#spoke

Your brain is like a plant. If you plant a seed in it, it will grow into a big idea. ↗

#brain #grow #idea #inspirational #plant

In the beginning was the word, and primitive societies venerated poets second only to their leaders. A poet had the power to name and so to control; he was, literally, the living memory of a group or tribe who would perpetuate their history in song; his inspiration was god given and he was in effect a medium. ↗

— Kevin Crossley-Holland

#language #poet #poetry #spoken #word

I'm not going to talk like I know about politics, because I'm a total amateur, but maybe I can be a spokesperson for people who aren't normally interested in politics. ↗

— Bjork

#amateur #because #going #i #i can

In the past, we spoke of poverty, misery only in the south. Now there is a lot of misery, a lot of bad that creates victims in the north as well. This has become manifest: the global system was not made to serve the good of all, but to serve multinational companies. ↗

— Ahmed Ben Bella

#become #companies #creates #global #good

It is the unspoken ethic of all magicians to not reveal the secrets. ↗

— David Copperfield

#magicians #reveal #secrets #unspoken

Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#ever #home #magician #name #spirit

Sometimes the archaism of the language when it's spoken is why we are all in love with the Irish today. ↗

— Diane Wakoski

#language #love #sometimes #spoken #today

I cannot improve on those spoken for many years by a true legend who preceded me at CBS News. He would say, simply, 'good night, and good luck.' ↗