Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I have spoken to many, many Indian chiefs who say they have no objection whatsoever to the nickname.

- Jack Kent Cooke

Race is a subject about which there are points of agreement, and about which there is no agreement; a subject that is either spoken of reluctantly, or not spoken of at all.

- Jonathan Coleman

I'm very happy that the New York Times has spoken well of my stuff; who wouldn't be? But it's not a choice I made.

- John M. Ford

The novelist, he's not a philosopher, not a technician of spoken language. He's someone who writes, above all, and through the novel asks questions.

- J. M. G. Le Clezio

On many occasions New Zealand has spoken about the need to ensure that women's concerns are fully integrated into all aspects of the United Nations' activities and structures, not marginalised in one part of the Secretariat.

- Jenny Shipley

The right word fitly spoken is a precious rarity.

- John Boyle O'Reilly

Oh, those golden-yellow eyes of the wolf! You can feel yourself being pulled in. I knew I had been accepted - and that I had spoken to another species.

- Jean Craighead George

When the truth is spoken, it doesn't need to be adorned. It just needs to be simply stated, and often it only needs to be said once.

- James Nachtwey

Everything starts with writing. I heard Nikki Giovanni and was blown away. I just thought 'wow'; she was writing from a black girl's perspective, and the imagery was so vivid that I started doing spoken word.

- Jill Scott

In my day you didn't speak until spoken to.

- Andre Leon Talley

I think we're still in a muddle with our language, because once you get words and a spoken language it gets harder to communicate.

- Jane Goodall

Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of.

- Jane Austen

Lolo Jones came up to me and said, 'Well done, Greg,' and I don't think I've ever spoken to her in my life.

- Greg Rutherford

I haven't actually spoken to my parents since the hurricane.

- Faith Ford

The Lord has never spoken to me, but I feel Chick-fil-A has been His gift.

- Dan T. Cathy

I believe, in a funny way, the job of the novelist is to be out there on the fringes and speaking for an experience that has not really been spoken for.

- Donna Tartt

It's true that I have spoken about doing a book before, but then everyone you speak to is planning to write a book.

- Dylan Moran

I've never spoken with Michelle Fields.

- Corey Lewandowski

I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.

- Audre Lorde