#peak

When a man gets up to speak, people listen then look. When a woman gets up, people kook; then, if they like what they see, they listen. ↗

— Pauline Frederick

#like #listen #look #man #people

Strictly speaking, every citizen above a certain level of income is guilty of some offense. ↗

— Max Frisch

#certain #certain level #citizen #every #guilty

It's like learning a language; you can't speak a language fluently until you find out who you are in that language, and that has as much to do with your body as it does with vocabulary and grammar. ↗

— Fred Frith

#does #find #fluently #grammar #language

I speak English, so I am no longer cute. My tongue itches for French. ↗

— Anna Held

#cute #english #french #i #i am

I am incapable of speaking of myself and of my life and the states of my soul, I am discreet to an almost pathological degree, and there is nothing I can do against that. ↗

— Milan Kundera

#almost #am #degree #discreet #i

I believe that the quantum of our knowledge will increase considerably in the coming years and that scientists will continue to be amongst the brave voices speaking out. ↗

— Peter Garrett

#believe #brave #coming #considerably #continue

Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness. ↗

— Frank Gehry

#place #should #speak #time #timelessness

If you are given only one opportunity to speak, be certain your voice is heard. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#given #heard #only #opportunity #speak

Loudspeakers should be made to be destroyed and... disposable. ↗

— David Tudor

#disposable #loudspeakers #made #should

There are two kinds of artists in this world; those that work because the spirit is in them, and they cannot be silent if they would, and those that speak from a conscientious desire to make apparent to others the beauty that has awakened their own admiration. ↗

— Anna Katharine Green

#apparent #artists #awakened #beauty #because