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For, as it is written in the book of the Prophets: 'And the angel that spoke in me, said to me...' He does not say, 'Spoke to me' but 'Spoke in me'... -- Saint Augustine
Ghosts, like ladies, never speak till spoke to. -- Richard Harris Barham
My parents were both storytellers. They always spoke with metaphorical richness. -- Alice Walker
I have just returned from the dubbing studio where I spoke into a microphone as Severus Snape for absolutely the last time. -- Alan Rickman
Then, in that hour of deliverance, my heart spoke. Does not such a country, and such defenders of their country, deserve a song? -- Francis Scott Key
My first kiss was when I was 13. I was so nervous that I was shaking. Unfortunately, the girl I kissed never spoke to me again. -- Conor Maynard
More than this, even in those white men who professed religion we found much inconsistency of conduct. They spoke much of spiritual things, while seeking only the material. -- Charles Alexander Eastman
Momo listened to everyone and everything - even to the rain and the wind and the pine trees - and all of them spoke to her after their own fashion. -- Michael Ende
My family kept its history to itself. On the plus side, I didn't have to hear nightmarish stories about the Holocaust, the pogroms, terrible illnesses, painful deaths. My elderly parents never even spoke about their ailments. -- Amy Bloom
When everyone in the world spoke the same language, God came down in judgment, breaking the world apart. But at just the right time, he came down again, this time to reconcile that sinful world to himself. -- Tullian Tchividjian
Carl Sagan spoke fluently between biology and geology and astrophysics and physics. If you move fluently across those boundaries, you realize that science is everywhere; science is not something you can step around or sweep under the rug. -- Neil deGrasse Tyson
Laura Bush went on national television during the week of my father's funeral and spoke out against embryonic stem cell research, pointing out that where Alzheimer's is concerned, we don't have proof that stem-cell treatment would be effective. -- Patti Davis
My English was limited to vacationing and not really engaging with Americans. I knew 'shopping' and 'eating' English - I could say 'blue sweater,' 'creme brulee,' and 'Caesar salad,' - so I came here thinking I spoke English. -- Salma Hayek
My mother's death brought me to my knees. She was my hero, my role model, my very best friend. I spoke to her every single day of my life. I really tried hard when I grew up to make her proud of me. -- Maria Shriver
Sometimes I've been to a party where no one spoke to me for a whole evening. The men, frightened by their wives or sweeties, would give me a wide berth. And the ladies would gang up in a corner to discuss my dangerous character. -- Marilyn Monroe
I would like to thank those who spoke boldly against the 'gay marriage float' in the 2014 Rose Parade. Apparently, that vigorous opposition came from perhaps millions of people, and it had a significant influence on how the matter was handled on network and cable television. -- James Dobson
I just always knew that I lived in two worlds. There was the world of my house and community, but to make my way in that white world I had to modify the way I spoke and acted. I had to sometimes not make direct eye contact. -- Samuel L. Jackson
The word of the oldest of the old of our peoples didn't stop. It spoke the truth, saying that our feet couldn't walk alone, that our history of pain and shame was repeated and multiplied in the flesh and blood of the brothers and sisters of other lands and skies. -- Subcomandante Marcos
At one time in my life, from the time I was seven until I was about 13, I didn't speak. I only spoke to my brother. The reason I didn't speak: I had been molested, and I told the name of the molester to my brother who told it to the family. -- Maya Angelou
It doesn't pay to say too much when you are mad enough to choke. For the word that stings the deepest is the word that is never spoke, Let the other fellow wrangle till the storm has blown away, then he'll do a heap of thinking about the things you didn't say. -- Jules Renard
Lucy Mercedes Martinez, my mother, was probably my first mentor. She really tried to take care of me in spite of myself, and in spite of her own struggles with alcohol. She was an immigrant who had never finished school. But she was also a Renaissance woman who read voraciously. She spoke several languages. -- Richard Carmona
There's a gap somehow between empathy and activism. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke of 'soul force' - something that emanates from a deep truth inside of us and empowers us to act. Once you identify your inner genius, you will be able to take action, whether it's writing a check or digging a well. -- Sue Monk Kidd
It is plain indeed that in spite of later estrangement Hobbits are relatives of ours: far nearer to us than Elves, or even than Dwarves. Of old they spoke the languages of Men, after their own fashion, and liked and disliked much the same things as Men did. But what exactly our relationship is can no longer be discovered. -- J. R. R. Tolkien
