#peak

If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then unto me. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#grow #into #look #me #say

I wanted to see if the American man in plain brown pants and a bare torso could speak profound things. ↗

— Ted Shawn

#bare #brown #could #i #man

The manufacture of desire isn't at the heart - if it isn't absurd to speak of a heart - of the media torrent. Chronic dissatisfaction is at the heart of the matter. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

#chronic #desire #dissatisfaction #heart #manufacture

In the beginning, we had a great deal of freedom, and Jerry wrote completely out of his imagination - very, very freely. We even had no editorial supervision to speak of, because they were in such a rush to get the thing in before deadline. But later on we were restricted. ↗

— Joe Shuster

#before #beginning #completely #deadline #deal

When I made my way across childhood to the tinny AM radio, it was dark. Lights out. I listened intently. More intently than I ever had before. Something was speaking to my unformed-ness like a long lost friend. Something that I had never met but forgotten nonetheless. I was 'realizing' that music was 'different' from other things in life. ↗

— Jane Siberry

#am #before #childhood #dark #different

Because of my voice, speaking words which had been carefully chosen, women had used money they had set aside for other purposes to buy war bonds. ↗

— Kate Smith

#because #been #bonds #buy #carefully

Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes. ↗

— Maggie Smith

#mind #shakes #speak #voice #your

Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk. ↗

— Margaret Chase Smith

#cowardice #dangerous #irresponsible #keeps #minds

I'm very aware when I'm speaking to the English of how flat my Mid-Atlantic American voice is. ↗

— Martin C. Smith

#aware #english #flat #how #i

What I say should always be prefaced with this: I'm not really politically articulate. I just try to be like Thomas Paine: what is common sense? So when I say these things to you, I am speaking from a humanist point of view. I just look around and see what's wrong. ↗

— Patti Smith

#am #around #articulate #common #common sense