The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.
George Bernard Shaw
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Don't want to be near you for the thoughts we share but the words we never have to speak.
Nikki Giovanni
Kind words are short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
Mother Teresa
Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
While I admire the insights of many of the people in the world of computing, I get this cold feeling that I speak a different language.
Clifford Stoll
. . .to be useful to no one is, strictly speaking, to be worthless.
Rene Descartes
Do not speak ill of society, Algie. Only people who can't get in do that.
Oscar Wilde
Who can tell who will be the President a year from now? -- John F. Kennedy, speaking to the president of Harvard about why he did not want to delay signing documents relating to a future JFK Presidential Library, 2 October 1963.
John F. Kennedy
When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred.
Thomas Jefferson
I can honestly say to you, slaves of the press, that if I had as many love affairs as you have given me credit for, I would now be speaking to you from a jar at the Harvard Medical School.
Frank Sinatra
It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Virtue and genuine graces in themselves speak what no words can utter.
William Shakespeare
Have more than thou showest; Speak less than thou knowest.
William Shakespeare
The more pity, that fools may not speak wisely what wise men do foolishly.
William Shakespeare
The invisible thing called a Good Name is made up of the breath of numbers that speak well of you.
Sir George Savile
If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers in the first place.
Sir George Savile
There is a homely old adage which runs: 'Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.' If the American nation will speak softly, and yet build and keep at a pitch of the highest training a thoroughly efficient navy, the Monroe Doctrine will go far.
Theodore Roosevelt
I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older.
Michel de Montaigne
He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows nor judge all he sees.
Benjamin Franklin
Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.
Benjamin Franklin
Speak out in acts; the time for words has passed, and only deeds will suffice.
Alfred North Whitehead
To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often a good thing to say, and always a clever thing to say.
Will Durant
There is no other way of guarding oneself against flattery than by letting men understand that they will not offend you by speaking the truth; but when everyone can tell you the truth, you lose their respect.
Niccolo Machiavelli
People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom.
Sir Francis Bacon
Speaking comes by nature, silence by understanding.
German Proverb
And so, too, I speak of love: he who is held by it is held by the strongest of bonds, and yet the stress is pleasant. Moreover, he can sweetly bear all that happens to him. When one has found this bond, he looks for no other.
Meister Eckhart
Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.
John Adams
The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.
Saint Jerome
Do not let your deeds belie your words, lest when you speak in church someone may say to himself, 'Why do you not practice what you preach?'
Saint Jerome
One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Everything in life is speaking in spite of it's apparent silence.
Hazrat Inayat Khan
In order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.
Samuel Johnson
The Irish are a fair people - they never speak well of one another.
Samuel Johnson
Trees are Earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.
Rabindranath Tagore
As an artist I come to sing, but as a citizen, I will always speak for peace, and no one can silence me in this.
Paul Robeson
Those members have to represent their districts. They have to speak for their constituents that were so affected by this. As leader, she is trying to give them the strongest voice possible.
Jennifer Crider
One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first time he hears him speak in public. He will be stranger to him as he is more familiar to the audience. The longest intimacy could not foretell how he would behave then.
Henry David Thoreau
Your English style will no doubt put all the other gentlemen to bed. I speak figuratively, of course.
John Gielgud
It takes two to speak the truth--one to speak and the other to hear.
Henry David Thoreau
Right now banks don't have that much security around checking accounts. Generally speaking, their losses are pretty tolerable.
Avivah Litan
We seek to educate and nurture peace, equality, and dignity in a world hopeful and free of oppression. One of the evening's highlights is the discussion that follows each film. It offers an opportunity to speak about and listen respectfully to how others see important sensitive issues.
Mary Nelson
One of the reasons it has seemed so difficult for a person to change his habits, his personality, or his way of life, has been that heretofore nearly all efforts at change have been directed to the circumference of the self, so to speak, rather than to the center.
Maxwell Maltz
Do not speak ill of the dead.
The Seven Sages
I think Spanish media will continue to increase because of the large Spanish[-speaking] population in our country. It's a smart thing to do in the business world today.
Victor Lopez
I'll give it my best shot, but if I don't make it, I'll keep playing hard. This has been a good experience. I came to Mexico not even speaking any Spanish, and to play in this Series, against all these players, has been great.
Ray Sadler
When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to retain his amateur status. It is the thought of just such a listener that excites the composer in me.
Aaron Copland
Most Chinese could only speak one local dialect before 1949 when New China was founded. More and more people are 'bilingual' nowadays, as they can speak both Mandarin and a dialect or a language of an ethnic minority.
