Best 1955 quotes in «speak quotes» category

I came to the conclusion that there is an existential moment in your life when you must decide to speak for yourself; nobody else can speak for you.

I can fluently speak five languages: English, emoji, sexting, sarcasm and sass.

I cannot accept any concept of God based on the fear of life or the fear of death, or blind faith. I cannot prove to you that there is no personal God, but if I were to speak of him I would be a liar.

I cannot bring myself to vote for a woman who has been voice-trained to speak to me as though my dog has just died.

I can only speak for myself - I don't care how I look.

I can only speak about my own commute and can say that it has certainly affected my commute, making it longer and more hectic.

I can only speak from my own personal experience, being behind the camera and in front of it, but every magazine cover you see is completely airbrushed.

I cannot speak but I am doubted, every moment judged for lies, as though I come into a court when I come into this house!

I cannot speak In happy tones; the tear drops on my cheek Show I am sad; But I can speak Of grace to suffer with submission meek, Until made glad.

I can only speak from my own experience, and I would say that the depression I experienced feels like a chemical change. When it came over me, when it comes over me, it feels like it's coming over me like a flu.

I can read and speak Hindi quite well now and that's quite an achievement considering I didn't know the language at all when I came down here.

I can speak of slavery only so far as it came under my own observation - only so far as I have known and experienced it in my own person.

I can speak French but I cannot understand it.

I can't jump into other people's shoes, I can only speak for me. My songs are pretty much sermons put to music.

I can't really recreate or reconstruct exactly how or from where any of my characters originate, young or old, though chances are at least decent that once I name and begin to know them, young or old, I can then attempt to reveal each as psychologically complex and nuanced, and to speak through them, as William Matthews says, "What it feels like to be human.

I can't speak for a war that I believe is immoral.

I can't speak for George, but I pretty damn well know we got fed up of being sidemen for Paul.

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.

I can't speak for the future. I have no crystal ball.

I come here to speak poetry. It will always be in the grass. It will also be necessary to bend down to hear it. It will always be too simple to be discussed in assemblies.

I continue to be a pastor who speaks to the people of God about the things of God.

I couldn't do anything without faith. I couldn't open up my eyes, I couldn't walk, I couldn't speak, I couldn't sing.

I could never muster the courage to speak to girls in my college in Pune. Most of them were Parsis and spoke English. I came from a village and could barely converse in English.

I couldn't speak enough Spanish. I couldn't make myself understood on that club.

I cut myself because you wouldn't let me cry. I cried because you wouldn't let me speak. I spoke because you wouldn't let me shine. I shone because I thought you loved me.

I decided that I wanted nothing to do with South African government television while any of my fellow writers were banned and couldn't speak publicly.

I decided that instead of apologizing for having a lot to say, I wanted to create a format where people would come to hear me sing and speak.

I desire that your conjectures should not reach beyond your creative will. Could you create a god? Then do not speak to me of any gods.

I didn’t realize I was crying until it was time to say the blinding words. ‘I do,’ I managed to choke out in a nearly unintelligible whisper... When it was his turn to speak, the words rang clear and victorious. ‘I do,’ he vowed.

I do feel, in a sense, the rules of engagement for citizenship has changed, and we must encourage other people to speak up and to take action.

I didn't speak English until I came to Pittsburgh.

I do have a mouth - I will say. I speak up when I see things I don't care for.

I do know that for all the artists it's very important to speak in a vernacular that can be understood by everyone.

I do not speak the English so good, but then I speak the driving very well.

I do not assume to speak for anyone. I know I speak in direct opposition to the wishes of many by whom I am surrounded.

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.

I do not say with words. I do not say it with images either.… I do not say, I show. I show people who move and speak. That is all I know how to do, but that is my true subject.

I do not speak of what I cannot praise.

I don't care what you say, so don't even speak.

I don't get into the favorite songs thing, because so many speak to different parts of my life, but the music in the '90s is just unbeatable.

I don't feel I can speak with authority for many other people.

I don't know how to speak to celebrities. Every time I talk to Alan Menken, I say something stupid and I have to apologize.

I don't hold with abroad and think that foreigners speak English when our backs are turned.

I don't have to tell you it goes without saying there are some things better left unsaid. I think that speaks for itself. The less said about it the better.

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.

I don't speak Italian, but I do speak Moschino.

I don't read music, which is a shame, actually, and I shouldn't even speak of it because it's embarrassing, but it's true.

I don't speak anything fluently, but I love picking up languages and I do this Duolingo app. I started when I moved to Sweden, when I was about 19, 20. I really loved the language; it was super melodic and really sexy.

I don't speak for all Libertarians any more than Sean Penn speaks for all Democrats.

I don't speak particularly well. That's one of the consequences of being extremely ugly.