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Spoken Word Quotes

The words that matter always stay.

David Levithan (2008). “The Realm of Possibility”, p.143, Knopf Books for Young Readers

Nothing is often a good thing to do and always a good thing to say.

Will Durant (1929). “The Mansions of Philosophy: A Survey of Human Life and Destiny”, Garden City, N.Y. : Garden City Publishing Company

The written word endures, the spoken word disappears

Neil Postman (2005). “Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business”, p.21, Penguin

The unspoken word is capital. We can invest it or we can squander it.

Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.521, Courier Corporation

It was my ambition all of my life to be master of the spoken word.

Sir Winston Churchill, Jack Fishman (1974). “If I lived my life again”, W.H. Allen

I have spoken words of hope. But only of hope. Hope is not victory.

J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.489, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

I take my spoken-word stuff extremely seriously because I feel like that's true writing, true lyricism.

"Nick Cannon Gives Us An Exclusive Look Into The Making Of The New ‘Wild ‘N Out’ Mixtape". Interview with Miz Kane, thesource.com. August 2, 2016.