Thomas Moore (1779–1852) Irish poet, singer and songwriter
How shall I woo?
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“I speak as briefly as possible because too much harm has already been done with irresponsible words of bitterness and selfish political opportunism. I speak as simply as possible because the issue is too great to be obscured by eloquence. I speak simply and briefly in the hope that my words will be taken to heart.
I speak as a Republican. I speak as a woman. I speak as a United States Senator. I speak as an American.”
Declaration of Conscience (1950)
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Sri Aurobindo (1872–1950) Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, philosopher, yogi, guru and poet
The Uttarpara Address (1909)
Context: This is the word that has been put into my mouth to speak to you today. What I intended to speak has been put away from me, and beyond what is given to me I have nothing to say. It is only the word that is put into me that I can speak to you. That word is now finished. I spoke once before with this force in me and I said then that this movement is not a political movement and that nationalism is not politics but a religion, a creed, a faith. I say it again today, but I put it in another way. I say no longer that nationalism is a creed, a religion, a faith; I say that it is the Sanatan Dharma which for us is nationalism. This Hindu nation was born with the Sanatan Dharma, with it it moves and with it it grows. When the Sanatan Dharma declines, then the nation declines, and if the Sanatan Dharma were capable of perishing, with the Sanatan Dharma it would perish.
Marco Polo (1254–1324) Venetian explorer and merchant noted for travel to central and eastern Asia
Io parlo parlo ... ma chi m'ascolta ritiene solo le parole che aspetta. ... Chi comanda al racconto non è la voce: è l'orecchio.
Marco Polo to Kublai Khan, in Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities (1974), ch. 9
In fiction
Jon Appleton (1939) American composer
"The Decline of Academic Freedom at Dartmouth College", 20 October 2005.
Letter published in "Appleton Leaves Dartmouth", 2005
“Strictly speaking I wasn’t there. Strictly speaking I believe I’ve never been anywhere.”
Samuel Beckett (1906–1989) Irish novelist, playwright, and poet
The End (1946)
Context: Normally I didn’t see a great deal. I didn’t hear a great deal either. I didn’t pay attention. Strictly speaking I wasn’t there. Strictly speaking I believe I’ve never been anywhere.
“It is not possible to speak with too much applause of so excellent a work.”
Adi Shankara (788–820) Hindu philosopher monk of 8th century
Sir William Jones, quoted in Londhe, S. (2008). A tribute to Hinduism: Thoughts and wisdom spanning continents and time about India and her culture. New Delhi: Pragun Publication.
Margaret Chase Smith (1897–1995) Member of the United States Senate from Maine
As quoted in The Teacher's Quotation Book : Little Lessons On Learning (1986) by Murray I. Suid and Wanda Lincoln
“If I am real, if I am speaking from the heart zone, the right words will come.”
Gerry Spence (1929) American lawyer
Source: How to Argue and Win Every Time (1995), Ch. 7 : The Power of Words, p. 104
Context: If I am real, if I am speaking from the heart zone, the right words will come. They will come a spoonful at a time, in the proper mixture.
“They speak to the ear. I want to speak to the memory.”
Joseph Joubert (1754–1824) French moralist and essayist