#peak

I lay in the bed at the hospital and said, 'let's see what I have left.' And I could see, I could speak, I could think, I could read. I simply tabulated my blessings, and that gave me a start. ↗

— Dale Evans

#blessings #could #gave #hospital #i

That's what the Senate is about. It's the last bastion of minority rights, where a minority can be heard, where a minority can stand on its feet, one individual if necessary, and speak until he falls into the dust. ↗

— Robert Byrd

#dust #falls #feet #heard #individual

You take a plug and put it in a socket, and that's what the theatre is-it lights up right away. You speak, and they respond immediately. ↗

— Chita Rivera

#immediately #lights #plug #put #respond

Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us? ↗

— William O. Douglas

#awe #been #bow #expected #represent

Why do you speak to me of the stones? It is only the arch that matters to me. ↗

— Kublai Khan

#matters #me #only #speak #stones

An Englishman's way of speaking absolutely classifies him. ↗

— Alan Jay Lerner

#englishman #him #speaking #way

I have always distrusted memoir. I tend to write my memoirs through my fiction. It's easier to get to the truth by not claiming that you are speaking it. Some things can be said in fiction that can never be said in memoir. ↗

— Armistead Maupin

#claiming #distrusted #easier #fiction #get

In some South Pacific cultures, a speaker holds a conch shell as a symbol of temporary position of authority. Leaders must understand who holds the conch that is, who should be listened to and when. ↗

— Max de Pree

#cultures #holds #leaders #listened #must

Regardless of whether you speak the language or are familiar with a culture, the picture should hold up. ↗

— Herb Ritts

#familiar #hold #language #picture #regardless

Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#actions #actions speak #mankind #mind #only