(257 quotes found)
“Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung.”
Voltaire
“He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one;Exceedingly wise, fair-spoken and persuading;Lofty and sour to them that loved him not;But to those men that sought him sweet as summer.”
William Shakespeare
“O! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant! And many a word, at random spoken, May soothe or wound a heart that's broken!”
Sir Walter Scott
“I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.”
Audre Lorde
“Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.”
Hermann Hesse
“They have committed false report; moreover, they have spoken untruths; secondarily, they are slanders; sixth and lastly, they have belied a lady; thirdly, they have verified unjust things; and to conclude, they are lying knaves”
“When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken you reign over it.”
Arabian Proverb
“An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.”
Charles Dickens
“Vanity Fair magazine reports that former President Clinton and Al Gore haven't spoken to each other since George W. Bush's inauguration. Not only that, Bill and his wife, Hillary, haven't spoken since Richard Nixon's inauguration.”
Conan O'Brien
“If what we see is doubtful, how can we believe what is spoken behind the back”
Chinese Proverbs
