fleeing. Seize the day, believing as little as possible in tomorrow.

good people managers are likely to listen more than they speak. Perhaps that's why we were given two ears and only one mouth.

Hollow commitments to action in the future are insufficient. Deferring difficult issues must not be tolerated. Our children and grandchildren expect us to speak and act decisively.

I don't know if it's how I speak or what it is about me that presents that sort of label, but I don't know how many times I have to be out in public with a girlfriend to stop that from being said.

It is easier to speak about revival than to set about it.

He is a fool who is not for love and beauty. I speak unto the young, for I am of them and always shall be.

I wasn't bullied or anything at school, but I was quite shy and didn't speak up too much in class.

I get up and I have coffee and I speak to no man and I go to my desk.

The reason I didn't like cocaine is it made me do stupid things, have stupid conversations, and stay awake until 11 o'clock in the morning unable to think, read, sleep or speak.

I dropped out of Oxford, and now I only speak Russian with the woman who gives me a bikini wax. See what Hollywood does to you?