It is one of the most effective attitudes of the neurotic to measure thumbs down, so to speak, a real person by an ideal, since in doing so he can depreciate him as much as he wishes.
Alfred Adler

It does not require many words to speak the truth.
Chief Joseph

I will speak with a straight tongue.
Chief Joseph

Writers speak stench.
Franz Kafka

I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
Michel de Montaigne

I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older.
Michel de Montaigne

If ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves.
Michel de Montaigne

Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
Michel de Montaigne

Should such an ignorant people lead the world? How did it come to this in the first place? 82 percent of us don't even have a passport! Just a handful can speak a language other than English.
Michael Moore

Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.
William Penn

Many of the Central Asians know Russian, and Ted Levin speaks it fluently. I speak Chinese, but Mongolian is completely different, so we had to have translators.
Yo-Yo Ma

Let your tongue speak what your heart thinks.
Davy Crockett

If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak louder than words.
Fran Lebowitz

This is slavery, not to speak one's thought.
Euripides

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.
George Santayana

A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords. There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.
Benjamin Disraeli

This show has been a major revitalization of my family life and personal life. It gave my family an avenue to speak to me honestly.
Willie Aames

To have God speak to the heart is a majestic experience, an experience that people may miss if they monopolize the conversation and never pause to hear God's responses.
Charles Stanley

The German language speaks Being, while all the others merely speak of Being.
Martin Heidegger

Recommend virtue to your children; it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience.
Ludwig van Beethoven