“I wish that I spoke more languages. I speak a couple languages, but not well enough to really dub myself. French is really the only one, and it's a difficult thing.” WellsEnoughSpeakLanguageWishDifficultCoupleSpokesDifficult Things Author:Jodie Foster
“I suspect that Jesus spoke many of his parables as a kind of sad and holy joke and that that may be part of why he seemed reluctant to explain them because if you have to explain a joke, you might as well save your breath.” IfsWellsKindMayMightJesusHolyJokesBreathsSpokesSuspectsReluctantParables Author:Frederick Buechner
“One learned gentleman, "a sage grave man," Talk'd of the Ghost in Hamlet, "sheath'd in steel"— His well-read friend, who next to speak began, Said, "That was poetry, and nothing real;" A third, of more extensive learning, ran To Sir George Villiers' Ghost, and Mrs. Veal; Of sheeted Spectres spoke with shorten'd breath, And thrice he quoted Drelincourt on Death.” MenWellsSaidRealNextSpeakThirdsBreathsGravesGhostRanGentlemanSpokesSteelSageThriceSpectre Author:Bill Vaughan
“From purest wells of English undefiled None deeper drank than he, the New World's Child, Who in the language of their farm field spoke The wit and wisdom of New England folk.” WorldWellsChildrenLanguageFieldsEnglandFolksDeeperWitSpokesFarmsNew WorldDrankNew EnglandWit And Wisdom Book:Personal Poems, Complete Volume IV., the Works of Whittier: Personal Poems Source: Personal Poems, Complete Volume IV., the Works of Whittier: Personal Poems