#peak

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy. ↗

— Will Durant

#diplomacy #especially #half #nothing #say

I'm definitely on the incline to a peak. ↗

— Fred Durst

#i #incline #peak

I'm self-confident and not afraid to speak my mind. ↗

— Eliza Dushku

#i #mind #self-confident #speak

I'm speaking for all of us. I'm the spokesman for a generation. ↗

— Bob Dylan

#i #speaking #spokesman #us

The sanity of the average banquet speaker lasts about two and a half months; at the end of that time he begins to mutter to himself, and calls out in his sleep. ↗

— James Thurber

#average #banquet #begins #calls #end

If Hollywood stars speak out, so do all sorts of other people. Now Hollywood stars can get a better hearing. ↗

— Roger Ebert

#get #hearing #hollywood #now #other

Every time that I write a novel I am convinced for at least two years that it is the last one, because a novel is like a child. It takes two years after its birth. You have to take care of it. It starts walking, and then speaking. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#am #because #birth #care #child

I think my numbers speak for themselves. ↗

— Jack Youngblood

#i think #numbers #speak #themselves #think

The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#book #concepts #contains #dumb #eye

I was never a villain on the stage. I always played strong, sympathetic types. My first stage role with a speaking part, believe it or not, was as a priest. It wasn't until I began acting in films that the producers and directors saw me primarily as a bizarre villain. ↗

— Conrad Veidt

#always #began #believe #bizarre #directors