Best 1955 quotes in «speak quotes» category

We cannot be speakers who do not listen. But neither can we be listeners who do not speak.

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

We can speak and think only of what exists. And what exists is uncreated and imperishable for it is whole and unchanging and complete. It was not or nor shall be different since it is now, all at once, one and continuous.

We can't speak day after day about globalization without at the same time having in mind that...we need multilateral solutions.

We can think, speak, and bring the best possible outcome into existence by focusing on where we are going, not on where we think we are.

We conceive of immortality as having a beginning, but no end; but we conceive of eternity as having neither beginning nor end. Hence it is proper to speak of eternity as the attribute of God, but of immortality as the attribute of man.

We do not have many intellectuals who can speak out for us internationally. We have no writers who are recognized, respected and loved outside the Arab world.

We have chosen Mahomet not as the most eminent Prophet; but as the one we are freest to speak of. He is by no means the truest of Prophets; but I do esteem him a true one.

We have drugs to make women speak, but none to keep them silent.

We have heard the rationales offered by the nuclear superpowers. We know who speaks for the nations. But who speaks for the human species? Who speaks for Earth?

We have no more thought of using our own powers to escape the arm of authorities than had the Apostles of old. No more are we ready to keep silent at man's behest when God commands us to speak. For it is, and must remain, the case that we must obey God rather than man.

We have too often been expected to speak all things to all people and speak everyone else's position but our own.

We have to speak the truth always, at any cost, and no matter what.

We in Congress stand by Israel. In Congress, we speak with one voice on the subject of Israel.

We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things.

We know the goats are imported because they don't speak English.

We live in America,' he said. 'Everyone who speaks English understands you. How they interpret you is something else.

We live in our language like blind men walking on the edge of an abyss. This language is laden with future catastrophes. The day will come when it will turn against those who speak it.

Well, obviously, I'm not allowed to speak about the legal battles, but I love lesbians.

We may say we value this thing or that thing more than any other, but the volume of our actions speaks louder than our words.

We must not only speak about forgiveness and reconciliation, we must act on these principles.

We must curb ourfury, and allow sadness to diminish, and speak our stories with coolness and deliberation.

We must be pure. I do not speak merely of the purity of the senses. We must observe great purity in our will, in our intentions, in all our actions.

We must always speak of the efficacy of the ministry in such a manner that the entire praise of the work may be reserved for God alone.

We must protect the right of our opponents to speak because we must hear what they have to say.

We need to find a new way forward. There are keys ways progressives can speak.

We never listen when we are eager to speak.

We often speak of "deep ecology," but this is also Deep Eco-Psychology: how the environment can remind us of, and help mend, mental and psychic wounds.

We need to be willing to stand up and speak up for what we believe.

We ought not to be in too much of a hurry here to speak piously of God's will and guidance. It is obvious, and it should not be ignored, that it is your own very human wills that are at work here, celebrating their triumph; the course that you are taking at the outset is one that you have chosen for yourselves.

We ought to act with God in the greatest simplicity, speak to Him frankly and plainly, and implore His assistance in our affairs.

We ought at least, from prudence, never to speak of ourselves, because that is a subject on which we may be sure that other people's views are never in accordance with our own.

We should not allow the fundamentalists and the bigots to take over and speak for the great faiths any more than we should let them take over and speak for the great nation.

We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.

We seldom speak of the virtue which we have, but much oftener of that which we lack.

We should speak as the populace but think as the learned.

We speak loud. And we speak with our hands, but we're not aggressive like warwise. A Portuguese is not going to punch you for no reason.

We speak of peace, yes, but whose peace? Poland's? Bulgaria's? The peace of the grave?

We speak naturally but spend all our lives trying to write naturally.

We speak of educating our children. Do we know that our children also educate us?

We speak of the masculine and the feminine, but they are the wrong labels. It is really more a matter of poetry versus intellectualization.

We tend to speak of sin in very personal and individual terms. Jeremiah does not downplay that, but he also sees how a whole society can be bound up in the tentacles of sin, in the assumptions that everybody around you makes, about how it becomes easier to sin than not to, and how we can become so confused and contradictory in our reactions, when sin is pointed out.

We were raised in an Italian-American household, although we didn't speak Italian in the house. We were very proud of being Italian, and had Italian music, ate Italian food.

We've seen a great deal of interest from the Occupy movement. It's a diverse movement, not everyone embraces electoral politics, and no one can speak for Occupy.

We were discovered by Don Fury; he was the first record producer who discovered us and essentially plucked us out of the rough. But I think in another way, we were discovered when we discovered each other, right before we started high school. We were 12 and 13. I don't want to speak for Justin Beck, but that's a big moment, linking up with your foil for the first time. Glassjaw definitely changed my life in the biggest way possible.

We will not hesitate to speak out when we see actions that contradict those values.

What a unique opportunity to be in town. I love townies. I value it, so to speak.

Whatever else you do, listen to your Deepest Self. Love Her and be true to Her, speak Her truth, always.

What did the earth teach the trees? How to speak to the sky.

What could an entirely rational being speak of with another entirely rational being?