Speak Quotations | Page 5

I'm of the opinion that it's okay to be silent, to not speak if you don't have anything to say.

Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.

I don't speak to my brother every week - doesn't mean I don't love him.

My favourite job hands down - and I think I can speak for everyone involved - was 'Breaking Bad.'

People say, 'If you don't vote, then you don't have a right to say anything. But nine times outta 10, I pay more taxes than they do - so even if I don't vote, I still have the right to speak out.

Both my parents had heavy accents, and so did everybody they knew. It's a rhythm thing - people who speak English where they have to hesitate and think of the right word. And I think it rubbed off.

Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.

Every person who speaks or writes for the public will make an occasional faux pas, and sooner or later will write or say something inappropriate.

From one till seven, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese. But I can't speak a word of it now.

We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly.

Do your own thing. Speak in your voice.

As parents know, little children are, by their nature, without guile. They speak the thoughts of their minds without reservation or hesitance as we have learned as parents when they embarrass us at times. They do not deceive. They set an example of being without guile.

Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.

I have been learning English on the road since I started when I was 15, so it is a slow process but making some progress. Now I think I am much more comfortable with my English. However, it is difficult, still, when I speak about something that is not tennis.

We need to codify our values and build consensus around what we want from a free society and a free Internet. We need to put into law protections for our privacy and our right to speak and assemble.

I don't care about controversies. I am a young woman with an opinion about certain things. I can't be diplomatic. I am a feminist, and as long as I can be the voice of hundreds of girls out there, I will speak my mind. I don't care what other people think.

Actions speak louder than words. All companies say they care, right? But few actually exercise that care.

Backbite: To ''speak of a man as you find him'' when he can't find you.

I always like a charity with people who don't speak English because I get them to do all kinds of things around my house.

I willingly speak to those who know, but for those who do not know I forget.

If you speak your mind and if it is true what you're saying, then I think the integrity of what you're saying carries through.

I like to be in a European city where I can speak my language.

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor.

He's my friend that speaks well of me behind my back.

My point is there's a hidden Scotland in anyone who speaks the Northern Ireland speech. It's a terrific complicating factor, not just in Northern Ireland, but Ireland generally.

It is hard enough to be good at all, but to be good in comedy speaks for your character.

When people discuss the 1960s and the great Civil Rights Era, they often speak in romantic terms as if there wasn't immense work put in, and as if there wasn't immense sacrifice that took place. But none of those battles were easily fought and won; there were sustained movements behind them.

I've been water-boarded, and I speak from experience, and it's torture.

Certain things happened in the early church. Women who had never had any freedom suddenly have the ability to stand up and speak and be treated as equals within the life of the church.

Learning to speak was the most remarkable thing you ever did.

The thing is when you're... well-enough known, you get asked to speak places, and they don't really think about whether or not you're qualified. They just want somebody that will be a drawing card for the audience. So it's up to you to decide whether or not it's foolish to get up and speak to these people.

My parents are very funny when they have to deal with anything racy or off-color. They usually pretend they don't speak English.

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

I don't speak Spanish, I speak a little of Italian but no Spanish.

I read to my children, and now they love to read. I encourage parents to carve out just 20 minutes a day. It helps you learn more about them, and really opens the door for you to speak into their life!

I can't say I've ever finished a film and been particularly thrilled with myself or patted myself on the back. And maybe that's what keeps me going, and that's a good thing. It speaks volumes about how I perceive myself.

My accent was horrible. In Mexico, nobody says, 'You speak English with a good accent.' You either speak English, or you don't: As long as you can communicate, no one cares.

I speak to the black experience, but I am always talking about the human condition.

I don't agree with everything he did in his life, but we're dealing with this Howard Hughes, at this point. And also ultimately the flaw in Howard Hughes, the curse so to speak.

In this country, it doesn't make any difference where you were born. It doesn't make any difference who your parents were. It doesn't make any difference if, like me, you couldn't even speak English until you were in your twenties.

Women tend to double-speak - I'm definitely guilty of that.

I think our biggest problem is lack of real, honest communication between black men and black women. A lot of men talk amongst men, and a lot of women speak amongst women.

You will never exaggerate when you speak good things of God. It is not possible to do so. Try, dear brethren, and boast in the Lord.

If we speak calmly, in a businesslike fashion, let me draw your attention to the fact that Russia supplies arms to the legitimate government of Syria in full compliance with the norms of international law. We are not breaching any rules and norms.

I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.

It's important for someone like me - who's known Obama for 20 years - to speak the truth. I know him to be a Christian man. I know him to be one of the greatest patriots.

Radio is more powerful the closer we mimic the way we actually speak to each other. That's why Howard Stern is such a great radio talent. People on his show are actually speaking to each other. You might not like what they're saying, but they're real conversations.

Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.

Time was when they that feared the Lord spake often to one another; I am afraid that now they more often speak one against another.

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.

When journalists and politicians speak of a dwindling middle class that's under economic assault and a poor community that's getting bigger, they're talking about Ferguson. Independent of the racial demographics and dynamics of Ferguson, Missouri, there's a 'Ferguson' near you.

I believe that some of us who were kept by God a long while before we found Him love Him better perhaps than we should have done if we had received Him directly, and we can preach better to others - we can speak more of His loving-kindness and tender mercy.

It's impossible to speak what it is not noble to do.

My father speaks for himself, through his music.

If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of object in creation?

Every time somebody speaks of my honesty, there is someone who quivers inside me.

In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.

If I were a woman, I'd simply refuse to speak to any man or do anything for men until I'd got the vote.

We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.

