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Speaking about poetry you never know if you will write...

Speaking about poetry you never know if you will write after a week or never.

Quote by Alexandru Musina about poetry

If the word gets out, if the perception exists that by speaking to a CBS journalist you are, therefore, inevitably, immediately speaking to the police, I don't think there's any doubt but that people won't talk. And, therefore, the public won't...

Quote by Floyd Abrams about police, doubt, word, public, people

Many men of course became extremely rich, but this was perfectly natural and nothing to be ashamed of because no one was really poor, at least no one worth speaking of.

Quote by Douglas Adams about wealth, man, nothing

When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no...

Quote by John Adams about things, thinking, writing, hope, people

Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the...

Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.

Quote by Winston Churchill about old, olderness

You can express a lot of things, a lot of action without...

You can express a lot of things, a lot of action without speaking.

Quote by Catherine Deneuve about action, things

When you hear someone from the very north of Scotland...

When you hear someone from the very north of Scotland speaking, I think its nice, very musical and harmonious.

Quote by Sean Connery

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively...

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

Quote by Juvenal about wish, knowledge

When speaking to the school psychologist, the teacher...

When speaking to the school psychologist, the teacher will say: weirdo rather than emotionally disturbed.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about education, teachers, school

The likelihood that you are speaking to an undercover law enforcement officer, is directly proportional to the number of personal questions being asked of you.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about police, numbers, law, being

Like a great island in the midst of the Algonquins lay...

Like a great island in the midst of the Algonquins lay the country of tribes speaking the generic tongue of the Iroquois

Quote by Francis Parkman about country

I had the honor of speaking with Asimov. The album ended up being something not directly related to Asimov, but related instead to the concept of the power of robotics.

Quote by Alan Parsons about power, being

Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.

Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson about good luck, man, happiness

The most injust people are those who are speaking with...

The most injust people are those who are speaking with passion.

Quote by Barbu Stefanescu Delavrancea about injustice, people

Generally speaking, there is more wit than talent in the...

Generally speaking, there is more wit than talent in the world. Society swarms with witty people who lack talent.

Quote by Antoine de Rivarol about opinion, talent, society, world, people

Good, morally speaking, is all that fits human nature.

Good, morally speaking, is all that fits human nature.

Quote by Ioan Slavici about good, nature, human imperfections, good luck

Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and...

Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and misfortunes of the human race.

Quote by Pierre Bayle about history, criminals, human imperfections, nothing

Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.

Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.

Quote by Khalil Gibran about opinion, doubt, love

I salute my angel every day I salute my angel every day good morning Mr. angel I tell him, but no answer I always make two coffees, but one usually remains untouched I asked him about one or two things, generaly speaking I have intrest...

Quote by Liviu Nanu about poetry, language, day, bad, future, things, good, good luck

Expectation I'm in an expectation Only the children are passing near it playing slowly with everything existing around them from buildings ready to collapse to the most pure form of some streets surrended to wind every day. They are...

Quote by Andrei Novac about expectation, children, clothes, sky, day, life

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