Top 444 Speaks Quotes

I think people assume I only do light things because of the movies that are like ‘Hairspray’ and ‘John Tucker Must Die.’ But I think it’s all just based on material that I really like and that speaks to me.

My dad speaks a lot of sense and keeps me grounded. He’ll watch me play and, if I’ve done well, he’ll have a quiet word with me and say, ‘Well done.’ If I’ve had a not-so-good game, he’ll let me know about it.

To this congress the poet speaks not of peculiar and personal things, but of what in himself is most common, most anonymous, most fundamental, most true of all men.

Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.

I’ve never had to fight for a role. Call it my ego or my self-respect, but I won’t pick up the phone and call a producer and fight or ask for a role. That’s not me. I’ve always got the best, and my work speaks for itself.

Because for me, equations and symbols aren’t just a thing. They’re a voice that speaks out about the incredible richness of nature and the startling simplicity in the patterns that twist and turn and warp and evolve all around us, from how the world works to how we behave.

What people love about Santorum is he is who is he. He speaks his words. He loves God. He loves his country, and he loves gays.

I think I’ve got to go back to ‘Someone to Watch Over Me.’ I think it’s a perfectly written song. I really do. I think it’s one of the great songs in the American Songbook, and it speaks to love in its simplest and purest form.

The music speaks for itself. You either like it or you don’t, or you’re somewhere in between. That doesn’t change whether I’m in the band or not.

The only thing I’m sure of is that I want to keep doing work that speaks to me.

I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.

I’m special, in a way that is good. I don’t have to explain ‘special.’ There is no definition for special. Special speaks for itself.

I truly think that’s what music is about. It’s not about what you look like or what happened yesterday; it’s truly about how the music speaks to you.

Certainly in the modern age where everything is glossed over, when somebody speaks their mind, the majority of the public go, I’d love to have said that.

I think that brown people are attracted to rock music because it speaks on the spectrum of pain that brown people are predisposed to.

Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response.

My mother-in-law speaks not a word of English. I speak not a word of Tajiki. So I smile at her ingratiatingly and she fixes me with a beady eye.

Sometimes, the better writing comes when the song speaks through me and tells me what the song wants to say.

I picked up the Puerto Rican accent from my father, and my sister picked up my mother’s very clear, concise, and slow Mexican-Spanish. So, when she does speak, she speaks with diction. She pronounces every word.

Ojibwe prophecy speaks of a time during the seventh fire when our people will have a choice between two paths. The first path is well-worn and scorched. The second path is new and green. It is our choice as communities and as individuals how we will proceed.

When you look at the Lebanon-Syria border, you see a porous border despite the fact that you have a U.N. Security Council decision that speaks of an embargo on weapons transfers to Hezbollah.

Toni Morrison was a big influence on my work since I was a teenager, what she did with English. I joke that I think she speaks 20 Englishes simultaneously, that she knows how to do that.

Every so often you read a play and a character just speaks to you – almost seems to speak through you, in fact.

I’m going to be a fashion icon in a minute. I’m not going to do it in a corny manner. I have a voice that speaks for a whole other market – not just black people, but high fashion urban people. I mix street wear with high fashion. It’s never been seen before.

All I can say is that I’ve had too many people in the hip-hop industry really like what I’m doing. I know where I’m coming from, and the album speaks for itself.

A lot of people have said that I’ve got a voice that speaks to children. I think I’ve got a natural naivety to me. I’m childish.

I write to satisfy the story or poem or piece of fascinating research that speaks to me. To rub a sore, to resonate with joy, to answer a question no one else has satisfactorily answered for me.

Every player in every team speaks to each other in order to improve the quality on the pitch – that communication is necessary.

To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language.

Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.

Auschwitz speaks against even a right to self-determination that is enjoyed by all other peoples because one of the preconditions for the horror, besides other, older urges, was a strong and united Germany.

To all the self-righteous defenders of ‘freedom of speech’ who oh-so-ardently proclaimed that FARA registration places no restrictions whatsoever on RT’s journalistic work in the U.S.: Withdrawal of Congressional credentials speaks much louder than empty platitudes.

Coach Wooden, when he speaks, you listen. I’ve taken a lot of things from him and his little blue book because to him, it’s not just about basketball, it’s about life as well.

I must listen as God speaks to my soul through good thoughts, inspirations, and intuitions.

One may speak about anything on earth with fire, with enthusiasm, with ecstasy, but one only speaks about oneself with avidity.

I think it speaks of all women having those few special things that make them feel feminine. And so when I was a little girl, I would associate Guerlain with that.

We’ve got to think long-term too because I don’t think Trump speaks to a lot of young people.

He’s my friend that speaks well of me behind my back.

A man who always speaks the truth wholeheartedly is greater than those who do penance and deeds of charity.

Each book tends to have its own identity rather than the author’s. It speaks from itself rather than you. Each book is unlike the others because you are not bringing the same voice to every book. I think that keeps you alive as a writer.

I am blessed to receive a word from God every day in receiving the scriptures and reading the scriptures. And God speaks through the Bible.

If you believe that there is a God, then you know that God doesn’t show his face. He speaks to you, you feel him, but you’ve never seen him.

I think what is important is that my work speaks for itself.

When Klopp speaks about his football being heavy metal, I understand completely. It is so aggressive. For the fans, it is really good.

I scroll through Instagram and Twitter, and whenever I see something that speaks to me, I take a screenshot to save it for red carpet inspiration. Sometimes, if I see an outfit I like on the street, I’ll take a picture, too. References are so important.

Autism currently affects one in 88 children in the U.S., and its prevalence continues to rise. That’s why it’s important to help organizations like Autism Speaks raise awareness and funds to support families and individuals impacted by it.

John Hartson, he speaks fluent Welsh and has the tattoos all over him to prove his Welshness. But in my own world, no one is more Welsh than myself.

I want you to hear from God. God already spoke to me what I’m going to write out. You’re going to write your checks to Paula White Ministries. If God tells you to give $12.99, do it. Whatever the Holy Spirit speaks to you. If you need to give by credit card, do so.

In Buenos Aires, I have a very close friend who speaks very good English, and she taught me. It was quite difficult because the muscles of your mouth are used to your language, and then when you want to speak another language, they don’t go to the place they need to go to make the sound.

The thrill of writing songs for other people, when you get that right, that person’s soul speaks to that song; you’ve done them a favor and the world a favor. That’s what writing is all about – you’re always trying to get the real picture.

I think my reputation speaks for itself. But everybody is entitled to their own opinion, and I’m going to continue to play football – play physical football.

Every historian with professional standards speaks or writes what he believes to be true.

Our favorite book is always the book that speaks most directly to us at a particular stage in our lives. And our lives change. We have other favorites that give us what we most need at that particular time. But we never lose the old favorites. They’re always with us. We just sort of accumulate them.

Music that speaks of politics is less listened to than the music of partying, but it’s still there.

Donald Trump speaks his mind. If you like it or you don’t like it, at least you know where he stands.