S Quotes
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“Speaking as one who has abused privilege a long time, I tell you, it's great to be alive.”
“Speaking as somebody who has been happily married for 35 years, I can't imagine any choice more consequential for a lifelong journey than the choice of a traveling companion.”
“Speaking as somebody who voted against TPA and has a lot of suspicions about Trans Pacific Partnership that are reflected in our concerns about what's hurting the American economy and what the opportunity is to grow, I have to say I like a person like Hillary Clinton who is willing to analyze the facts. I have met no one smarter than her in politics.”
“Speaking as somebody who's been in the drug scene, it's not something you can go on and on doing, you know. It's like drink, or anything, you've got to come to terms with it. You know, like too much food, or too much anything. You've got to get out of it. You're left with yourself all the time, whatever you do--you know, meditation, drugs or anything. But you've got to get down to your own god and your own temple in your head.”
“Speaking as somebody with three sisters and a very largely female Muslim family, there is not a single woman I know in my family or in their friends who would have accepted the wearing of a veil.”
“Speaking as someone who bought the party line for far too long, you would be amazed what you can believe if you keep convincing yourself the press, the libs, the universities - hell, everyone but a few on the religious fringe and big business - are out to get you. I was lucky - I started to snap out of this a couple of years ago and hopefully will now apply to both major parties the same skepticism and cynicism I had in the past reserved for Democrats.”
“Speaking at a trade show is one of the most cost-effective ways to showcase your knowledge and expertise and position your business as an industry leader. Since it’s often free, it’s a smart move to boost your exhibitor ROI.”
Source: Trade Show 411: The Essential Guide to Exhibiting Like a Pro
“Speaking becomes both a way to engage in active self-transformation and a rite of passage where one moves from being object to being subject. Only as subjects can we speak. As objects, we remain voiceless—our beings defined and interpreted by others.”
Source: Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black
“Speaking biologically, fruit in a slightly shriveled state is holding its respiration and energy consumption down to the lowest possible level. It is like a person in meditation: his metabolism, respiration, and calorie consumption reach an extremely low level. Even if he fasts, the energy within the body will be conserved. In the same way, when mandarin oranges grow wrinkled, when fruit shrivels, when vegetables wilt, they are in the state that will preserve their food value for the longest possible time.”
Source: The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming
“Speaking disrespectfully to bad people doesn't make you a bad person, it just makes you a
respectful person who's not gonna take disrespect.
-MillYentei”
“Speaking English is like tongue-twist for me. I can speak each word perfect, but then you have to string them together like, 'Blah, blah, blah.' That's when I get crazy.”
“Speaking Eyes and Inviting Smile
A Beauty within a Beauty
Fatima Bhutto”
“Speaking felt impossible, as contained and enclosed as she was, a longing that went on a loop, a longing for nothing at all.”
Source: The Answers
“Speaking for me, I think the odds of bankrupting Exxon are pretty small, but I think the odds of politically bankrupting them are higher. I think if we can use this as a vehicle to get out the analysis that these guys have 3-5 times as much carbon in the ground as the most conservative government thinks would be safe to burn, then that politically stigmatises them, makes them into the rogue industry that they are.”
“Speaking for myself I have influenced with lots of John Coltrane, Van Morrison, Joanna Newsom, Mississippi Records compilations, Simon & Garfunkel, Duncan Browne, Judee Sill, Sublime Frequencies releases, Ali Farka Touré, John Fahey, Flower Travellin' Band, Sagittarius, Toumani Diabaté, Philip Glass, lots of different stuff.”
“Speaking for myself, art differs from writing in that I never know what I'm going to paint until I paint it, so it's almost like automatic writing. A writer, on the other hand, can't help but know what he's going to write, because the activity demands a degree of premeditation.”
Source: Burroughs Live: The Collected Interviews of William S. Burroughs, 1960-1997
“Speaking for myself, but [Kriota] probably [agrees], I don't do different things because I have to, but certainly my career's taken a lot of twists and turns because things work out for a while and then something shifts and they don't. I went into illustration as a way of supporting my comics career. Then I got really interested in performance and I knew that was always going to be more of a hobby, but that's something I've kept doing.”
“Speaking for myself, I try to go out there on the stage and make jokes with people, so I'm not really thinking about the impact anything I have. If it does resonate with people, that's really great.”
“Speaking for myself, my first priority is to take care of my family. That's first and foremost.”
“Speaking for myself, my very integrity as a human being needs to include my freedom to explore who I am both spiritually and sexually. Not just to explore - but to practice.”
“Speaking for the one field which I feel definitely qualified to comment on, I fully believe the animated picture will emerge as one of the greatest mediums, not only of entertainment but also of education.”
“Speaking from memory, I don't know how many points Nelson Piquet has.”
“Speaking from my experience as a person involved for a long time in building the European Union, it is important to have patience and efforts to build a community of nations.”
