#peak

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks. ↗

— Heinrich Heine

#fool #man #may #same #speak

If I tried to shout over my older brother, my mother told me keep quiet. If I tried to shout over my little sister, my father told me to shut up. I found the best way to be heard was to lower my voice and actually speak when I had something to say. ↗

— Peter Welch

#best #best way #brother #father #found

Speed eventually neared its peak. The records forced me to work ever harder to drop a less and less time. These time trials came to feel like races, which are fun to run sporadically but not daily. ↗

— Joe Henderson

#daily #drop #eventually #ever #feel

I am certain that I speak on behalf of my entire nation when I say: September 11th we are all Americans - in grief, as in defiance. ↗

— Benjamin Netanyahu

#am #behalf #certain #defiance #entire

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens. ↗

— Jimi Hendrix

#listens #speaks #wisdom

I try to write conversationally; I try to write like people speak and put the emphasis on the right syllable. ↗

— Don Henley

#i #like #people #put #right

Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them. ↗

— George Herbert

#mean #pay #speak #them #unless

Darling: the popular form of address used in speaking to a member of the opposite sex whose name you cannot at the moment remember. ↗

— Oliver Herford

#cannot #darling #form #member #moment

Anyone who refuses to speak out off campus does not deserve to be listened to on campus. ↗

— Theodore Hesburgh

#campus #deserve #does #listened #off

One learns more from listening than speaking.And both the wind and the people who continue to live close to nature still have much to tell us which we cannot hear within university walls. ↗

— Thor Heyerdahl

#cannot #close #continue #hear #learns