I Quotes
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“I speak as much Spanish as anyone who has grown up in Southern California or Texas or Arizona. I had my three years of high-school Spanish and a couple of semesters in college.”
“I speak as your native guide to the mysterious tribe called the English. Dress code is everything. You can be a card-carrying Nazi, you can pay gigolos to eat gnocchi out of your navel and you won't be pilloried -- as long as you never, ever wear linen with tweed.”
Source: Foetal Attraction
“I speak because I am hungry and I have nothing to eat. You don't speak because you have your mouth full and you have everything you want. Don't say my stomach is making noise, When I speak out of hunger .”
“I speak because I can to anyone I trust enough to listen.”
“I speak better English than this villain, Bush.”
“I speak blessing upon blessing, grace upon grace over your lives. May the God of Hosts protect you and your entire families through out 2018. May He provide for every need and fulfill the desires of your hearts in the name of Jesus. Happy New Year.”
“I speak directly to the people, and I know that the people of California want to have better leadership. They want to have great leadership. They want to have somebody that will represent them. And it doesn't matter if you're a Democrat or a Republican, young or old.”
“I speak English, bad English, Spanish, Spanglish, Pig-Latin, Gibberish, Mumbling, Double-speak, Sub-text, Body Language and significant glances no one ever sees. Once in a blue moon, I can understand the opposite sex and manage open communication for a while but by the next moon-rise I'm back to being clueless.”
“I speak English without an accent, and I speak Spanish without an accent. I really do have the best of both worlds.”
“I speak English, obviously, Afrikaans, which is a derivative of Dutch that we have in South Africa. And then I speak African languages. So I speak Zulu. I speak Xhosa. I speak Tswana. And I speak Tsonga. And like - so those are my languages of the core. And then I don't claim German, but I can have a conversation in it. So I'm trying to make that officially my seventh language. And then, hopefully, I can learn Spanish.”
“I speak English, Portuguese, and French. One day I'd love to learn Italian.”
“I speak English, so I am no longer cute. My tongue itches for French.”
“I speak Farsi, German, Dari, and I understand Turkish, but I haven't used it since 1985, so I'm a bit rusty.”
“I speak fluent Hebrew and even dream in Hebrew when we visit there, once or twice a year.”
“I speak for a lot of church groups, youth groups, schools, colleges and do personal appearances. I've done conventions and trade shows. A lot of different little hats.”
“I speak for all mediocrities in the world. I am their champion. I am their patron saint.”
“I speak for an art ... weary of its puny exploits, weary of pretending to be able, of being able, of doing a little better the same old thing, of going a little further along a dreary road.”
“I speak for the colored women of the South, because it is there that the millions of blacks in this country have watered the soil with blood and tears, and it is there too that the colored woman of America has made her characteristic history and there her destiny is evolving.”
Source: The Voice of Anna Julia Cooper: Including A Voice from the South and Other Important Essays, Papers, and Letters
“I speak for those children who cannot speak for themselves, children who have absolutely nothing but their courage and their smiles, their wits and their dreams.”
“I speak French with timidity, and not flowingly--except when excited. When using that language I have often noticed that I have hardly ever been mistaken for a Frenchman, except, perhaps, by horses; never, I believe, by people.”
Source: Twain: Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches, and Essays, Volume 1: 1852-1890
“I speak gibberish to the civilized world and it replies in kind.”
“I speak Hindi fluently because my mother speaks only in Hindi and Urdu.”
“I speak in a loud, clear voice and try not to bump into the furniture.”
“I speak in reality. I don't try to hide anything from anybody, and that's the most dangerous thing about our music that parents are so afraid of.”
“I speak in the name of the entire German people when I assure the world that we all share the honest wish to eliminate the enmity that brings far more costs than any possible benefits. It would be a wonderful thing for all of humanity if both peoples would renounce force against each other forever. The German people are ready to make such a pledge.”
“I speak less because my words are precious and my advices are priceless.”
“I speak Mandarin and can read and write a little. I took a few classes at Harvard to get better in my reading and writing skills.”
“I speak many languages, but I only understand the language of kindness.”
“I speak many times about Stephen Ireland, that he is shy like a hedgehog.”
“I speak my mind and come from a place of conscience, as well as have fun as a musician.”
“I speak my mind. I just speak my heart. I will not turn away from any question.”
“I speak my mind. If it offends some people, well, there's not much I can do about that. But I'm going to be honest. I'm going to continue to speak my mind, and that's who I am.”
Source: Sh*t Politicians Say: The Funniest, Dumbest, Most Outrageous Things Ever Uttered By Our
“I speak my mind. That's what we loved Tupac for.”
“I speak my mind. That's who I am.”
“I speak my own sins; I cannot judge another. I have no tongue for it.”
Source: The Crucible
“I speak New Orleans sassy black woman dialect. I love it.”
Source: Creating a Concierge
“I speak no comfort to you, for there is no comfort for such pain within the circles of the world.”
“I speak not for myself, but so those without a voice can be heard. Those who have fought for their rights. Their right to live in peace. Their right to be treated with dignity. Their right to equality of opportunity. Their right to be educated.”
“I speak not of men's creeds—they rest between Man and his Maker.”
Source: CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE
“I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke,
But here I am to speak what I do know.
You all did love him once, not without cause:
What cause withholds you then, to mourn for him?
O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason. Bear with me;
My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,
And I must pause till it come back to me.”
Source: Julius Caesar
“I speak now, Harry Potter, directly to you. You have permitted your friends to die for you rather than face me yourself. I shall wait for one hour in the Forbidden Forest. If, at the end of that hour, you have not come to me, have not given yourself up, then battle recommences. This time, I shall enter the fray myself, Harry Potter, and I shall find you, and I shall punish every last man, woman, and child who has tried to conceal you from me. One hour.”
“I speak of a clinical depression that is the background of your entire life, a background of anguish and anxiety, a sense that nothing goes well, that pleasure is unavailable and all your strategies collapse.”
“I speak of honor-your honor to God-your honor to country-your honor to self. I sincerely believe it to be the cure to most of our ills, both on a national or individual basis.”
“I speak of knowledge, sir, which is not the bed-equal of learning ... I speak of what comes from learning. I speak of understanding.”
Source: Dark Aemilia: A Novel of Shakespeare's Dark Lady
“I speak of love that comes to mind:
The moon is faithful, although blind;
She moves in thought she cannot speak.
Perfect care has made her bleak.
I never dreamed the sea so deep,
The earth so dark; so long my sleep,
I have become another child.
I wake to see the world go wild.”
Source: The Gates of Wrath: Rhymed Poems, 1948-1952
“I speak of peace, therefore, as the necessary rational end of rational men. I realize the pursuit of peace is not as dramatic as the pursuit of war... But we have no more urgent task.”
“I speak of peace, while covert enmity under the smile of safety wounds the world”
Source: William Shakespeare: The Complete Works
“I speak of something not in this world. I speak of someone whose purpose is elsewhere.”
Source: The Galloping Hour: French Poems
“I speak of that learning which wakes us acquainted with the boundless extent of nature, and the universe, and which even while we remain in this world, discovers to us both heaven, earth, and sea.”
“I speak of the Creator. Are you surprised by my candor? In a world that has killed the sacred, mention of it can seem shocking, even foolhardy. But how foolhardy it is to kill the sacred! And how shocking to think that we could! For there is always a light that walks forward.”
Source: The Seven Paths: Changing One's Way of Walking in the World