“Speaking from my own religious tradition in this Christmas season, 2,000 years ago a homeless woman gave birth to a homeless child in a manger because the inn was full.”
“Speaking from the heart is simple. Listening wholeheartedly, however, is much, much more difficult and most rare.”
Source: The Extremely Successful Salesman's Club
“Speaking generally, I think it's useful to acknowledge explicitly the power imbalance between a journalist and the protagonists in a story about poor people, even to make that imbalance part of the story - and to redress it, narratively, where you can.”
“Speaking generally, men are ungrateful, fickle, hypocritical, fearful odanger and covetous ogain.”
“Speaking generally, no man appears great to his contemporaries, for the same reason that no man is great to his servants--both know too much of him.”
Source: Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think
“Speaking generally, people who are drawn to journalism are interested in what happens from the ground up less than they are from the top down.”
“Speaking generally, punishment hardens and numbs, it produces concentration, it sharpens the consciousness of alienation, it strengthens the power of resistance.”
Source: The Genealogy of Morals
“Speaking in a common tongue, speaking through guitars and drums.”
Source: Pass Thru Fire: The Collected Lyrics
“Speaking in Creation's tongues, hearing Creation's voices, the boundary of our soul expands. Earth has many voices. Those who understand that Earth is a living being, know this because they have translated themselves to the humble grasses and old trees. They know that Earth is a community that is constantly talking to itself; a communicating universe. And whether we know it or not, we are participating in the web of this community.”
Source: The Fruitful Darkness: A Journey Through Buddhist Practice and Tribal Wisdom
“Speaking in front of a large crowd is not pleasant. Once it gets rolling, it's okay. But beforehand, it's murder.”
“Speaking in the tabernacle to a large assembly, he [John Taylor, Mormon] said: Who would not rather die than bow to the yoke of the enemy? It would sweeten death to a man to know that he should lay down his life in defence of freedom and the kingdom of God, rather than to longer bow to the cruelty of the mobs, even when the mob have the name of being legalized by the nation. I thank God, and I rejoice that this people... are determined to have peace, if they have to fight for it. To this stirring appeal, the whole congregation responded with a loud and hearty Amen! Since this sounds suspiciously like treason...”
Source: The Mountain Meadows Massacre
“Speaking in tongues is a language of spiritual expression, not meaningless babbling. The Bible describes it as speaking in languages known to God, but not necessarily to humans (1 Corinthians 14:2). This gift allows believers to communicate with God in a deeper way. It's a sign of the Holy Spirit's presence and work in a believer's life. Notably, Jesus' speaking after the Holy Spirit descended at His baptism was not in unintelligible sounds, but rather declaring God's praise and will. Similarly, the disciples' speaking in tongues on Pentecost was in known human languages, declaring the wonders of God (Acts 2:4-11). Let's focus on understanding and using this gift in love and order, recognizing its purpose is to edify oneself and the church through spiritual growth.”
“Speaking in tongues is as normal to me as 'Pass the salt' It's a secret, direct prayer language to God.”
“Speaking in tongues is not enough.If we turn men from unchristian religions to christianity we must produce miracles which convince men that Christ lives and He is real today.”
“Speaking in tongues is the best way to express your deepest, fullest and most earnest gratitude to God.”
“Speaking in tongues, prophesying, and the word of knowledge are experiences in the Holy Ghost. Pride carries away many who have these gifts, but the truth is that Holy Ghost experiences are free gifts that require no skill or accomplishment of any kind. The gifts are not a reward.”
Source: The Truth About Baptism
“Speaking is a beautiful folly; with that man dances over all things.”
Source: The Portable Nietzsche
“Speaking is half his that speaks, and half his that hears.”
“Speaking is instant. Writing is a process.”
Source: Quantraz
“Speaking is like conducting an orchestra; but instead of music, you are directing emotions.”
“Speaking is like conducting an orchestra; but instead of music, you are directing emotions. What about ideas I hear you ask? Or intellectual frameworks or structures? They all are directed and communicated by speaking but they all are emotional. Ideas have to be emotional or link to or evoke emotions if they are to be remotely interesting to anyone. And an idea that is appealing is in some way emotionally satisfying.”
Source: JUMP, FALL, FLY From Schooling to Homeschooling to Unschooling
“Speaking kind words starts a wave of love in motion that brings more love upon your shores.”
Source: The Book of Simple Human Truths
“Speaking leads to experiences of meaning and existence, at least if the one who speaks tries to express his subjective truth as honestly and sincerely as possible.”
Source: The Psychology of Totalitarianism
“Speaking less and doing more says more.”
“Speaking like this doesn't mean that we're anti-white, but it does mean we're anti-exploitation, we're anti-degradation, we're anti-oppression.”
“Speaking more than one language and living in a multicultural family and environment did not seem like anything but what it was: the world I lived in.”
“Speaking more than one language delays age-related cognitive decline.”
Source: Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat