I have often been charged with falsehood and hypocrisy, yet there lives not the man who would more gladly than I speak truthfully and lay bare his heart; but as I have not one idea, one feeling in common with the people who surround me, as the very first word I should speak truthfully would cause a general hue and cry, I have preferred to keep silent, or, if I do speak, to utter only stupid commonplaces which everyone has agreed to believe in.
Théophile Gautier
Related I have no idea what it would be like to be just one thing and speak one language. I feel enormously ... CARY FUKUNAGA First, a man may in some ways be superior to his fellows and still serve them, if together they serv... ROGER ZELAZNY I would be reluctant to speak on his behalf of what he has been convinced of or not, but I think we ... LAKHDAR BRAHIMI I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES In a sense I do feel very privileged. But I don't speak to Gordon about Alex and I don't speak to Al... MARK MCGHEE I feel impelled to speak today in a language that in a sense is new-one which I, who have spent so m... DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER I believe it is important to speak to your readers in person... to enable people to have a whole pic... BUCHI EMECHETA What we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do. There are people we trust b... STEPHEN R. COVEY I learned early on that one of the secrets of campus leadership was the simplest thing of all: speak... SAM WALTON Truthfully, without over-egging it, as I often do, the library and journalism, those things made me ... TERRY PRATCHETT But nowadays my heart is empty and the boxwood has lost its magic scent; yes, absolutely and entirel... JULIAN GREEN I prepared my intervention the night before I spoke. As it happened, there were about 44 cardinals w... GODFRIED DANNEELS First they came for the Communists but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came ... MARTIN NIEMOELLER We are all given one thing by which our lives are measured, one determination. Mine are the stories ... SHERMAN ALEXIE I speak of the Creator. He has walked with me often in my journeys, and it has been by learning to w... ANASAZI FOUNDATION And when I speak, I don't speak as a Democrat. Or a Republican. Nor an American. I speak as a victim... MALCOLM X There are people who are born deaf and grow up deaf who don't speak at all, and some of them hav... I. KING JORDAN I have a horror of people who speak about the beautiful. What is the beautiful? One must speak of pr... PABLO PICASSO I have traveled more than any one else, and I have noticed that even the angels speak English with a... MARK TWAIN 'The Dublin Magazine' has been edited with good taste, and it is very agreeable reading, but... GEORGE A. MOORE Let me speak as a veteran of the Marine Corps who has been supportive of the military action taken i... TONY PERKINS Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why ... WALT WHITMAN How often do I call my mom? You can never call your mum enough, and I should call my mum more often.... WILL POULTER If your souls were not immortal, and you in danger of losing them, I would not thus speak unto you; ... GEORGE WHITEFIELD I speak truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare; and I dare a little more, as I grown o... CATHERINE BOWEN I speak truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare; and I dare a little more, as I grown o... CATHERINE DRINKER BOWEN First they came for the Communists, but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came... DIETRICH BONHOEFFER Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And... WALT WHITMAN Death has its revelations: the great sorrows which open the heart open the mind as well; light comes... VICTOR HUGO If I have any desire at all, it is to show the brotherhood of man. This is a big statement and it so... WILLIAM SAROYAN Watch out for the dream killer or those who try to speak against what God has said. I make no apolog... ARTHLENE LAUDAT LAWRENCE As soon as I could speak, I was singing. Before I could even speak full words, I would make up ones ... ELLE VARNER If I had an ego as big as the Eiffel Tower, would I have won this many collective trophies? I know p... ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC I have kept a diary, WITHNAIL AND I Whatever I do, however I find a way to live, I will tell these stories. I have spoken to every perso... DAVE EGGERS The government should have quarantined the affected farms to prevent further spread. But as I speak ... AWALU HARUNA The government should have quarantined the affected farms to prevent further spread. But as I speak,... AWALU HARUNA I sing in Hungarian. I read Hungarian. I do not pretend to speak Hungarian, but I sing in languages ... JESSYE NORMAN She who invented words, and yet does not speak; she who brings dreams and visions, yet does not slee... CATHERYNNE M. VALENTE If one can judge from the letters that I receive, it would seem that there are many thousands of chi... ENID BLYTON But be that as it may, I think it is more respectful to you that I should speak to you upon and do m... ARTHUR CAYLEY I think more than I speak and I speak more than I do. SHANA ODEN Though I speak with the tongues of men and angels and have not charity, I am become as sounding bras... I CORINTHIANS 13:1-3 Though I speak with the tongues of men and angels and have not charity, I am become as sounding bras... BIBLE The one thing I have never been afraid of is standing before important people and speaking my mind. ... LEYMAH GBOWEE I do not speak as I think, I do not think as I should, and so it all goes on in helpless darkness. FRANZ KAFKA My life? It isn't easy to explain. It has not been the rip-roaring spectacular I fancied it would be... NICHOLAS SPARKS I would go to the deeps a hundred times to cheer a downcast spirit. It is good for me to have been a... CHARLES SPURGEON To choose not to be part of a team or religion does not make me non-religious; for my religion is Tr... SUZY KASSEM And now am I, if a man should speak truly, little better than one of the wicked. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The government should have quarantined the affected farms to prevent further spread. But as I speak ... AWALU HARUNA Wherefore a man can know nothing by himself, save after a natural manner, which is only that which h... SAINT JOHN OF THE CROSS We have all made mistakes, each and every one of us. The trick is to not keep making them over and o... SARA POOLE On the whole the modern world has been conditioned to have a chip on its shoulder against devoutly r... CRISS JAMI I will tell these stories...because to do anything else would be something less than human. I speak ... DAVE EGGERS Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have
