The speech we hear is an indication of that which we don't hear. It is a necessary avoidance, a violent, sly, and anguished or mocking smoke screen which keeps the other in its true place.
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Related The first play I saw was a Samuel Beckett play which was great. VAL KILMER It is a lie. ARTHUR MILLER Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. Language is legislation, speech is its code. We do not see the power which is in speech because we f... ROLAND BARTHES His life seemed like a deck of cards, and in the midst of all those two’s and three’s someone ha... TEKOA MANNING We don't hear any attempts at drilling or rescue. The section is full of smoke and fumes so we can't... GEORGE HAMNER Philosophy is an odd thing. When we use the word in everyday speech, you know, you sometimes hear it... STEPHEN FRY It is a remarkable fact that we can never read or hear of the labors which our Lord and Savior Jesus... HEBER J. GRANT Mother Superior jump the gun... -The Beatles, Happiness is a Warm Gun LAUREN MYRACLE The places of quiet are going away, the churches, the woods, the libraries. And it is only in silenc... JAMES ROZOFF Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD The other issue it raises is the kind of speech we'll hear. The strongest speech people see when the... JONATHAN ZITTRAIN Life is not a game. Still, in this life, we choose the games we live to play. J.R. RIM We hear about constitutional rights, free speech and the free press. Every time I hear those words I... FRANK HAGUE We hear about constitutional rights, free speech and the free press. Every time I hear those words I... FRANK HAGUE But … the other thing besides that which is true is that we have … been rediscovered or discover... NIKKI SIXX Life is a predicament which precedes death. HENRY JAMES As for memes, the word 'meme' is a cliche, which is to say it's already a meme. We all h... JAMES GLEICK Solitude is such a potential thing. We hear voices in solitude, we never hear in the hurry and turmo... AMELIA BARR . . . solitude is such a potential thing. We hear voices in solitude, we never hear in the hurry an... AMELIA BARR Solitude is such a potential thing. We hear voices in solitude, we never hear in the hurry and turmo... AMELIA E. BARR There are certain things in which mediocrity is intolerable: poetry, music, painting, public eloquen... JEAN DE LA BRUYERE Liberalism, on the other hand, regards life as an adventure in which we must take risks in new situa... MORRIS RAPHAEL COHEN There is something that an ordinary eyes can't see, ordinary ears can't hear, and usual touch can't ... BRADLEY B. DALINA The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer se... ERIC BERNE We must bring ourselves to realize that it is necessary to support free speech for the things we hat... HEYWOOD BROUN 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give... JAMES C. DOBSON He is in a stable condition, which is an indication that he is recovering well. DIANA ROSS It's true that every time you hear a bell, an angel gets its wings. But what they don't tell you is ... JACK HANDY (there is) no other means of escaping from one's consciousness than to deny it, to look upon it as a... MAURICE MAETERLINCK Here in Florida, we know plenty about the Castro brothers, and we hear stories of their ruthless and... RICK SCOTT What I hear you saying is that we should have gotten a fuel truck in the first place. CLIFF MANLOVE I swear that each of us keeps, battened down inside himself, a sort of lunatic giant - impossible so... ELIZABETH BOWEN We invite crew members and everybody to come out and hear God's word with us. But other than that, w... CHRIS HUFFMAN It's always interesting to me that we all hear music differently. It's an awesome experience... TOMMY LEE How fathomless the mystery of the Unseen is! We cannot plumb its depths with our feeble senses - wit... GUY DE MAUPASSANT A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which... CHARLES DE GAULLE A pleasant voice, which has to include clear enunciation, is not only attractive to those who hear i... LORETTA YOUNG I have a strong sense that every project is an invention, which is not a word I hear being used in a... THOMAS HEATHERWICK Slogans which deafened us so that we could not hear the truth. ERNST TOLLER My favorite playwright is probably Samuel Beckett, and he was always laughing at the abyss. JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL There is hardly ever a complete silence in our soul. God is whispering to us