Wherever the invitation of men or your own occasions lead you, speak the very truth, as your life and conscience teach it, and cheer the waiting, fainting hearts of men with new hope and new revelation.

My ads are coming from all over the world. And while I don't speak Dutch and my German is pretty bad, the fundamentals are still there.

I was fortunate to be able to speak with Paul's brother during my stay at the hospital and I was glad for that. I wish I could have spoken with his wife as well, but I want her to know that my sincerest sympathies and prayers are with her, their family and the entire Rahal Letterman Racing team.

My sense is they're probably not that serious about keeping him. Obviously, actions speak louder than words.

one of the most important American playwrights ever. I think his work is going to speak to generation after generation of theatergoers.

One of the reasons I wanted to leave my position at Common Cause and return to politics was to regain the freedom to speak out politically - to not be constrained by a non-partisan organization.

One of the key components in environmental justice is getting people to the table to speak for themselves ... they need to be in the room where policy is being made.

Only with those we love do we speak of those we love.

On such an important security matter, it's simply not enough for the administration to ask us to trust them. Everyone I speak to raises it.

I would be a distraction--and the vacuum has been filled. That said, I plan to speak out and write some op-ed pieces, but no bus tour.

I would gladly speak at every campus across the country to keep misinformation about the issue and our organization from being spread,

Nobody in hockey should be making that much money. There's no TV revenue to speak of, and why people think there is, I have no idea. I have a problem with everybody begrudging a group or individual that has paid $100 to $150 million for something making 2, 3, 4 percent on his money. To begrudge that and say the owners are lying ... well, I've been on both sides, and I can tell you the owners aren't lying.

Nobody can really speak about prehistory without mentioning Cyprus. It was a filter. It took technology from the Middle East and redistributed it to the western world.

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.

Nobody ever contacted me, ... I heard after the fact that Chris got the endorsement. ... I didn't even get the opportunity to speak to them.

I would be remiss as treasurer if I did not speak out. This is an annually required report. The facts are hard and, unfortunately, not good for the people of California,

I would be surprised if that would be something they would seek to do by way of executive fiat. In my view this would be something you would need to have the House speak to.

I would rather not speak about Davis. He doesn't say a lot to us. He goes his own way.

I would regularly hear from blue-collar workers who feared losing their jobs because they didn't speak Spanish.

When the heart is full the tongue will speak

When the idea and the real plan behind it is, 'We're going to screw the media,' that's a problem, because their goal is to shut people up. They want to be able to give themselves 16 percent pay raises and not have a complaint from the media about it. They don't want to have anybody in the public speak up.

When the internal crisis of the totalitarian system grows so deep that it becomes clear to everyone, and when more and more people learn to speak their own language and reject the hollow, mendacious language of the powers that be, it means that freedom is remarkably close, if not directly within reach,

When the mayor was elected, the administrative assistant was a position he requested be added. Because he was the first black mayor in Selma - something that got attention worldwide - he felt he needed someone skilled in administrative work. If you go into his office, he's rarely ever sitting there by himself. Calls came in all the time requesting him to speak and still do.

When the officials start to determine the outcome of the game, people have to speak up. It seemed just about every good play we had was called back.

When I arrived to Israel, they told me you are not allowed to speak about the kidnapping, just secret. I was very angry. I don't accept such rule.

When I got to college I simply decided that I could speak French, because I just could not spend any more time in French classes. I went ahead and took courses on French literature, some of them even taught in French.

My father had several strokes and heart attacks. I was with him when he died, and it was a horrible death. He had been a very articulate man, and to lose that, never to be able to speak properly and to be unable to move - he had always been a very vigorous man, so to be in a wheelchair and mumbling - was terrible.

My goal is to be a starter that first game. Whether it happens or doesn't happen ... I'm going to keep playing and let my play speak for me and make a case for me to start playing against Miami on Sept. 4.

My husband, Andrew Shue, is the co-founder of Do Something, and we both speak and present at awards ceremonies. It's absolutely amazing and humbling to see all the work so many young people are contributing to better their communities on both a local and global front.

Obviously, we both didn't play very well, ... I can't speak for him, but as I said, I had a two-way miss and couldn't find a fairway that's 300 yards wide. If you're hitting it both ways, it's tough to play.

One should speak little with others and much with oneself

One out of four students that we have in the county schools speak another first language. It's helpful to have bilingual teachers to be able to communicate with parents. In some cases, the students may speak English but the parents may or may not speak English. And it's critical to communicate with the parents.

One should always speak the truth and tread incessantly on the path of righteousness.

One should be cautions not to speak anything that hurts others. Such kind of speech never helps but always brings destruction.

No congressional party is ever going to speak with one voice. It?s not possible. And I?m not worried about that.

No disrespect to the teams that were there, but over the next 10 years I can't believe there will be four easier teams in the semi-finals. It was a great chance, a great opportunity, which is why I really don't like to think or speak about it. I watch Chelsea TV at home, and it has got to the stage where I can't even bear to see it.

One of the best compliments you can give to a teammates is that he makes others better. I speak for all the guys when I say we're very grateful to have him here.

No one represents their interests, here or in Mexico. They have to speak up and do it themselves.

Of course, I want to win a second gold medal in my own country, ... In order to achieve that, I will have to make the effort. I will not only talk about it, but have my deeds speak for themselves. I will grab whatever chance I get.

My dad is an ob-gyn - he's retired now - and he wanted to come to the States to make a better life, for opportunity. My mom said that, on the plane ride here, I did not want to speak a word of English - I spoke Tagalog. And then, after the first day of school, I didn't want to speak anything but English.