Chen Zhangtai
We're just trying to piece together the last few days, hours of this woman's life. [The former doctor] is a person of interest at this point. We would like to speak to him about the fact we found a dead body in his house.
Lt. Jenell Atlas
All of the plans have assumed that people have cars and they speak English. If you forget the population in your planning, the population will ignore your plans.
Havidan Rodriguez
The letter was drafted by Bush-Cheney '04 and all of us are signatories... All veterans have a right to speak.
Jerry Patterson
I write from solitude and I speak from solitude...However I did not seek solitude. I found it. And from my solitude I think, work, and live - and I believe that I write and speak with almost infinite composure and resignation. In my solitude I consta.
Camilo Jose Cela
The last time I submitted my proposed budget to the city clerk and didn't speak to the city manager or finance director, and I was a department head.
Bill Gillette
They need to have a more well-defined criteria on who moves on, so that everyone knows what it takes. I really can't speak to when a response might come.
Jack Powell
Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?
Clarence Darrow
I am because someone dreams me; a man who sleeps and dreams and sees me acting, living and moving – and who is dreaming at this moment as I am speaking to you. When he dreams, I awake to life; when he awakes, my existence vanishes. I am a whim of his inspiration, a creation of his mind, a visitor in his nightly fantasies.
Giovanni Papini
The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public.
George Jessel
I would regularly hear from blue-collar workers who feared losing their jobs because they didn't speak Spanish.
Chip Rogers
I really appreciate the courtesy of allowing me to speak what I'm saying to you right now. That is part of what this country's about.
Harry Taylor
Nobody can speak against him now. He even ignored the court ruling, to deliver a message that he is a ruler who makes his own decisions.
Minoru Morita
With a threat this serious we had to start speaking with one powerful voice. When the government does something good we will be there to back it up. But when it fails we will be making noise. Climate change should be an electoral issue, like schools, hospitals and terrorism.
Stephen Tindale
They should speak to their sponsors and tell them that every fourth year they will be playing in South Africa at that time.
Gerald Majola
If I speak to thee in friendship's name, thou think'st I speak too coldly, if I mention love's devoted flame, thou say'st I speak too boldly.
Sir Thomas More
He was a great advocate of cycling, a great role model for cyclists. I met him at a public meeting in Leesburg. And he got up and spoke to the presenters. He spoke in support of additional trail projects. And I think he was instrumental in bringing other people to the meetings to speak their mind.
Mike Woods
The husband is definitely suspicious and has refused to speak to us. He won't take a polygraph.
Brenda Smith
There are so many highly-qualified Indian students right now that it has become a priority for Tuck to speak with Indian students in their country, and to make a real effort to get the best and the brightest to come to Tuck.
Paul Danos
They didn't speak a lot of English, but you always could say hello. They're your typical great neighbors.
Jeff Southard
I speak for a lot of church groups, youth groups, schools, colleges and do personal appearances. I've done conventions and trade shows. A lot of different little hats.
Donna Douglas
Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
Heinrich Heine
Just because he is Stu Jackson and all that, maybe I am supposed to be scared and not speak my mind. But if I see something that is wrong, and I feel wronged, I am going to speak my mind. As simple as that.
Danny Fortson
There's grades for five categories, including speaking skills, organization, etc., that students can grade their teachers on, and there's a survey you can take, and then you can also post comments.
Brett Wolfington
I was opposed to the New Right when it emerged throughout the English-speaking world in the 1980s.
Robert Manne
Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem important to you, stand up and be counted at any cost.
Thomas J. Watson
The greatest reward is to know that one can speak and emit articulate sounds and utter words that describe things, events and emotions.
Camilo Jose Cela
He will not continue to be prime minister, but maybe he will be able to understand and to speak.
Dr. Jose Cohen
This one off collection is a 'best of' Stella McCartney. So many people come up to me and say 'I love your designs but could never afford them'. This collaboration is a great way to speak to a wider audience and let them get to know me and my designs better.
Stella Mccartney
We're not disappointed in A.J. at all. He's our teammate and he's our brother. You never want to see one of teammates get in a situation like that. I haven't had the chance to speak with him, but I would like a chance to before the game, just to let him know that we're all with him. I'm pretty sure he knows that already though.
Kyler Hall
We're not going to speak about litigation. I don't want to comment on anything in relation to this case. That's for the courts.
Debbie Wing
There were over 130 speaking roles.
Ken Finkleman
Language is an archaeological vehicle... the language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human effort and history.