well-nigh incessantly. ... FREDERICK W. FABER It's the change of rhythm which I think is what keeps me alive. In Spain I hear so much noise from m... GERALDINE CHAPLIN You hear about constitutional rights, free speech and the free press. Every time I hear these words ... FRANK HAGUE Deep in the meadow, under the willow a bed of grass, a soft green pillow lay down your he... SUZANNE COLLINS The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. CRAIG GROESCHEL A worldview is a commitment, a fundamental orientation of the heart, that can be expressed as a stor... JAMES W. SIRE You didn't hear the angels singing. It was brought down to Mother Earth, which is where it shoul... HARVEY KEITEL We are keeping an eye on what is happening. The regulatory regime is in place if there are problems ... GERRY SUTCLIFFE I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Cultivate a sweet temper and the sweet speech which is its natural consequence. SRI SATHYA SAI BABA Life is a game and true love is a trophy. RUFUS WAINWRIGHT If apartheid is removed, then the violence that is necessary to maintain it will be removed along wi... OLIVER TAMBO For an Apple is in it self a little Universe; the Seed, hotter than the other parts thereof, is its ... CYRANO DE BERGERAC Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. MARK TWAIN Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear, and the blind can read MARK TWAIN You hear about constitutional rights, free speech and the free press. Every time I hear these words ... FRANK HAGUE Liberalism regards life as an adventure in which we must take risks in new situation, in which there... MORRIS RAPHAEL COHEN He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel. He no longer cared about himself LOIS LOWRY It is necessary to posit something which is necessary of itself, and has no cause of its necessity o... ST. THOMAS AQUINAS To stand on the brink of what is coming, feeling eager, optimistic anticipation—with no feeli... ASK AND IT IS GIVEN Appetite has really become an artificial and abnormal thing, having taken the place of true hunger, ... PAUL BRUNTON Life is a re-discovery. BRIAN BLESSED If you think that life is a celebration full of party poppers and merry go rounds it's not it's a ga... GARY F EVANS... Life Is a Misconception. DEYTH BANGER Life is a desire! DEYTH BANGER To trust someone you must firstly remember that it is a two way street that will go all the way if y... GARY F EVANS... It's not for sale. We just bought it. We think it's a great place to be in the newspaper business. I... HOWARD WEAVER We do not quite say that the new is more valuable because it fits in; but its fitting in is a test o... TS (THOMAS STEARNS) ELIOT We do not quite say that the new is more valuable because it fits in; but its fitting in is a test o... T.S. ELIOT I'm fucking the grave, I thought, I'm bringing the dead back to life... CHARLES BUKOWSKI When most dullards hear the words 'the theater,' they envision a twelve-screen multiplex where disas... MARK WAID Chilling Tales For Dark Nights, these people or let's say these team is trying to return the fear, t... DEYTH BANGER Only that in you which is me can hear what I'm saying. RAM DASS Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the and the blind can see MARK TWAIN We hear a lot of talk about public-private partnerships, and in its own way this is a perfect exampl... BOB KOVITZ It is rare that a regulation restricting speech because of its content will ever be permissible ... ... ANTHONY KENNEDY I remember so many things [. . .] The problem is, only half of them are true . . . and the half whic... PETER DAVID The world is a beautiful place to be born into if you don't mind happiness not always... LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI As we watch the process in which the soul becomes thought or speech, we notice that many a time we e... ZALMAN SCHACHTER-SHALOMI Everyone is the Umbrella Man and he is everyone. Every cough, sneeze, smile and wave means both ever... CRAIG CLEVENGER It's the change of rhythm which I think is what keeps me alive. In Spain I hear so much noise fr... GERALDINE CHAPLIN The universe is so vast, so immense, we can never expect to explore it all. It is in effect, not so ... CHRISTINA ENGELA Don’t let the enemy try to keep you bound with fear. The devil is a liar. Stay in faith and trust ... GERMANY KENT Living in the city is a discordant thing, an unnatural thing. The city, a place to which one goes to... JOHN BURROUGHS The fifth province is not anywhere here or there, north or south, east or west. It is a place within... MARY ROBINSON I think this is what we all want to hear: that we are not alone in hitting the bottom, and that it i... ANNA WHITE She was scarcely a year older than I was, dark-haired, slender, with a face that would break your he... