#peak

An exact poetic duplication of a man is for the poet a negation of the earth, an impossibility of being, even though his greatest desire is to speak to many men, to unite with them by means of harmonious verses about the truths of the mind or of things. ↗

— Salvatore Quasimodo

#being #desire #duplication #earth #even

He passes from lyric to epic poetry in order to speak about the world and the torment in the world through man, rationally and emotionally. The poet then becomes a danger. ↗

— Salvatore Quasimodo

#becomes #danger #emotionally #epic #epic poetry

Somebody said to me that I speak English almost like somebody for whom English is not their first language. ↗

— Christopher Walken

#english #first #i #language #like

Ignorant free speech often works against the speaker. That is one of several reasons why it must be given rein instead of suppressed. ↗

— Anna Quindlen

#free #free speech #given #ignorant #instead

He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity. ↗

— Quintilian

#does #evil #his #lacks #only

A free people, free to believe as we wish, free to speak our minds, free to raise our children as we see fit, will, make no mistake about it, endure. ↗

— Nick Rahall

#believe #children #endure #fit #free

Madam Speaker, I have spent more than half my life as a member of the Resources Committee. In that time I have supported numerous wilderness designations. In fact, I cannot recall ever opposing a wilderness bill. ↗

— Nick Rahall

#cannot #committee #ever #fact #half

Orrin Hatch was the keynote speaker at the last meeting of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. He sought me out because he was a fan. I was thinking he had confused me with someone else. ↗

— Ted Rall

#association #because #cartoonists #confused #editorial

Unless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of truth. ↗

— Ramakrishna

#cannot #find #god #soul #speaks

When I first came to this country, I didn't know how to speak English. ↗

— Wilmer Valderrama

#country #english #first #how #i