"Where the Scriptures speak, we speak; where the Scriptures are silent, we are silent."
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"Everyone speaks stupid."
"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."
"Even as I speak, in four hours time the Kyalami Grand Prix will roar away"
"Once I started singing, I realized it was a language I'd forgotten I could speak."
"I abhor 'baby talk.' I speak to kids like I would any other person, and they seem to respond to it."
"The many speak highly of you, but have you really any grounds for satisfaction with yourself if you are the kind of person the many understand?"
"Live among others as if God beheld you; speak to God as if others were listening."
"When you show up to speak publically, you have to show up to give. You always know the ones who do and the ones who don't."
"The Communists, following Hegel, speak of humanity and its future as of some monolithic individuality. I was attacking this illusion."
"One thinking it is right to speak all things, whether the word is fit for speech or unutterable."
"Your only hope of satisfying others is in satisfying yourself. I speak of a great satisfaction, not a commercial satisfaction."
"Meditation speaks. It speaks in silence."
"A child should always say what's true, And speak when he is spoken to, And behave mannerly at table: At least as far as he is able."
"Nobody speaks of a beautifful view for 5 minutes"
"I'm just the messenger here. I'm just another representative of my faith, so to speak."
"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 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 have to come out of the closet of the third person and speak in a more direct way."
"I’ll never speak to God again."