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The whole problem with news on television comes down to this: all the words uttered in an hour of news coverage could be printed on a page of a newspaper. And the world cannot be understood in one page Picture Quote #1

Perhaps today there is a greater kindness of tone, as there is greater ingenuity of expression to make up for the fact that all the real, solid, elemental jests against doctors were uttered some one or two thousand years ago Picture Quote #1

Listening is a rare happening among human beings. You cannot listen to the word another is speaking if you are preoccupied with your appearance, or with impressing the other, or are trying to decide what you are going to say when the other stops talking, or are debating about whether what is being said is true or relevant or agreeable. Such matters have their place, but only after listening to the word as the word is being uttered. Listening is a primitive act of love in which a person gives himself to another’s word, making himself accessible and vulnerable to that word Picture Quote #1

I listened, vaguely knowing now that I had committed some awful wrong that I could not undo, that I had uttered words I could not recall even though I ached to nullify them, kill them, turn back time to the moment before I had talked so that I could have another chance to save myself Picture Quote #1

Have I mentioned that I expect death around every turn, that every blue sky has a safe sailing out of it, that every bus runs me over, that every low, mean syllable uttered in my direction seems to intimate the violence of murder, that every family seems like an opportunity for ruin and every marriage a ceremony into which calamity will fall and hearts will be broken and lives destroyed and people branded by the mortifications of love? Picture Quote #1

Poetry is halfway between prose and music: it is sometimes like an intimate conversation, in words and phrases which need not be fully uttered, and sometimes like dancing and wordless music Picture Quote #1

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I never uttered a word about things, but with my age now, I’ve completely lost all reservations. In more ways than one. I was never in front of the camera, for example, but now I’ve been in films and documentaries Picture Quote #1

The very hirelings of the press, whose trade it is to buoy up the spirits of the people. have uttered falsehoods so long, they have played off so many tricks, that their budget seems, at last, to be quite empty Picture Quote #1

So far as I know, anything worth hearing is not usually uttered at seven o’clock in the morning; and if it is, it will generally be repeated at a more reasonable hour for a larger and more wakeful audience Picture Quote #1

A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first born babe, and assures it of a mother’s love Picture Quote #1

Was it for this I uttered prayers, and sobbed and cursed and kicked the stairs, That now, domestic as a plate, I should retire at half past eight? Picture Quote #1

Women's degradation is in man's idea of his sexual rights. Our religion, laws, customs, are all founded on the belief that woman was made for man. Come what will, my whole soul rejoices in the truth that I have uttered Picture Quote #1

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Such is the miraculous nature of the future of exiles: what is first uttered in the impotence of an overheated apartment becomes the fate of nations Picture Quote #1

My heart hath one poor string to stay it by, which holds but till thy news be uttered, and then all this thou seest is but a clod and module of confounded royalty Picture Quote #1

It is easy to utter what has been kept silent, but impossible to recall what has been uttered Picture Quote #1

There was something terrible, but also something sad and melancholy in this long cry uttered by the Russian infantry as they staged an attack. As it crossed the cold water, it lost its fervor. Instead of valor or gallantry, you could hear the sadness of a soul parting with everything that it loved, calling on its nearest and dearest to wake up, to lift their head from their pillows and hear for the last time the voice of a father, a husband, a son or a brother Picture Quote #1

Antisthenes says that in a certain faraway land the cold is so intense that words freeze as soon as they are uttered, and after some time then thaw and become audible, so that words spoken in winter go unheard until the next summer Picture Quote #1

Music was born of love. Had there never been any human affection, there never could have been uttered a strain of music Picture Quote #1

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Eurydice, dying now a second time, uttered no complaint against her husband. What was there to complain of, but that she had been loved? Picture Quote #1

Name a moral statement or action, uttered or performed by a religious person that could not have been uttered or performed by an unbeliever Picture Quote #1

I require something so horrifically alcoholic that it makes livers tremble with fear and run for their lives when its name is uttered Picture Quote #1

The touch of an infinite mystery passes over the trivial and the familiar, making it break out into ineffable music... The trees, the stars, and the blue hills ache with a meaning which can never be uttered in words Picture Quote #1

Do what thou wilt, the most sublimely austere ethical precept ever uttered, despite its apparent license Picture Quote #1

He was a lonely ghost uttering a truth that nobody would ever hear. But so long as he uttered it, in some obscure way the continuity was not broken. It was not by making yourself heard but by staying sane that you carried on the human heritage Picture Quote #1

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I desired liberty; for liberty I gasped; for liberty I uttered a prayer; it seemed scattered on the wind then faintly blowing Picture Quote #1

And so Adam, in that his speech to Eve, uttered his faith in the promise made to her of her seed, and so in that respect Adam himself came in under her covenant Picture Quote #1

The greater amount of truth is impulsively uttered; thus the greater amount is spoken, not written Picture Quote #1

For they had learned that true safety was to be found in long previous training, and not in eloquent exhortations uttered when they were going into action Picture Quote #1

In youth men are apt to write more wisely than they really know or feel; and the remainder of life may be not idly spent in realizing and convincing themselves of the wisdom which they uttered long ago Picture Quote #1

The uttered part of a man’s life, let us always repeat, bears to the unuttered, unconscious part a small unknown proportion. He himself never knows it, much less do others Picture Quote #1