Russell Hoban
Two races share today the soil of Canada … These people had not always been friends. But I hasten to say it … There is no longer any family here but the human family. It matters not the language people speak, or the altars at which they kneel.
Wilfrid Laurier
Generally speaking, the Latino population mushroomed here following NAFTA and the fact that some of the poultry industry employers saw an opportunity to recruit Latino workers to diffuse the effect of African-American workers and their efforts to organize unions.
Bill Chandler
In the end, what you get with talk radio is a lot of people talking in emotional terms, speaking to the choir.
Burdett Loomis
It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues.
Jean De La Bruyere
There is a lot of work left to do; this war is far from over. Each day more and more people are speaking out against the war and I think that energizes anti-war activists. When your movement is growing, and more and more people are joining what you are saying, that energizes you.
Leslie Cagan
I don't know that there's anybody that good, at any position - and I'll speak offensively - including our quarterback.
Matt Cavanaugh
It's impossible to say now it would give an advantage to any proposed candidate. But it's really for the benefit of Florida, to have a real voice in selecting the nominee. The only way to be heard is to speak up sooner.
David E. Johnson
It is hardly surprising that children should enthusiastically start their education at an early age with the Absolute Knowledge of computer science; while they are unable to read, for reading demands making judgments at every line. Conversation is almost dead, and soon so too will be those who knew how to speak.
Guy Debord
We understand for us it's a privilege just to be able to play Section 1 basketball. Our kids realize this, and we let them know from the beginning of the season. They know they can't go out there and cause trouble. For our kids — I'm just speaking for us — they know if there are any incidents, there's going to be more consequences to face. And we haven't had a problem since we started this thing.
Sir Henry Taylor
A lollipop speaking baby talk.
John Leonard
There's an old saying that actions speak louder than words, and today it's our intention to prove that products speak louder than actions.
Nick Scheele
[Noting that the school is] very close to my home, ... because I like their platform educationally speaking. They have some very good intentions musically and I'm very interested in that.
Oscar Peterson
It was a great experience to sit up there in the front row while he was speaking. He handled himself very well, but that didn't surprise me. He's been doing amazing things all his life.
Michael Bremer
You have to be clear and consistent when speaking your mind.
Sandra Cusack
I appreciate the efforts of the many state and local officials and businesses that working very hard as we speak to prevent more of these attacks and to help with recovery efforts.
Michael Crapo
Speak for yourself Dave, I've read all of it.
Todd Loper
When deeds speak, words are nothing.
Pierre joseph Proudhon
I can't speak for them. But we've lost some games, too. It makes you face reality, that there are some things you needed to improve on.
Abdul Hodge
Never separate the life you live from the words you speak.
Paul Wellstone
We speak the ebonics of Spanish. The first things we learned were the numbers and cuss words.
Andrew C. Roberts
One of the boys' mothers helped with the [claymation] class, and that got him more interested in the language, ... He'd never been interested in speaking the language before.
Sandy Wilson
Piecing together the details of the bunker almost seemed like archaeological work at times. It was like collecting fragments of a mosaic. I was able to speak to some of his servants, and people who were close to the imperial court, but I can't give any names because some of them prefer to remain in the shadows.
Alexander Sokurov
There is not that big of a difference actually. We cook the same way, our skin color matches, and nobody can recognize who is Indian or Mexican. Usually, when I go to stores, everybody starts speaking Spanish to me.
Manjit Singh
In Florida, we aspire for our third-graders to read. In China, they speak three languages.
Rep. Marco Rubio
If I don't speak up, who else is going to get stabbed? ... They don't know their children are having to deal with criminal gang members in their 20s. What are these people doing stabbing teenagers?
Carlos Cruz
He's saying it theoretically. He was just answering a question in the best way that he could and speaking from his heart.
Lonn Hoklin
There's a lot of information people are not aware of, and if we don't get out and speak about it, they won't think about it. There's got to be a balance of information. We want people to be aware and make an educated vote, and we want to make sure every person who cares about a child's education is aware of the ramifications. If we get out and vote, we can make a difference.
Anne Difrancesco
Speaking for the City of Kennett, it is with regret that we hear this information.
Donald Parker
The numbers speak for themselves. Mike has been a huge part of the team. He is a leader, and we're glad to have him back.
John Massarelli
These are sort of the new frontiers so to speak. Western companies have not traditionally been in these zones.
Jason Goulden
A lot of people say what should be done at FAMU in the future. If they have the time to come to this meeting . . . and choose not to come, they have no right to speak out.
Ramon Alexander
So we were the only ones left, so to speak.
