Best 1955 quotes in «speak quotes» category

I unfortunately don't speak French, but my wife is now fluent in English, which really reflects rather badly on me.

I understand that you're supposed to protect a fellow officer, but when injustice is happening, it's on them to speak up as well.

I used to crack A joke when Sourav Ganguly is upset and make him happy , i usually speak in bengali which would make him laugh

I've been accused of deliberately hamming up my accent and dropping letters, but that's just how I speak - I used to be a chav.

I've been away and haven't seen my family. I speak to them every day though. I miss them, but I love traveling.

I've been asked several times over the years to become president, and I've always said no, because I didn't want to give up all the time from my work. The position won't be open for another year, but if they still want me then, I'll do it; I'll speak out as often as I can from that platform.

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

I've come to be pretty selective about the type of advocacy that I do, because I kind of feel like it's stronger to just do my work and let it speak for itself.

I've lived for 10 years in Switzerland, so I speak German.

I've never had to spend any time in the VA hospital, so I really can't speak for those guys.

I've never heard God speak out loud to me. That's not an experience I have had.

I've turned down good directors before because I knew the part didn't speak to me and I've worked with less talented directors before because the part I had such passion for.

I voted for Barack Obama twice but I found his rather strong statements about Donald Trump a little unseemly, kind of thought that he ought to stay above the fray so to speak. Is it just me who feels like this was a little out of bounds or is this good politics since his approval ratings are pretty high?

I wanted to say goodbye to someone, and have someone say goodbye to me. The goodbyes we speak and the goodbyes we hear are the goodbyes that tell us we´re still alive.

I want my tennis to speak for everything.

I want to encourage young women to stand up for each other and speak up when they see others in a tough situation.

I want to speak to the despisers of the body. I would not have them learn and teach differently, but merely say farewell to their own bodies-- and thus become silent.

I was asked to speak about Canadian politics. It may not be true, but it's legendary that if you're like all Americans, you know almost nothing except for your own country. Which makes you probably knowledgeable about one more country than most Canadians.

I was always, and I still am to a certain extent, one of those lazy people who spends a lot of time with Italian friends and yet constantly says I don't speak Italian. Things slow down when I start speaking Italian.

I was born in Scotland and have lived there all my life. I speak conversational Cantonese with my dad when I'm at home, and very basic Mandarin.

I was born to speak. I got in trouble as a kid for talking. I already knew it was a strength.

I want to teach. I want to speak. I want to travel.

I was a woman before I was an abolitionist. I must speak for the women.

I was brought up bilingual, but there came a point where my mom went back to work and I got a white babysitter, so sadly I lost it. Now I can understand Spanish and put words together, but I don't speak it fluently. I'm ashamed of that.

I was born under Communism. I know what it's like to live in a system where you can't speak, you have to whisper. Where the state is so pervasive and so intrusive.

I was in a tailspin of confusion I hadn't experienced since the first time I heard George W. Bush speak.

I will be silent and will hear what God will say in me...If God wishes to speak to me, let him enter. I will not go out.

I was in Woody Allen's Stardust Memories in 1980. It was only a bit part and I didn't get to speak but I felt that I was in a real movie and heading where I had always wanted to be.

I will begin to speak, when I have that to say which had not better be unsaid.

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

I will speak daggers to her, but use none.

I was so afraid to even read a paper in front of my classmates. It is very funny because at that point my teachers would never have believed that I could speak in front of an audience of over 2,000 people.

I was thrilled to work opposite Carl Reiner and Robert De Niro. Mr. Reiner was very chatty and delightful, but I learned that if you want Robert De Niro to like you, don't speak at all, and he'll be friendly to you.

I wear all my T-shirts from Helmut Lang with the holes in the elbows, which people always speak of. When my husband gets a hole in his sweater, at his elbow, he says, "It's very Helmut Lang!

I wear [American flag] all the time. It represents my freedom to speak about exactly what I want to, whenever I want to.

I woke up when I was 14 and went to speak to my mother and scared us both to death.

I worry a great deal about all of those surveys that are out that Americans, in particular, are becoming distrustful of our institutions - that Americans are beginning to say they're either irrelevant or they're corrupt or they certainly don't speak to me. But the institutions are actually still functioning.

I work with youth offenders in LA, I've heard them speak and see how music manipulates them.

I would have thought it possible to choose delegates for these larger conferences who, even if they could not speak the principal languages, could at least understand them or could have friends seated beside them who could keep them informed on essential points.

I would have stage-fright if I had to speak with every one of the people before whom I speak.

I would have offered you a forest of truth, but you wish to speak of a single leaf

I would love to have the ability to see inside everyone's heart before I heard them speak or even saw their faces.

I would love to learn other languages, maybe French? My uncle speaks German so maybe also German? Chinese seems to be too difficult.

I would not speak of Judaism as a Talmudic or Rabbinic religion. It's a Biblical religion.

I would not like to see a person who is sober, moderate, chaste and just say that there is no God. They would speak disinterestedly at least, but such a person is not to be found.

I would prefer to just continue to speak about truth and to speak about what makes sense.

[Jem] looked from Will to Tessa and raised his silvery eyebrows. "A miracle," he said. "You got him to speak." "Just to shout at me, really," said Tessa. "Not quite loaves and fishes.

Jeb Bush says he`s not a good - why would he admit that? I watched him. I`m not an entertainer. He goes, I`m not a good talker. I don`t speak well. I don`t debate well. I don`t do anything well. But you should vote for me. That`s Jeb Bush.

I would say that I am not that well-versed politically. I am just someone who wants to speak out about anyone who is in a situation where they are suffering. I always want to stick up for the underdog.

I would speak up if I see someone being rude to someone.