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“His own opinion, which he does not air, is that the origin of speech lie in song, and the origins of song in the need to fill out with sound the overlarge and rather empty human soul.”

Needs Humans Doe Soul Lying Song Sound Opinion Air Speech Empty Human Soul Disgrace

Book:Disgrace

Source: Disgrace

“Of lovers whose bodies smell of each other Who think the same thoughts without need of speech”

Thinking Needs Body Lovers Speech Smell

Book:The Poems of T. S. Eliot Volume I: Collected and Uncollected Poems

Source: The Poems of T. S. Eliot Volume I: Collected and Uncollected Poems

“We are all born with the power of speech, but we need grammar. Conscience, too, needs Revelation.”

Needs Born Speech Conscience Revelations Grammar Power Of Speech

Author:Fulton J. Sheen

“What we need to do in this PC world is forget about unanimity of speech and unanimity of thought and we need to concentrate on being respectful of those people with whom we disagree.”

People World Needs Forget Speech Disagree Respectful Be Respectful Unanimity

Author:Benjamin Carson

“[T]he truth is that fullness of soul can sometimes overflow in utter vapidity of language, for none of us can ever express the exact measure of his needs or his thoughts or his sorrows; and human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.”

Needs Humans Long Soul Sometimes Language Stars Bears Sorrow Truth Is Speech Rhythm Fullness Crude Cracked Overflow Kettles

Author:Gustave Flaubert

“I don't belong to any side. What's more, I think flags are nothing but painted rags that represent rancid emotions. Just seeing someone wrapped up in one of them, spewing out hymns, badges and speeches, gives me the runs. I've always thought that anyone who needs to join a herd so badly must be a bit of a sheep himself”

Thinking Needs Giving Running Bits Sides Emotion Seeing Speech Give Me Flags Sheep Herds Hymns Rags Badges

Author:Carlos Ruiz Zafon

“Speech has allowed the communication of ideas, enabling human beings to work together to build the impossible. Mankind's greatest achievements have come about by talking, and its greatest failures by not talking. It doesn't have to be like this. Our greatest hopes could become reality in the future. With the technology at our disposal, the possibilities are unbounded. All we need to do is make sure we keep talking.”