#spoken

My love is my soul's imagination... how do I love you... imagine. ↗

— Saul Williams

#spoken-word #untainted-love #imagination

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

— Jane Kang

#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

O! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant! And many a word, at random spoken, May soothe or wound a heart that's broken! ↗

— Walter Scott

#broken #finds #heart #little #many

This life will hit you--hard. In the face! It'll wait for you to get back up, just so it can kick you in the stomach. But getting the wind knocked out of you, is the only way to remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air. ↗

— Sarah Kay poet

#life

I haven't seen or spoken to Ray Collins in at least 10 years so I don't even know if he's alive. I hope so. ↗

— Jimmy Carl Black

#collins #even #haven #hope #i

Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#i #most #never #possessions #prized

Sometimes I feel I can't quite master my written and spoken Spanish, because I'm too much a student of English. I would need another lifetime to learn it. ↗

— Sandra Cisneros

#because #english #feel #i #i feel

The grass roots are energized because the absolutely highest priority in the country in November is to defeat Barack Obama. I have spoken with literally thousands and thousands of tea-party activists - I have yet to meet a single tea-party leader that is not going to vote for Mitt Romney. ↗

— Ted Cruz

#activists #barack #barack obama #because #country

I am very outspoken, obviously, and I should say that I can't judge anyone for doing anything. ↗

— Kat Dennings

#anyone #anything #doing #i #i am