“A company in which anyone is afraid to speak up, to differ, to be daring and original, is closing the coffin door on itself.” SpeakCompanyDoorsOriginalsDaringClosingCoffins Author:Leo Burnett
“How truly language must be regarded as a hindrance to thought, though the necessary instrument of it, we shall clearly perceive on remembering the comparative force with which simple ideas are communicated by signs. To say, "Leave the room," is less expressive than to point to the door. Place a finger on the lips is more forcible than whispering, "Do not speak." A beck of the hand is better than, "Come here." No phrase can convey the idea of surprise so vividly as opening the eyes and raising the eyebrows. A shrug of the shoulders would lose much by translation into words.” IdeasHandsEyeRememberSpeakLanguageForceLosesSimpleRoomsDoorsInstrumentsSurpriseFingersLipsShouldersOpeningPerceivePhrasesTranslationsEyebrowsWhisperingExpressiveHindranceSimple Ideas Book:Essays: Moral, Political and Aesthetic Source: Essays: Moral, Political and Aesthetic
“Studios weren't banging on my door to offer me parts... And I thought, well how am I ever going to make movies that speak to my heart and to my values?” WellsHeartValuesSpeakDoorsMy HeartOffersStudiosBanging Book:Jane Fonda's Words of Politics and Passion Source: Jane Fonda's Words of Politics and Passion
“I can imagine nothing more tiresome than always to speak of people as if they were listening at the door.” PeopleIfsI CanSpeakImagineDoorsListeningGossipTiresome Book:Streaks of life Source: Streaks of life
“Those who know do not speak; Those who speak do not know. Stop up the openings, Close down the doors, Rub off the sharp edges. Unravel all confusion. Harmonize the light, Give up contention: This is called finding the unity of life.” KnowsGivingLightSpeakDoorsGiving UpFindingsUnityEdgesOpeningConfusionContentionSharp Edges Author:Laozi
“The niceties of existence were not a matter of concern, yet everything around was closed down most of the time. If you lived in a middle-class community in Chicago, children and adults came daily to the door saying, 'We are starving, how about a potato?' I speak from poignant memory.” IfsChildrenMatterSpeakCommunityMemoriesExistenceClassDoorsMiddleAdultsConcernMiddle ClassChicagoPotatoesStarvingPoignantNiceties Author:Paul Samuelson
“I really hope it engenders a lot of conversation because I believe there are a lot of people who put on faces. We all do it, every time we walk out the door. And there are a lot of people who have to hide who they are. And I think this story speaks to that.” PeopleThinkingBelieveStoriesFacesSpeakI BelieveWalksDoorsConversation Author:Glenn Close
“I think in certain ways sex work has been romanticized. I can only speak from my experience, but what surprised me about escorting was how boring it mostly is. it seemed like an assembly line process of cleaning my apartment, dressing up, making awkward small talk, having mundane mechanical sex, making more awkward small talk, and then closing the door after them. There's also a lot of frustration and annoyance with it that I feel isn't discussed (a lot of flaky potential clients for instance.)” ThinkingWayFeelsHas BeensI CanCertainSpeakSexProcessLinesDoorsBoringInstanceFrustrationAwkwardApartmentClientsCleaningDressingsClosingMundaneAssemblyDressing UpAnnoyanceSex WorkSmall TalkAssembly LineEscorting Author:Marie Calloway
“I think there are a lot of different things that dreams do for the individual and they're fascinating because it's not totally known what they do, but we have some science that is opening the door to a new world as we speak.” ThinkingWorldDifferentDreamIndividualSpeakKnownDoorsOpeningFascinatingDifferent ThingsNew World Author:Tom DeLonge
“Getting to a place where I am comfortable saying things was hard-earned for me. I've chewed on the ground glass of my own experience. I saw Gloria Steinem speak, and I was just like, Shut the front door. She was saying that she didn't come into her own until her 40s, and she was asking herself the question, Why should she have to get married? And I just thank God someone asked that question, right? I think we're the first generation of women asking ourselves certain questions and deciding for ourselves.” ThinkingShouldFirstsHardCertainSpeakMy OwnSawsGenerationsDoorsFrontsComfortableMarriedAskingGlassesThank GodFront DoorsGloria Author:Tracee Ellis Ross
“In the industry there's this whole mentality of working with someone who can open the door for you, but my whole thing is that I like my work to speak for itself. So I still do have that same mentality.” StillsWholeSpeakDoorsIndustryMentality Author:Cakes da killa
“In Manhattan, when you're out of the front door, you're on, and you have to be ready to smile and speak to people.” PeopleSpeakDoorsFrontsReadyManhattanFront Doors Author:Quentin Crisp
“When it finally came my way and doors opened up for me to do it and to be on stage, it felt like a natural thing to try out. And it just so happened to speak to me. I really couldn't do what I needed to do in the most fulfilling way in Hayward, Calif., or in the Bay Area, that it required me to go off to NYU.” WayTryingSpeakFeltNaturalHappenedDoorsStageNeededAreasMy WayFulfillingNatural ThingsBay AreaNyu Author:Mahershala Ali
“I think women need to have a lobby. I feel that women need to speak out. The first time a man hits you is one too many times and you need to do something about it. That something about it is walking out that door and seeking for help and never looking back.” ThinkingMenNeedsFeelsFirstsHelpingSpeakDoorsWalkingFirst TimeSeekingLooking BackSpeaks OutWalking Out Author:LaToya Jackson
“Corner one of the hundreds of doctors who specialize in autism recovery, and they'll tell you stories of dozens of kids in their practice who no longer have autism. Ask them to speak to the press and they'll run for the door. They know better.” KnowsStoriesRunningKidsAsksSpeakPracticeDoorsDoctorsPressesCornersRecoveryDozenAutismDoctor Who Author:Jenny McCarthy