#peak

And, actually it was interesting because I had done a lot of traveling in the United States and Canada and Mexico on my motorcycle; and I was really, it was the first time I had really gotten out of the Minnesota area to speak of. ↗

— Duane G. Carey

#area #because #canada #done #first

For, if a good speaker, never so eloquent, does not see into the fact, and is not speaking the truth of that - is there a more horrid kind of object in creation? ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#does #eloquent #fact #good #horrid

Man is, properly speaking, based upon hope, he has no other possession but hope; this world of his is emphatically the place of hope. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#emphatically #his #hope #man #other

One of the tragedies of the struggle against racism is that up to now there has been no national organization which could speak to the growing militancy of young black people in the urban ghetto. ↗

— Stokely Carmichael

#been #black #could #ghetto #growing

When I speak at my local church, which I try to do 35 to 40 times a year, I try in every lesson to take the Old Testament text or New Testament text and apply them to what is happening to me or how that applies to the audience that I'm teaching in a modern, fast-changing, technological world. I use headlines, interfaith and that sort of thing. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#apply #audience #church #every #happening

I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in. ↗

— George Washington Carver

#broadcasting #every #god #hour #i

There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

#benefit #brag #draw #expressing #him

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. ↗

— Jackie Chan

#crazy #each #english #get #i

Okay, I'm going to let you in on a little secret: I'm a very superstitious person. I'm walking onto the plane as we speak. I'm putting my hands on the outside of the plane and my feet are on the lip of the plane. I have to do it every time before I fly. ↗

— Jessica Chastain

#every #every time #feet #fly #going

My parents are very funny when they have to deal with anything racy or off-color. They usually pretend they don't speak English. ↗

— Margaret Cho

#deal #english #funny #parents #pretend