Best 1955 quotes in «speak quotes» category

One eye-witness is of more weight than ten hearsays. Those who hear, speak of shat they have heard; whose who see, know beyond mistake. [Lat., Pluris est oculatus testis unus, quam auriti decem. Qui audiunt, audita dicunt; qui vident, plane sciunt.]

One has to speak out and stand up for one's convictions. Inaction at a time of conflagration is inexcusable.

One is almost tempted to say that the language itself is a mythology deprived of its vitality, a bloodless mythology so to speak, which has only preserved in a formal and abstract form what mythology contains in living and concrete form.

One must speak about serious things seriously.

One of my biggest superstitions is to never speak about the future out loud. Lets just say I got a lot out there and I hope to keep on going.

One of the first observations to make in conversation is the state, or the character, and the education of the person to whom we speak.

One of the first things that my English teacher told when I began studying in New York was, "You're here because if you pick it up from the street, not everyone speaks good English." And it happens all the time, anywhere. If you pick up Spanish from the streets, you're not going to be able to speak it correctly.

One of the main things about Cockney is, you speak at twice the speed as Americans. Americans speak very slow.

One of the reasons I took up the guitar was I didn't want to speak to anybody. I really felt uncomfortable speaking to people, so I took the guitar up so I could hide behind it. I'm not comfortable explaining things, because my brain doesn't work that way.

One of the things a writer is for is to say the unsayable, speak the unspeakable and ask difficult questions.

One ought, everyday, to hear a song, read a fine poem, and, if possible, to speak a few reasonable words.

One should be embarrassed to speak of God in the third person.

One should not hurt others even by words. One must not speak an unpleasant truth unnecessarily.

One speaks with great respect of economists, if only because they represent such a variety of opinions.

One thinking it is right to speak all things, whether the word is fit for speech or unutterable.

One thing we do really well on Archer and one thing I've always tried to do in my comedy and my writing and my podcast is to never speak down to my audience.

One who speaks deferentially but increases his preparations will advance. One who speaks belligerently and advances hastily will retreat.

On Hallowe'en the old ghosts come about us, and they speak to some; to others they are dumb.

On issues relating to taxes, you don't always speak with one voice.

Only heart to heart can speak the bliss of mystic knowers.

Only our concept of time makes it possible for us to speak of the Day of Judgment by that name in reality it is a summary court in perpetual session.

On the day of the show, I sit down with someone that speaks very good English and someone who speaks the local language very well and work out what I'm going to say.

Only those who haven't got the wit to speak for themselves would ever want their clothes to do it for them.

On my very first day at T-Mobile, I demanded that every time I spoke publicly to the company, all employees across the country would be invited to watch. I faced legal and all that crap, but ultimately we were able to figure it out. We record it, too, so if somebody can't leave the sales floor, they can watch it later. Another thing I did very early on is give every employee stock, which we continue to do. So every time I speak to them I speak way over some of their heads.

On the film where I didn't get along with the director, I just decided to not speak to him.

Originally, John Kennedy was going to come speak, and then Lyndon Johnson. Because it was October of '62, neither made it because of the Cuban missile crisis.

Our emotions are often beautiful, but they can also be dangerous. They represent our spontaneity, and seem to speak to us of our freedom.

Out of Print" is bookseller speak for "We can't be hedgehogged.

Our heart oft times wakes when we sleep, and God can speak to that, either by words, by proverbs, by signs and similitudes, as well as if one was awake.

Our world is constantly in change and the great change is always toward freedom. When we speak of freedom we speak of equality. Nations will rise and fall but equality remains the ideal.

Out of love you can speak with straight fury.

Pain will force even the truthful to speak falsely.

Painting, like passion, is a living voice, which, when I hear it, I must let it speak, unfettered.

Our loyalties are to the species and the planet. We speak for Earth.

Our recent pop-music icons, even the most radical ones, like Björk or Caetano Veloso, often have to present themselves as happy and make positive work because they have such a large young fan base to whom they feel responsible. They can't be too negative. Now, criticism is basically a negative act. As you know, critics are neither pop stars nor popular. They are the gripers. But someone has to speak up and say no to this and yes to that.

Our souls speak from across the miles, intertwined, you and I.

Out of five hundred who speak glibly of love, not one can spell the first letter of his name.

Particularly [Alfred] Hitchcock, who takes his time with everything he says. There's a controlling way in how he speaks because he takes his time to finish all his sentences.

Paul Valery speaks of the 'une ligne donnee' of a poem. One line is given to the poet by God or by nature, the rest he has to discover for himself.

Pardon the way that I stare, there's nothing else to compare. The sight of you leaves me weak, there are no words left to speak.

People seem to think that you should be willing to speak to them whether they're jerks or not.

People like to clap back at the people who speak out most.

People speak of a will to live. They rarely speak of a will to die. Because people are afraid of death. Death is dark and unknown and frightening. But not for me. It is not the end.

People speak with enormous pomposity and arrogance about music.

People weren't meaning to be racist, but they didn't know. Action signals change, not intent. So when someone feels like they're not getting a fair shake, you gotta speak on it.

People often speak of God being even-handed. God is not even-handed. God is biased, in favor of the weak, of the despised.

People who speak up for freedom in regimes that are oppressive are often a threat.

People who say not to speak ill of the dead are hypocrites, because you can take it ot the bank they're thinking ill.

Perfect grammar - persistent, continuous, sustained - is the fourth dimension, so to speak; many have sought it, but none has found it.

Philosophy is explicitness, generality, orientation and assessment. That which one would insinuate, thereof one must speak.