Speak Quotes - Page 73

I served with General Washington in die Legislature of Virginia...and...with Doctor Franklin in Congress. I never heard neither of them speak ten minutes at a time, nor to any but the main point.

I wish to preface my reflections by saying that I am conducting this prayer service and am speaking to you now with great reluctance. I did not seek to enter any controversy and I don't relish being part of one. But I have given this matter a great deal of thought and prayer, which has led me to the conviction that God is calling me to speak out and conduct these prayers.

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.

A mind that has seen, and suffered, and done, speaks to us of what it has tried and conquered.

Where the Scriptures speak, we speak; where the Scriptures are silent, we are silent.

Nor do they speak properly who say that time consumeth all things; for time is not effective, nor are bodies destroyed by it.

Actors speak of things imaginary as if they were real, while you preachers too often speak of things real as if they were imaginary.

Argument weak; speak loudly!

You can recognize the Spirit of Christ within you when you speak to one another or speak of another person with a warm smile instead of with a frown or scowl.

I don't speak out because I am an actor nor will I keep silent because I am an actor. I respect my profession, but it endows me with no special privileges; but it also does not limit me or muzzle me. I am a person and a citizen with the attendant responsibilities of voice and vote.

It was fascinating listening to this wonderful biologist, Sarah Allen Miller, speak of her relationship to these beings for 20 years.

We have to speak out now on behalf of our community and on behalf of the land and say they're the same thing and say No, we are not rolling over and No, this is not a corporate enterprise. This is democracy in the fullest sense and we must have regard and reverence and those are the cornerstones of a just society.

I grew up in a culture in which it was a sin for a woman to speak out.

Speak softly and employ a huge man with a crowbar.

You can destroy those who speak the truth, but you cannot destroy the truth itself

It is language which speaks in literature, in all its swarming 'polysemic' plurality, not the author himself.

I can't speak for anyone else, but in my case, I sort of fell into acting.

When there is an issue, I approach it and hit it head on. I speak the truth. If I do something wrong, then I own it.

To be completely enlightened means that you're a Buddha.I don't speak of enlightenment.

I believe everyone here has a right to speak out on politics as effectively as possible.

There's not a single Democrat here. It's almost like CPAC invited Benjamin Netanyahu to speak. Well, we could have had Hillary here, but we couldn't find a foreign nation to foot the bill.

I'm a big believer that good policy is good politics. And so, when it comes to making decisions on policy issues, what I endeavor to do is simply speak the truth.

I talk to the young generation and advise them to be both fully Muslim and fully Western citizens, to be free, to speak out, to express themselves. We have new generations of Muslims who were born in the West, coming from within, and they are well educated and they understand. Some sisters and brothers are ready, yes, even though I can see young sisters and brothers who are also obsessed with their social status, their titles, their salary and are scared to not be tolerated.

The Muslim contribution to the future of America is to not only speak out as Muslims, but to also speak out as citizens in the name of our common values. Our main contribution is to reconcile the American society with its own values, those that are not in contradiction to Islam. We have a duty of consistency.

In Speaking Out I do my best to answer those questions I was asked and more, and I provide strategies for how to speak out and keep on speaking out without burning out.