#speaking

When our Lord says, we must be converted and become as little children, I suppose he means also, that we must be sensible of our weakness, comparatively speaking, as a little child. ↗

— George Whitefield

#become #child #children #comparatively #converted

I was always a clown. In the eighth grade I won a city speech contest by doing an Eddie Murphy routine. I'm no good at public speaking, but if I can assume a role and speak as that person, then I'm fine. When I had to give a book report, I always did it in character. ↗

— Jason Wiles

#assume #book #character #city #clown

Generally speaking, if a human being never shows anger, then I think something's wrong. He's not right in the brain. ↗

— Dalai Lama

#being #brain #generally #human #human being

The world generally speaking is now drifting on a more and more devastating course towards the absurd target of extermination - or rather, to be more exact - of the northern hemisphere's towns, fields, and the people who have developed our civilization. ↗

— Alva Myrdal

#civilization #course #devastating #developed #drifting

We were a Western civilisation, an English speaking civilisation, both NZ and Australia, and we had all these influences coming from both Great Britain and America to us; sending us their culture in the shape and form of movies and television. ↗

— Richard O'Brien

#australia #both #britain #civilisation #coming

Genuine good taste consists in saying much in few words, in choosing among our thoughts, in having order and arrangement in what we say, and in speaking with composure. ↗

— Francois Fenelon

#arrangement #choosing #composure #consists #few

I have received so many messages of support from across the country - women and men speaking out because they agree that contraception needs to be treated as a basic health care service. ↗

— Sandra Fluke

#agree #basic #because #care #contraception

Strictly speaking, every citizen above a certain level of income is guilty of some offense. ↗

— Max Frisch

#certain #certain level #citizen #every #guilty

I believe that the quantum of our knowledge will increase considerably in the coming years and that scientists will continue to be amongst the brave voices speaking out. ↗

— Peter Garrett

#believe #brave #coming #considerably #continue

Being Asian where you're supposed to be more quiet and softer and I was always getting reprimanded for laughing to loud or speaking to loudly. ↗

— Kelly Hu

#asian #being #getting #i #laughing