Search in quotes: speak

112 quotes

Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but...

Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.

Quote by William Penn about rightness, word, end, contentment

Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never...

Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.

Quote by Dale Carnegie about attention, life

Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.

Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.

Quote by George Herbert about duty, contentment

Speaking about poetry you never know if you will write...

Speaking about poetry you never know if you will write after a week or never.

Quote by Alexandru Musina about poetry, contentment

Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak...

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.

Quote by Francis Bacon about good, good luck, order, word

If the word gets out, if the perception exists that by speaking to a CBS journalist you are, therefore, inevitably, immediately speaking to the police, I don't think there's any doubt but that people won't talk. And, therefore, the public won't...

Quote by Floyd Abrams about journalism, police, doubt, word, public, people, contentment

I met my wife through playing golf. She is French and couldn't speak English and I couldn't speak French, so there was little chance of us getting involved in any boring conversations - that's why we got married really quickly.

Quote by Sean Connery about wife, chance

Teddy Roosevelt... once said, 'Speak softly and carry a...

Teddy Roosevelt... once said, 'Speak softly and carry a big stick. ' Jimmy Carter wants to speak loudly and carry a fly swatter.

Quote by Gerald R. Ford

Elvis said, Miss Minnie, do you think it would be out of order if I go up and speak to General Stewart. I've always been such a fan of his. So Elvis went up to speak to the Stewarts.

Quote by Minnie Pearl about order, contentment

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.

Quote by Buddha about people, thinking, shadow, pain, purity, man, happiness

Always speak the truth, think before you speak and write...

Always speak the truth, think before you speak and write it down afterwards.

Quote by Lewis Carroll about truth, contentment

To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may...

To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

Quote by Benjamin Jonson about talking, things, man

A brave man speaks little about courage.

A brave man speaks little about courage.

Quote by Octavian Paler about courage, man

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage...

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Quote by Winston Churchill about courage

To God I speak Spanish, to women Italian, to man french...

To God I speak Spanish, to women Italian, to man french and to my horse -German.

Quote by Charles I al Spaniei about humor, god, man

This show has been a major revitalization of my family...

This show has been a major revitalization of my family life and personal life. It gave my family an avenue to speak to me honestly.

Quote by Willie Aames about family, life

We're trying to be as technologically advanced as we can...

We're trying to be as technologically advanced as we can get away with. We're trying to speak the kids' language.

Quote by Willie Aames about language

People still cheat on their wives, that hasn't fallen out...

People still cheat on their wives, that hasn't fallen out of fashion. We all speak of it badly, but it has not fallen out of fashion.

Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about fashion, people

The fact that the internet is so active; people can now...

The fact that the internet is so active; people can now speak to me indirectly.

Quote by Randy Bachman about internet, people

Clearly the Secretary of Defense, my boss, would like nothing better than to get Osama bin Laden and to get... to ensure the complete defeat of al-Qaida, because we know that al-Qaida is planning operations against the United States even as we...

Quote by John Abizaid about defeat, heads, nothing

Last quotes

You shoot my finger, trigger finger, boss finger, Boian... (Anghel Damian)

I’m trying to tell people that I am happy the way I am.... (Kim Ung-Yong)

Everything that men do or think concerns the satisfaction... (Albert Einstein)

I have only two rules which I regard as principles of... (Albert Einstein)

Top quotes

Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the... (William Blake)

Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is... (Henry Ford)

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the... (Robert Louis Stevenson)

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. (Samuel Beckett)

Random quotes

When designing a program to handle all possible dumb... (Edward A. Murphy)

To live your life is something very rarely. (Oscar Wilde)

I think you have to pay for love with bitter tears. (Edith Piaf)

Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us... (Eugen Ionescu)

Authors

Famous quotes

Folklore