#spoke

As a young man, Yeats spoke to me in a way I could understand. Shakespeare I couldn't understand, but Yeats I could. It was his subject matter and also I really admired the way he put his personal life on the line. ↗

— Leonard Cohen

#also #could #his #i #life

I met the president when he was president-elect at a meeting in Austin. He spoke of his faith. He spoke of his desire for a compassionate conservatism, for a faith-based initiative that would do something for poor people. ↗

— Jim Wallis

#compassionate #conservatism #desire #faith #faith-based

When Jane and I spoke out, people thought, What ungrateful children those two kids are to be that nasty about their father. ↗

— Peter Fonda

#children #father #i #jane #kids

All my children have spoken for themselves since they first learned to speak, and not always with my advance approval, and I expect that to continue in the future. ↗

— Gerald R. Ford

#always #approval #children #continue #expect

Above all else stands the burning question of bipartisanship. Whatever else the politicians might say they're about, our news analysts know that this is the true object of the nation's desire, the topic to which those slippery presidential spokesmen need always to be dragged back. ↗

— Thomas Frank

#above #always #back #bipartisanship #burning

The spoken form is in fact a very restrained representation of what is possible in the musical language. ↗

— Robert Fripp

#form #in fact #language #musical #possible

I'm done with my job. It was my job to be the advocate and spokesman for the President of the United States. ↗

— Scott McClellan

#done #i #job #president #spokesman

I cannot be made into the commentator for the unspoken black masses. ↗

— Aaron McGruder

#cannot #commentator #i #into #made

Musicians are so well covered in the press, it would be great to see more outspoken practitioners of green life. ↗

— Jason Mraz

#great #green #life #more #musicians

Well, I like how people talk. I like language. You know, Linda Richman spoke in Yiddish. ↗

— Mike Myers

#i #know #language #like #linda