I spoke so much about being a manic-depressive. I want to bring everyone back to my earliest memories of this companion of mine. Some people call this companion I have an ailment, or worse a terrible nightmare from which some people cannot awaken. I know that I have nothing to be ashamed of. I have nothing that should garner a stigma. -- Richard Dreyfuss
When I was 12 years old, I read 'Nancy Drew' mysteries and biographies of Madame Curie and Florence Nightingale and books about girls who love horses or go to nursing school. I belonged to the Girl Scouts and got A's in school and rarely disobeyed my parents. I still kept a collection of Barbie dolls in my room, and I almost never spoke to boys. -- Joyce Maynard
I liked to write from the time I was about 12 or 13. I loved to read. And since I only spoke to my brother, I would write down my thoughts. And I think I wrote some of the worst poetry west of the Rockies. But by the time I was in my 20s, I found myself writing little essays and more poetry - writing at writing. -- Maya Angelou
My family, frankly, they weren't folks who went to church every week. My mother was one of the most spiritual people I knew but she didn't raise me in the church, so I came to my Christian faith later in life and it was because the precepts of Jesus Christ spoke to me in terms of the kind of life that I would want to lead. -- Barack Obama
But the silence spoke volumes. -- Haruki Murakami
Someone spoke to me last night, -- Dorianne Laux
He spoke with more eloquence than wisdom. -- Winston Churchill
Hitler spoke in a quiet, soft voice. -- Traudl Junge
My whole life, I never spoke a single-word. -- Gautama Buddha
I actually spoke in an African-American church yesterday. -- Howard Dean
The loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind. -- Oliver Goldsmith
What would happen if we spoke the truth? -- Alison Bechdel
I spoke to ears that refused to hear. -- Ronald Reagan
He [Castro] is a genius. We spoke about everything. -- Jack Nicholson
I love theater. Just, it never spoke to me. -- Geena Davis
The minute he spoke Spanish, I said, "I'm home." -- Harriet Doerr
I found my life's calling when you spoke my name. -- John Michael Montgomery
When my father spoke, it was to say something meaningful. -- Ken Venturi
Home is a word stronger than a magician ever spoke. -- Charles Dickens
I thought of the future, and spoke of the past. -- Truman Capote
He spoke so slowly, cobwebs could have formed between his words. -- Scott Heim
From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese. -- Francesca Annis
I never spoke about politics, with the exception of Election Night. -- Alton Brown
My best Acquaintances are those With Whom I spoke no Word -- Emily Dickinson
She wanted only tall smooth bottles whose labels spoke of Proof. -- David Foster Wallace
Not everyone who spoke you friendly was really your friend." - Arya -- George R. R. Martin
He spoke well who said that graves are the footprints of angels. -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I spoke without fear of contradiction. I simply did not suffer self-doubt. -- Elia Kazan
Persuasive speech, and more persuasive sighs, Silence that spoke and eloquence of eyes. -- Homer
Nelson Mandela also spoke about how, as a human being, he's made mistakes. -- Kumi Naidoo
And I spoke out on women's rights, like equal pay for equal work -- Karen Morley
This was our common ground, the secret we shared but never spoke aloud. -- Sarah Dessen
Pious people spoke to God, and crazy people imagined that God spoke back. -- Philip K. Dick
Peter remained very quiet and shy, but when he spoke it made sense. -- Jonathan King
I closed my mouth and spoke to you in a hundred silent ways. -- Rumi
You will die but the words you speak or spoke, will live forever. -- Auliq Ice
I came from a family in Texas who simply never spoke about money. -- Jim Parsons
And I spoke out on women's rights, like equal pay for equal work. -- Karen Morley
If we spoke a different language, we would perceive a somewhat different world. -- Ludwig Wittgenstein
The talking oak To the ancient spoke. But any tree Will talk to me. -- Mary Carolyn Davies
I wanted to create an album that spoke all the musical languages I loved. -- Sho Baraka
Gracious to all, to none subservient, Without offense he spoke the word he meant -- Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Everything dictated silence and self-control but I couldn't restrain myself and spoke my mind. -- Philip Roth
She spoke perfect English, which led to considerable trouble. She couldn't understand us at all. -- Bob Hope
He adorned whatever subject he either spoke or wrote upon, by the most splendid eloquence. -- Lord Chesterfield
But the words she spoke of Mrs Harris, lambs could not forgive ... nor worms forget. -- Charles Dickens
Under the tropic is our language spoke, And part of Flanders hath receiv'd our yoke. -- Edmund Waller
Of the authors published under Ballantine's Adult Fantasy logo, only Evangeline Walton 'spoke' to me. -- Stephen R. Donaldson
To me the Yiddish language and the conduct of those who spoke it are identical. -- Isaac Bashevis Singer