Mary Cleave
The National Hockey League will miss Brett's skill, his scoring touch, and his fun-loving attitude. He was a splendid athlete, a passionate player, and someone who never hesitated to speak his mind. His achievements further cement the Hull family legacy of hockey greatness.
Gary Bettman
Since we have to speak well of the dead, let's knock them while they're alive.
John Sloan
A promise can be just a lot of words, but you are experiencing the Sylacauga promise. As first lady, and I speak for the governor, you have an Alabama commitment to each and every one of you.
Patsy Riley
We haven't been allowed to speak of these things. We're all kind of choked up.
Steve Cardosi
Thus, with child to speak, and helpless in my throes, biting my truant pen, beating myself for spite: Fool! said my muse to me, look in thy heart, and write.
Sir Philip Sidney
Broadly speaking, dollar/Asia still has some way to go on the weaker side.
Lim Su Sian
We can't communicate. I don't speak Japanese and he doesn't speak English.
Kevin Appier
As I saw Jill speaking on TV, and I have to say I didn't really believe it until I saw her on TV, the first thing she said was, 'I was treated well.' I think that's what she'll focus on.
Karen List
The wife is being held on federal charges. I can't really speak to those charges.
Deputy David Linthicum
He does not speak well, very little words, simple words. It makes it even more difficult because obviously the child can't communicate to tell someone what he needs.
Lt. Michael Porath
You have got to have a sense or urgency and prepare to play. I can't speak to any individual player in that regard. In a game, you have to get certain things done whether it is on offense or defense. If not, then we are going to search for somebody else to get it done. That does not apply just to Joe Crawford. It applies to everybody on the team.
Dave Hobbs
It is unfortunate, considering enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth.
Arthur James Balfour
If anything, sometimes they get more efficient, because they're able to bring in some economies of scale. You speak with a louder voice, you may get better service, better pricing, those kinds of things.
Matthew Josefowicz
I can only speak for SOCWA and we haven't even talked about it, we're in a wait and see approach.
Jeff Mckeen
The focus of this operation is actually to engage the local population, including the village elders, and speak with them about the fact that we will be patrolling more regularly in the area. Show them that we mean them no harm.
Maj. Scott Lundy
The biggest thing I don't like about New York are the foreigners ... You can walk an entire block in Times Square and not hear anybody speaking English.
John Rocker
Formally speaking, nothing has changed at the end of the day. But beneath the superficial format, rather clear-cut changes are under way.
Haruo Shimada
Maybe he does want to rehabilitate himself, but he does not speak, so we do not know.
Claude Moise
You'd think that Ranger was the candidate. People make a big fuss over him, generally speaking.
Kathy Pastryk
When you speak about A.J. Hawk and Bobby Carpenter, it's high praise. They're very passionate players with a high intellect for the game. They have great instincts and a unique way of getting to the football. A.J. and Bobby will make a very successful transition.
John Dorsey
We're even showing Crash, a modern-day look at all the diverse cultures and how they (interact) ? that's for the youth, the younger folks, so to speak.
Cecil Adams
There's thousands of (pools) and everyone of them is potentially a mosquito farm that's hatching out millions of mosquitoes as we speak.
Bill Horan
Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.
Slovenian Proverb
I'll take off work (today). No going to work. I won't be able to speak.
Brian Gibson
I was called by a sales rep, and he garbled his last name. When I called back and asked to speak with 'Steve,' the receptionist wouldn't connect me. Here he was, trying to sell me something — I wasn't even calling to recruit him.
Carl Kutsmode
[Gerrans' AG2R manager, John Beasley was overcome with emotion and had to take a couple of breaths before he could speak.] Simon was just awesome, ... We weren't sure if he could reclaim so much time but he remained positive and, with all the problems of yesterday, this just makes it so sweet.
John Beasley
I've come to hear the candidates speak and have some fun and food too.
Julia Phillips
Mats' credentials speak for itself. He's reached out to the high school coaches and he made it clear right away that he wasn't intending to step on anyone's toes. It's good for the kids in the community to have choices for their summer basketball.
Grant Rice
At least he's speaking for the fans. Every fan in (the) stands that night wanted to go up and yell at that team. He did it. That's the sign of a good owner, an owner who cares. We need more owners like that.
Bill Plaschke
They're ecstatic, delighted that I'm back on the stage, so to speak.
Muggsy Bogues
The progression of the students has been amazing over the months. The students have learned to speak in a thoughtful and eloquent manner, and those skills are priceless later on in life.
Shawna Gallo
Legally speaking, the case is over with.
Patricia Anderson
The wise speak only of what they know.