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The whole problem with news on television comes down to this: all the words uttered in an hour of news coverage could be printed on a page of a newspaper. And the world cannot be understood in one page (Uttered Quotes) Perhaps today there is a greater kindness of tone, as there is greater ingenuity of expression to make up for the fact that all the real, solid, elemental jests against doctors were uttered some one or two thousand years ago (Uttered Quotes) Listening is a rare happening among human beings. You cannot listen to the word another is speaking if you are preoccupied with your appearance, or with impressing the other, or are trying to decide what you are going to say when the other stops talking, or are debating about whether what is being said is true or relevant or agreeable. Such matters have their place, but only after listening to the word as the word is being uttered. Listening is a primitive act of love in which a person gives himself to another’s word, making himself accessible and vulnerable to that word (Uttered Quotes) I listened, vaguely knowing now that I had committed some awful wrong that I could not undo, that I had uttered words I could not recall even though I ached to nullify them, kill them, turn back time to the moment before I had talked so that I could have another chance to save myself (Uttered Quotes) Have I mentioned that I expect death around every turn, that every blue sky has a safe sailing out of it, that every bus runs me over, that every low, mean syllable uttered in my direction seems to intimate the violence of murder, that every family seems like an opportunity for ruin and every marriage a ceremony into which calamity will fall and hearts will be broken and lives destroyed and people branded by the mortifications of love? (Uttered Quotes) Poetry is halfway between prose and music: it is sometimes like an intimate conversation, in words and phrases which need not be fully uttered, and sometimes like dancing and wordless music (Uttered Quotes) I never uttered a word about things, but with my age now, I’ve completely lost all reservations. In more ways than one. I was never in front of the camera, for example, but now I’ve been in films and documentaries (Uttered Quotes) The very hirelings of the press, whose trade it is to buoy up the spirits of the people. have uttered falsehoods so long, they have played off so many tricks, that their budget seems, at last, to be quite empty (Uttered Quotes) So far as I know, anything worth hearing is not usually uttered at seven o’clock in the morning; and if it is, it will generally be repeated at a more reasonable hour for a larger and more wakeful audience (Uttered Quotes) A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first born babe, and assures it of a mother’s love (Uttered Quotes) Was it for this I uttered prayers, and sobbed and cursed and kicked the stairs, That now, domestic as a plate, I should retire at half past eight? (Uttered Quotes) Women's degradation is in man's idea of his sexual rights. Our religion, laws, customs, are all founded on the belief that woman was made for man. Come what will, my whole soul rejoices in the truth that I have uttered (Uttered Quotes) Such is the miraculous nature of the future of exiles: what is first uttered in the impotence of an overheated apartment becomes the fate of nations (Uttered Quotes) My heart hath one poor string to stay it by, which holds but till thy news be uttered, and then all this thou seest is but a clod and module of confounded royalty (Uttered Quotes) It is easy to utter what has been kept silent, but impossible to recall what has been uttered (Uttered Quotes) There was something terrible, but also something sad and melancholy in this long cry uttered by the Russian infantry as they staged an attack. As it crossed the cold water, it lost its fervor. Instead of valor or gallantry, you could hear the sadness of a soul parting with everything that it loved, calling on its nearest and dearest to wake up, to lift their head from their pillows and hear for the last time the voice of a father, a husband, a son or a brother (Uttered Quotes) Antisthenes says that in a certain faraway land the cold is so intense that words freeze as soon as they are uttered, and after some time then thaw and become audible, so that words spoken in winter go unheard until the next summer (Uttered Quotes) Music was born of love. Had there never been any human affection, there never could have been uttered a strain of music (Uttered Quotes) Eurydice, dying now a second time, uttered no complaint against her husband. What was there to complain of, but that she had been loved? (Uttered Quotes) Name a moral statement or action, uttered or performed by a religious person that could not have been uttered or performed by an unbeliever (Uttered Quotes) I require something so horrifically alcoholic that it makes livers tremble with fear and run for their lives when its name is uttered (Uttered Quotes) The touch of an infinite mystery passes over the trivial and the familiar, making it break out into ineffable music... The trees, the stars, and the blue hills ache with a meaning which can never be uttered in words (Uttered Quotes) Do what thou wilt, the most sublimely austere ethical precept ever uttered, despite its apparent license (Uttered Quotes) He was a lonely ghost uttering a truth that nobody would ever hear. But so long as he uttered it, in some obscure way the continuity was not broken. It was not by making yourself heard but by staying sane that you carried on the human heritage (Uttered Quotes) I desired liberty; for liberty I gasped; for liberty I uttered a prayer; it seemed scattered on the wind then faintly blowing (Uttered Quotes) And so Adam, in that his speech to Eve, uttered his faith in the promise made to her of her seed, and so in that respect Adam himself came in under her covenant (Uttered Quotes) The greater amount of truth is impulsively uttered; thus the greater amount is spoken, not written (Uttered Quotes) For they had learned that true safety was to be found in long previous training, and not in eloquent exhortations uttered when they were going into action (Uttered Quotes) In youth men are apt to write more wisely than they really know or feel; and the remainder of life may be not idly spent in realizing and convincing themselves of the wisdom which they uttered long ago (Uttered Quotes) The uttered part of a man’s life, let us always repeat, bears to the unuttered, unconscious part a small unknown proportion. He himself never knows it, much less do others (Uttered Quotes)

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