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He could hardly read or write but his heart spoke the language of the good -- Primo Levi
He stole my breathe away the moment we first spoke. He's my air." -Sadie White -- Abbi Glines
They spoke truth and a lot of people listened.... that voice, Kurt we miss you. -- Michael Stipe
It was a Saturday, soft and silent, when the Wind spoke for the first time. -- James Hugh Comey
Well, I like how people talk. I like language. You know, Linda Richman spoke in Yiddish. -- Mike Myers
If all politicians fished instead of spoke publicly, we would be at peace with the world. -- Will Rogers
Chanu spoke loudly, he weighed his words like gold and threw them about like a fool. -- Monica Ali
Jesus ... associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them. -- John Ortberg
The first time I spoke to a group this large was at my college commencement in 1969. -- Hillary Clinton
I was the first candidate to come out against this war, spoke at every anti-war march. -- Al Sharpton
If we spoke less and sang songs of faith more, the world would be more Heavenly. -- T. B. Joshua
Everyone spoke of an information overload, but what there was in fact was a non-information overload. -- Richard Saul Wurman
Einstein ... always spoke to me of Rutherford in the highest terms, calling him a second Newton. -- Chaim Weizmann
Even after facing jail, Martin Luther King, Jr. courageously and boldly spoke out against racial inequality. -- Yvette Clarke
I wish that I spoke more languages because I think each language is a window completely. -- El Anatsui
It's because Jesus spoke so frequently about hell that the church should take the concept seriously. -- R. C. Sproul
Paul spoke about the root of faith (Eph 2:8). James spoke about the fruit of faith (Jm 2:17-18). -- Adrian Rogers
When I was under house arrest, it was the BBC that spoke to me - I listened. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
The swifter hand doth the swift words outrun: Before the tongue hath spoke the hand hath done. -- Martial
The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind. -- Oliver Goldsmith
I was an intimate sort of child who never spoke up in groups. I preferred close friends. -- Ian Mcewan
I got all A's and was hated for it; I spoke correctly and was called a punk. -- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
When you first entered the restaurant, I thought you were handsome... and then, of course, you spoke. -- Helen Hunt
Lysander said that the law spoke too softly to be heard in such a noise of war. -- Plutarch
If a cat spoke, it would say things like, 'Hey, I don't see the problem here.' -- Roy Blount, Jr.
I was always on time, I did my work to exact specifications, I spoke when spoken to. -- Ann Patchett
A low, purring rumble reverberated in his chest, his voice tight when he spoke. "Ah, hell, You're naked. -- Eden Ashe
Even from a distance, their eyes conveyed the strength of their souls. And their eyes spoke of death. -- Paulo Coelho
I watched 'Rocky' and 'Raging Bull' and 'Taxi Driver' over and over again. They spoke to you, man. -- Paddy Considine
C'mon, Amory. Your romance is overYou don't know how true you spoke. No idea. 'At's the whole trouble -- F. Scott Fitzgerald
The women that I picked spoke sweet and low And yet gave tongue. "Hound voices" were they all. -- William Butler Yeats
Teddy Roosevelt spoke softly and carried a big stick; Donald Trump speaks loudly and carries a big shtick. -- Michael R. Burch
Once on the streets of New York a woman called the police because her child spoke to me. -- Theda Bara
I went by myself to Hollywood, I spoke no English, every day I had to go to school. -- Jackie Chan
when I spoke of having a drink, it was a euphemism for having a whole flock of them. -- Margaret Halsey
The lie took form as she spoke, pulling on as many strands of truth as it could reach. -- Scott Westerfeld
Kids will remember less what we did for them and more how we spoke and reacted to them. -- Roma Khetarpal
Elvis Presley's music never meant anything to me. Mambo was the music I loved - it spoke to me. -- Arne Glimcher
I spoke English at school and Spanish at home, and I'm always eating Dominican food, listening to Dominican music. -- Prince Royce
John Kerry met with Ralph Nader last week. Both sides of every issue were discussed. And then, Nader spoke. -- Jay Leno
I was born the son of a lawless man, always spoke my mind with a gun in my hand. -- Christopher Cross
To this day, good English usually means the English wealthy and powerful people spoke a generation or two ago. -- Jack Lynch
They were strange books. They spoke about mercury, salt, dragons, and kings, and he didn't understand any of it. -- Paulo Coelho
It's so nice to be a spoke in the wheel, one that helps to turn, not one that hinders. -- Gertrude Bell
Stains tell a story,Zac said, waving his arms as he spoke. My car is full of random stains. -- Shana Norris
All of us are displaced. Few people live where their great-grandparents lived or speak the language their great-grandparents spoke. -- Hephzibah Menuhin
Jesus spoke in such a way that the people loved the things of God. That's why they followed him. -- Pope Francis

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