Speak

Famous quotes containing the word speak:

“We endeavour more that men should speak of us, than how and what they speak, and it sufficeth us that our name run in men’s mouths, in what manner soever. It seemeth that to be known is in some sort to have life and continuance in other men’s keeping.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)

“What is more true than anything else? To swim is true and to sink is true. One cannot speak any more of being, one must speak only of the mess.”
—Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)

“Like other secret lovers, many speak mockingly about popular culture to conceal their passion for it.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)