J.r.r. Tolkien
There are elections in which everyone knows that 'the people have spoken' but they don't always know exactly what the people have said. This November's election was different. Not only did the people speak, they spoke clearly.
Kay Hutchison
It is the parents who really drive true changes in education, and public education will only improve to the extent that parents are given some say in what's going on in the schools and the president speaking from the bully pulpit is not going to give them that opportunity.
Patrick Reilly
The love that previously dared not speak its name has now grown hoarse from screaming it.
Robert Brustein
She did speak up. She told Larry Fitzgerald. And what did I do? I put it out there and they took care of it, didn't they? You damn right it's down because we got on them. I sent people out there.
Larry Fitzgerald
A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill, requires only our silence, which costs nothing.
John Tillotson
How do we acquire our first language? Fist we hear it, then we understand it, then we speak it, then we read it, then we write it.
Mary Cimbalnik
When others were unwilling to do so, each man recognized a moral obligation to speak out against policies he believed were misguided and contrary to our national interest. Representative Murtha broke ranks with our nation's political and military leadership to call for the withdrawal of U.S. forces in Iraq.
Caroline Kennedy
If the people should elect, they will never fail to prefer some man of distinguished character, or services; some man, if he might so speak of continental reputation.
Gouverneur Morris
Folks weren't pointing fingers or speaking loudly with traditional hot dog vendors or bagel or ice cream vendors. That's always been a part of growing up in America. Why the concern now?
Loui Olivas
We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to stand by their convictions, even to the very death.
Robert Green Ingersoll
Technically speaking it was her fault. But it didn't change the outcome of any races. The same people won who won before.
Rudy Montalvo
I knew I wanted to be involved in writing and I was decent in public speaking. But I didn't grow up ever thinking I'd be a TV anchor.
Brooke Baldwin
It has been cleverly positioned to speak to those emotions particularly appreciated by younger buyers.
Daniel Gorrell
When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and fight it. After my experience, I have come to hate war. War settles nothing.
Dwight David Eisenhower
I'm not going to shy away from speaking my mind, ... I felt like I was kicking (expletive). So, I just said it.
Champ Bailey
I am 100 percent in support of bringing in an independent auditor, ... I can't necessarily speak for the rest of the board. But I don't think any one of them are against it.
Glen Stewart
We fully intend to do so, unless the company chooses to come and talk to us. The ball is in their court, so to speak.
Johnny Walker
The idea is that being able to speak a second language becomes a magical power. We wanted to make it special as opposed to being embarrassed about it.
Brown Johnson
We are in an era where censorship is creeping back in through the Patriot Act and where people are... being intimidated not to speak about what we should be speaking about.
Gerald Nicosia
Made a sincere apology and stands by it, and it should speak for itself.
Ron Bonjean
I'm glad we won the war, ... otherwise we would be speaking Japan ese or German.
John Rossi
Brain dead? You can't be brain dead to play baseball, because you always have to adjust. Latin players, they're smart. I have friends all over the world, Spanish friends and English-speaking friends. They don't care. If you're good, you're good.
Tony Oliva
There is a difference between cultures - of course there is - but it is much less obvious with younger generations and much less important when people are bilingual or educated.The 'them and us' stuff no longer applies. It is having not just awareness about different cultures but the way we speak in English.
John Twitchin
The main thing is they should clearly speak on the issue of recognizing the state of Israel.
Alexander Kalugin
He's had a fabulous career. His record is going to speak for itself. I've stated all along I think he's the best point guard in the country at this level.
Scott Trost
Typically speaking, we're probably talking about around $100,000 for everything.
Kyle Brown
We (NRCS) went to Wiley, Alta Vista and Lamar Middle School to speak to sixth graders about conservation practices.
Susan Hansen
It's an attempt to do speaking opera. What I'm doing can work against the melodrama and the music, and parody the melodrama. In the love scenes, the men are picked up by the women ? the men are swept off their feet ? so I can get a lot of comedy from it. It's a comedy of opposition.
Lee Breuer
When I get back after being away filming, my youngest daughter gets the hump. For a while she won't even look at me when I speak to her.
Ray Winstone
I am impressed that the stock market generally speaking hasn't been taking it worse than it has.
David T. Wolf
They're like a family of two. They could be not quite brothers but could be father and son in a sort of way. And there's the charming fact that Gromit doesn't speak, and Gromit, of course, is the brains of the family.
Peter Sallis
Well, politically speaking, I have for years wanted to be inside the Liberal party as a member of Parliament. So this is an exercise in showing that I'm serious about being a Liberal.
Ashley Macisaac
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