#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

I prepared my intervention the night before I spoke. As it happened, there were about 44 cardinals who wished to speak but could not because there was not enough time. I was one of the last to speak. ↗

— Godfried Danneels

#because #before #cardinals #could #enough

The more I do bookstores, the more people come up to me from church groups. I spoke at Pittsburg State College and had 2 or 3 ministers and book groups from a couple of churches. ↗

— Anita Diament

#bookstores #church #churches #college #come

We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

#before #begin #encounter #even #first

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

Graham Greene, as I understand it, was quite outspoken in his criticism of American foreign policy. ↗

— Brendan Fraser

#american foreign policy #criticism #foreign #foreign policy #graham

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

I was an intimate sort of child who never spoke up in groups. I preferred close friends. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#close #close friends #friends #groups #i