#speaking

But, strictly speaking, this mythology was no essential part of ancient religion, for it had no sacred sanction and no binding force on the worshippers. ↗

— William Robertson Smith

#binding #essential #force #had #mythology

The truth is always something that is told, not something that is known. If there were no speaking or writing, there would be no truth about anything. There would only be what is. ↗

— Susan Sontag

#always #anything #known #only #something

Public speaking? I speak to myself on the street! ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#myself #public #public speaking #speak #speaking

One day, out of irritation, I said, you know all of those years with the Royal Shakespeare Company, all those years of playing kings and princes and speaking black verse, and bestriding the landscape of England was nothing but a preparation for sitting in the captain's chair of the Enterprise. ↗

— Patrick Stewart

#captain #chair #company #day #england

A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire and intention, by false speaking, to deceive and injure your neighbour. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#deceive #desire #does #false #indirect

What comes easiest for me is dialogue. Sometimes when my characters are speaking to me, I have to slow them down so that I'm not simply taking dictation. ↗

— Richard Russo

#comes #dialogue #dictation #down #easiest

I never found it frustrating not speaking. ↗

— David Selby

#frustrating #i #never #speaking

An Englishman's way of speaking absolutely classifies him. ↗

— Alan Jay Lerner

#englishman #him #speaking #way

Simply having the courage to say senseless things made me euphoric. I was free, with no need to seek or to give explanations for what I was doing. This freedom lifted me to the heavens - where greater love, one that forgives everything and never allows you to feel abandoned, once again enveloped me. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#forgiveness #god #heaven #hope #speaking

Wir sind das Volk!" Dieser Satz hat uns gelehrt, dass wir, wenn wir unserer Sehnsucht glauben und ihr vertrauen, die Angst verlieren können. Eine Angst, die willfährige Dienerin jeder Art von nicht legitimierter Herrschaft ist, die uns ohnmächtig macht, die uns bindet. In dem Augenblick aber, in dem wir unsere Angst als Angst benennen und Anpassung und Angst als Geschwisterkinder erkennen, sind wir möglicherweise bereit zu erproben: Können wir auch ohne sie leben? In genau diesem Augenblick wachsen uns jene Kräfte zu, die eine ganze Gesellschaft verändern können. ↗

— Joachim Gauck

#civil-rights #courage #democracy #dictatorship #empowerment