Quotes by Speech Thought and speech are of a thinking and speaking subject, and if the life of the latter depends on the performance of a superimposed function, it depends on fulfilling the requirements of this function thus it depends on those who control these requirements. Herbert Marcuse requirements speech thinking The great modern heresy in poetry is to confuse the use we make of words in a poem with modalities of speech...For true poetry is never speech but always a song. Herbert Read speech use song The child takes most of his nature of the mother, besides speech, manners, and inclination. Herbert Spencer speech mother children I was a fat little kid with a speech impediment. I used to get beat up, not just picked on. Herschel Walker speech littles kids Not in his speech, not in his thoughts, I see his greatness, only in his actions, in his life. Hermann Hesse siddhartha greatness speech To have a specific style is to be poor in speech. Herbert Spencer style speech writing P.E. was my life in school. Without it, I wouldn't be standing here. It gave me confidence when I was an overweight kid with a speech impediment. Herschel Walker speech kids school Free speech does not live many hours after free industry and free commerce die. Herbert Hoover speech freedom doe Dare to declare who you are. It is not far from the shores of silence to the boundaries of speech. The path is not long, but the way is deep. You must not only walk there, you must be prepared to leap. Hildegard of Bingen speech silence long If you speak evil, you will soon be worse spoken of. Hesiod gossip speech evil Thus poetry, regarded as a vehicle of thought, is especially impressive partly because it obeys all the laws of effective speech, and partly because in so doing it imitates the natural utterances of excitement. Herbert Spencer utterance speech law I will get into trouble, I am sure, because since my Kate Middleton speech and before, certain papers were after me. I am not saying, however, that it would have been moral or right to assassinate Mrs. [Margaret] Thatcher, but I know it will be read that way. I know it will cause a problem. Hilary Mantel speech paper way Be modest in speech, but excel in action. Horace modest speech action Speech is the image of actions Hope Solo speech action When you have well thought out your subject, words will come spontaneously. Horace wells subjects speech In every governmental speech I give before state parliament, I say: Bavaria will remain Bavaria. Horst Seehofer speech states giving Speech isn't for agony. Hortense Calisher agony speech suffering I believe in poetic discourse, in the value of speech in a non-naturalistic way; it's speculative. Howard Barker speech believe way The Chinese have an excellent proverb: "Be modest in speech, but excel in action. Horace Mann chinese speech action If money is a form of speech, as the Supreme Court has regrettably found, rich donors will always be the loudest speakers. Howard Dean rich speech form «1415161718192021222324»
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