not charity, I am become as sounding... BIBLE People tried to dismiss my candidacy when I ran for the United States Senate against an incumbent in... CAROL BRAUN People tried to dismiss my candidacy when I ran for the United States Senate against an incumbent in... CAROL MOSELEY BRAUN I need to find those projects more often: the ones that really, really speak to me. I do better work... ANDRE HOLLAND I recall how miserable I was, and how one day you brought me to a realization of my miserable state.... AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO When I present or speak, I write the slides myself. And regarding time, I would like to be able to p... PADMASREE WARRIOR I don't like these cold, precise, perfect people who, in order not to speak wrong, never speak at al... HENRY WARD BEECHER I don't like these cold, precise, perfect people, who, in order not to speak wrong, never speak at a... HENRY WARD PEECHER I don't like these cold, precise, perfect people, who, in order not to speak wrong, never speak at a... HENRY WARD BEECHER If in my youth I had realized that the sustaining splendour of beauty of with which I was in love wo... MICHELANGELO I would gladly speak at every campus across the country to keep misinformation about the issue and o... CHRIS SIMCOX I no longer have patience for certain things, not because I’ve become arrogant, but simply because... JOSé MICARD TEIXEIRA If so, I believe people would come to a microphone and speak in favor of this proposal and against a... DAVID HORTON I have learned now that while those who speak about ones miseries usually hurt, those who keep sil... C.S. LEWIS Commemoration of Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, c.525 Who belongs to the Church? Who is my true brot... ROBERT MACCOLL ADAMS I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject, I do not wish to thi... WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON Mr President, I have decided not to speak the entire speech which I have. AFONSO VAN DUNEM I consider myself spiritual and I'm married to a man who is both an atheist and a humanist, and ... JODI PICOULT Let me repeat. I have not read all the work of this present generation of writing. I have not had ti... WILLIAM FAULKNER What I am suggesting is that each of us turn from the negativism that permeates our society and look... GORDON B. HINCKLEY Your notions of friendship are new to me; I believe every man is born with his quantum, and he canno... JONATHAN SWIFT In general, I enjoy athletes who have a strong character who let their abilities speak for themselve... ERIC HEIDEN I would personally think you would have to have lots of background experience or surround yourself w... BOBBY TIMMONS If only I was as eloquent as Demosthenes, I would have to do no more than repeat a single word three... JOHANN GEORG HAMANN I speak my mind. If it offends some people, well, there's not much I can do about that. But I... JESSE VENTURA I speak as I must and cannot be silent. JOANNE HARRIS there is only one solitude, and it is vast, heavy, difficult to bear, and almost everyone has... RAINER MARIA RILKE I don't know why people feel that I am snooty. I am not a person who has ever given an interview... KAREENA KAPOOR KHAN Often while reading a book one feels that the author would have preferred to paint rather than write... PABLO PICASSO First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Socialist. MARTIN NIEMOLLER I remember, the first time I came to the United States in 1996, I didn't speak a word of English... JUANES It takes two or three generations to do what I tried to do in one; and my impulses--affections--vice... THOMAS HARDY Has Jesus saved me? I dare not speak with any hesitation here; I know He has. His Word is true; ther... CHARLES SPURGEON I speak my mind. If it offends some people, well, there's not much I can do about that. But I'm goin... JESSE VENTURA I don't like these cold, precise, perfect people, who, in order not to speak wrong, never speak ... HENRY WARD BEECHER I have to confess I do have a slight preference. I do think, naturally, that people from India and A... NIGEL FARAGE I can't speak for everyone but I would think we'd proceed as if Brett Favre is coming back. BILL WENZEL Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness a... ALFORD Now the idea about taking people abroad is that if they come over to Cyprus, which we have in mind, ... HANS BLIX If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or ... ANONYMOUS Life is a book, and there are a thousand pages I have not read. I would read them together with you,... CASSANDRA CLARE I am lovable and capable. I am not perfect. I don’t have to be.
I have worth. My worth cannot be m... TOM KRAUSE With regards pedophilia I have always looked on it as that … pedophilia. I thought that one religi... STEPHEN RICHARDS I would like this film to be available to everyone, because there's very few of us out there who hav... ANGELA SHELTON I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so ter... AUDRE LORDE
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