#peak

The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

#had #happier #men #same #silent

I long to speak out the intense inspiration that comes to me from the lives of strong women. ↗

— Ruth Benedict

#i #inspiration #intense #lives #long

She said, and I'm not kidding, 'Is this a speaking role?' I wasn't quite sure how to answer that one. ↗

— Peter Bergman

#how #i #kidding #quite #role

It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#judgment #men #neither #nor #sad

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

— Ambrose Bierce

#evidence #faith #knowledge #parallel #speaks

Backbite. To speak of a man as you find him when he can't find you. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#him #man #speak #you

The God of the Hebrews is a God that human language, we're not even supposed to speak the holy name. We were told in the Second Commandment we could make no images of this God, and I don't think that means just building idols, I think that means also trying to believe you've captured God in your words, in the Creeds, in the Scriptures. ↗

— John Shelby Spong

#believe #building #captured #commandment #could

Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#more #noise #people #silent #speak

Lara Croft is such a strong individual, she's very driven, she doesn't need a man, she's speaks her own mind, and that she's in control of her own life. It's a lot of what women want and have. ↗

— Jan de Bont

#driven #her #individual #life #lot

I want to make films and write films, which will happen, I'm just taking a different route right now. I'm a bit of a chameleon with the whole entertainment industry so to speak. ↗

— David Boreanaz

#chameleon #different #entertainment #entertainment industry #films