#spoken

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

If you're going to say what you want to say, you're going to hear what you don't want to hear. ↗

— Roberto Bolaño

#feedback #opinions #outspokenness #responses #responsibility

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

— David Copperfield

#magicians #reveal #secrets #unspoken

If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it. ↗

— Epictetus

#correct #evil #laugh #lie #spoken

I am an outspoken person. I believe in what I say. ↗

— Dionne Warwick

#believe #i #i am #i believe #i believe in

For one, the Qur'an is considered by Muslims to consist entirely of words spoken by Allah himself. ↗

— Paul Weyrich

#considered #consist #entirely #himself #muslims

Orphans, dead parents, lonely children at Christmas, morose spoken word recordings, everything you love about the holidays. Move the turkey over so you can fit your head in the oven. ↗

— April Winchell

#children #christmas #dead #everything #fit

Every spoken word arouses our self-will. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#every #our #self-will #spoken #spoken word

I think we're still in a muddle with our language, because once you get words and a spoken language it gets harder to communicate. ↗

— Jane Goodall

#communicate #get #gets #harder #i

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