#speak

We who have the final word can speak softly or angrily. We can seek to challenge and annoy, as we need not stay docile and quiet. ↗

— William O. Douglas

#annoy #challenge #docile #final #final word

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've never had to spend any time in the VA hospital, so I really can't speak for those guys. ↗

— R. Lee Ermey

#guys #had #hospital #i #never

A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords. There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#career #commons #completely #course #distinct

An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother who speaks about her own children. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#almost #author #bad #books #children

I just don't like big guys who speak cryptically and act like they understand the language better than me. ↗

— Robert Downey, Jr.

#better #big #big guys #guys #i

I think the more you do this and the more comfortable you become on stage, you start speaking more and becoming more of a character in yourself. ↗

— Carrot Top

#becoming #character #comfortable #i #i think

When I was a kid, if you didn't speak Irish, you really wanted to. And you played Gaelic games and you didn't pay any attention to what was happening in the outside world, because really, Ireland was the center of the universe. And I don't think that's the case anymore. Although, admittedly, it is the center of the universe. ↗

— Roddy Doyle

#although #any #anymore #attention #because