#say

The finest command of language is often shown by saying nothing. ↗

— Roger Babson

#finest #language #nothing #often #saying

I have the ability to sing with emotion and feeling, but if you say I sound like Billie Holiday, that's cool. Let's look at who Billie was: she was this person, this singer, this beautiful diva who could move the audience with the slightest gesture of her hand. ↗

— Erykah Badu

#audience #beautiful #billie #billie holiday #cool

There is a large body of abolitionists in Clinton and Clark Counties in this state, and in Wayne County Indiana, that would undoubtedly support such a store, but whether their support would be sufficient, I am unable to say. ↗

— Gamaliel Bailey

#am #body #clark #clinton #counties

One way of watering down the effects of violence is to approach it in a more lighthearted way. I don't mean to say that you laugh when somebody has their arm sawn off, but you can diffuse fear with humour. ↗

— Colin Baker

#arm #diffuse #down #effects #fear

They say I'm a revolutionary, but they're all wrong. ↗

— Ralph Bakshi

#revolutionary #say #they say #wrong

I have no idea what goes on in another person's mind. As a legislator, I need to be good at persuading people, counting votes and getting to 50 percent plus one. I don't go back and say, 'Why did this person get to the right position?' It's only, 'Are you yes or are you no?' ↗

— Tammy Baldwin

#back #counting #did #get #getting

The best way to begin is to say: Balthus is a painter of whom nothing is known. And now let us have a look at his paintings. ↗

— Balthus

#best #best way #his #known #let us

Painting is a language which cannot be replaced by another language. I don't know what to say about what I paint, really. ↗

— Balthus

#another #cannot #i #know #language

There are certain things that they say you can't do, there are all these secret people behind the scenes who make things available for you to do. That's why you have so much crime and violence. ↗

— Afrika Bambaataa

#behind #certain #certain things #crime #make

I was at a point where I was ready to say I am what I am because of what I am and if you like me I'm grateful, and if you don't, what am I going to do about it? ↗

— Anne Bancroft

#am #because #going #grateful #i