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN If an apprentice does not hear what a master hears, is then that quality not present in the music? Y... ROBERT FRIPP A man receives only what he is ready to receive, whether physically or intellectually or morally, as... HENRY DAVID THOREAU Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character. SAMUEL BUTLER Anything which interferes with my social life is a no-no. CILLA BLACK A society in which adults are estranged from the world of children, and often from their own childho... BEATRIX CAMPBELL At home, it was impossible to watch an ice hockey match. We could hear the neighbors celebrating wel... ANTTI KOHTALA When God speaks it is like a wave, it keeps reverberating that people continue to hear it, even to t... SUNDAY ADELAJA Condom an item which is bad to hear when not use correctly in a situation or conversation. But truly... EINSTINE ORLINE G. NERCUIT It is unfair to believe everything we hear about lawyers, some of it might not be true. GERALD F. LIEBERMAN It is unfair to believe everything we hear about lawyers. Some of it might not be true. GERALD F. 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There's not an easy game left f... JOSH BECKETT Thought, like any parasite, cannot exist without a compliant host. BERNARD BECKETT We're going to need some luck. We have to have some people lose. JOSH BECKETT People absolutely embraced such a concept. CHERYL BECKETT It's weird seeing Luis in another uniform. I think he signed with the Marlins when he was like 4. JOSH BECKETT [Taking a lighter view of the] ILOVEYOU ... sorry or pleased that as far as I'm aware, I have not re... MARGARET BECKETT Innovation needs to be encouraged so that land managers can seize opportunities related to climate c... MARGARET BECKETT You can almost never say that a particular event is caused by climate change, MARGARET BECKETT I accept, though it is with hindsight, that this is so, MARGARET BECKETT The public utilities and the public services are among the people who have done the most preparatory... MARGARET BECKETT Environmental damage such as graffiti, fly-posting and general littering is a menace that is becomin... MARGARET BECKETT The successful Idea travels from mind to mind, claiming new territory, mutating as it goes. BERNARD BECKETT I try not to be surprised. Surprise is the public face of a mind that has been closed. BERNARD BECKETT I haven't heard anything yet, ... Actually, I'm a little excited about it. JOSH BECKETT ... from our vantage point it is now clear that the only thing the population had to fear was fear i... BERNARD BECKETT I've got a Minor League game on Friday. I just need to keep the intensity and stay focused and get o... JOSH BECKETT There are some problems remaining but what we have to be wary of is creating further problems oursel... MARGARET BECKETT You couldn't necessarily say, 'That hurricane, that storm, that flood only happened because of clima... MARGARET BECKETT I have to tell you that, sadly, this affectionate greeting contains a virus which has immobilized th... MARGARET BECKETT Bush agreed in Gleneagles that climate change was urgent. MARGARET BECKETT I am therefore announcing today our decision to set up a fundamental review of the agency. MARGARET BECKETT It is imperative that we find new ways to cooperate and develop a shared understanding of how the wo... MARGARET BECKETT Technology is essential to make the transition to a low-carbon economy and targets ... have a vital ... MARGARET BECKETT The focus of our agenda for this meeting is on energy, and on how we can make better use of technolo... MARGARET BECKETT sorry or pleased that as far as I'm aware, I have not received an e-mail saying 'I love you.' MARGARET BECKETT Science is a little bit more than a wonderful way of modelling and predicting; it's a wonderful ... BERNARD BECKETT And the weird weird thing about this story of Angela's Ring was that it didn't even have a point to ... CHRIS BECKETT It was fine. I threw 48 pitches and that was about it. The numbers could have been better, but we'll... JOSH BECKETT Consciousness is the feel of accessing memory. BERNARD BECKETT I'm a school teacher, and later on, well past my formal education, I became very interested in s... BERNARD BECKETT