We do not learn first what to talk about and then what to say about it. Votes: 3
Willard Van Orman QuineAt all crucial moments in our lives we want to speak without knowing what to say. Votes: 3
Joyce Carol OatesI don't know what to say about literary critics. I think it's probably best to say nothing. Votes: 3
Salman RushdieI didn't know what to say to her - I was caught in a love triangle with one dead side. Votes: 3
John GreenThat's my opportunity to hide behind that old lady and say what I want to say. Votes: 2
Vicki LawrenceTell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said. Votes: 2
Dale CarnegiePeople are going to say what they say. I know sometimes I say things; I offend people. Votes: 2
Mike TysonDon't worry about what the people say; be yourself, say what you want to say with respect. Votes: 2
Mariano RiveraI think parents should be able to teach their kids what their faith says, what science says. Votes: 2
Marco RubioIt is the job of the historian to say what is likely, and of faith to say what is possible. Votes: 2
Reza AslanThe role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say. Votes: 2
Anais NinWhat is there? No one can say -because there is no one there to say.
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellIt doesn't matter what we say , so long as we all say the same thing.
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount MelbourneListen to what children have to say-their windows to the soul are unclouded.
Sir David Baird, 1st BaronetI also know that you can lie not only by what you say but what you don't say.
Phyllis Reynolds NaylorWhat is focus and who has the right to say what focus is the legitimate focus?
Julia Margaret CameronLove leads us into mystery where no one can say what comes next, or how, or why.
Caryn Mirriam-GoldbergDost thou know what a hero is? Why, a hero is as much as one should say, a hero.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowWhat you say should not just be truth now, but should be a proven truth tomorrow.
Harbhajan Singh YogiWhy should a man say what he feels, when a women is going to ignore what he says?
Laura SchlessingerIt is always a risk to speak to the press: they are likely to report what you say.
Hubert H. HumphreyFor even bad poetry has relevance for what it does not say for what it leaves out.
Lawrence FerlinghettiI always say, what really makes a movie commercial is that it makes its money back.
Christine VachonI will say what I want to say. I had some homosexual experiences as a young person.
Michael PortilloThey say love thy neighbor as thy self , what am I supposed to do jerk him off too?
Rodney DangerfieldWhen someone asks me now, "What do you do?" I will be able to say, "I am a writer."
Shirley Geok-lin LimA speech is something you say so as to distract attention from what you do not say.
William StaffordIt's your birthday today, so what would you say, if we turned that frown upside down
Billie Jean KingYou know what they say: A woman needs a man about as much as a fish needs a bicycle.
Candace BushnellI guess when somebody offers you a movie, you don't say no. That's what I've learned
Colleen HaskellI don't know exactly what is my impact, but I can say I am doing fashion my own way.
Jean Paul GaultierPeople cannot do what they cannot think, and they cannot think what they cannot say.
John Ralston SaulHaving the right message is what matters. It's not who you reach, it's what you say.
Roy H. WilliamsI'm a literalist. I believe what people say. When they say it, I think they mean it.
Ruqaiyyah Waris MaqsoodNo matter what the people say, I'm gonna love you anyway. Girl, you're my first love.
Anthony HamiltonTo be free means to be independent, not to be influenced by what others think and say.
Albert EinsteinYou don't have to know what to say or what to do; just listen to the one who sent you.
Craig GroeschelIt's always like you write a poem when you can't really say what you're trying to say.
David DuchovnyWhen a man is asked to make a speech, the first thing he has to decide is what to say.
Gerald R. FordWhat we say is important for in most cases the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
James M. BeggsIt is not so much what we say or do that educates; what really educates is who we are.
Janet Erskine StuartYou can't argue with the dead, no matter what you say, they always have the last word.
Jennifer DonnellyFriend, when you speak this carefully I know it is because you don't know what to say.
Leonard CohenI do have an impulse to sort of leverage what I say against something I disagree with.
Marilynne RobinsonI tell people diets don't work. And I don't care what they say. I have tried them all.
Sylvester StalloneWho is to say what is real and what is not?'Real' is a distinction of a naïve mind...
Terence McKennaIf what I say resonates with you, it's merely because we're branches of the same tree.
William Butler YeatsI no longer listen to what people say, I just watch what they do. Behavior never lies.
Winston ChurchillI grew up in a working-class family, so I guess you could say I write from what I know.
Andrea ArnoldI don't have anything to hide but what happens is the media tend to beat up what I say.
Christina AguileraPeople want to see something that shows them you can do what you say. That's the trick.
Christopher NolanYou know what they say: When people start burning books they'll soon burn human beings.
Cornelia FunkeI've always remained totally myself, which is to say, without an idea... of what to do.
Diana VreelandIf you choose to turn your back, you don't really have a say in what goes on behind it.
Gwethalyn GrahamI would tend to say that I do what I do as well as possible and that most people don't.
Jasper JohnsI would say that 99 per cent of what my father has written about his own life is false.
L. Ron HubbardAs if no one had ever tried before, try to say what you see and feel and love and lose.
Rainer Maria RilkeI may say it of our preposterous use of books,--He knew not what to do, and so he read.
Ralph Waldo EmersonHow we live our religion is far more important than what we may say about our religion.
Robert D. HalesNow watch what you say or they'll be calling you radical, liberal, fanatical, criminal.
Roger HodgsonBeing vegan helped me realize I can say and do what I believe is right. That's powerful.
Alicia SilverstoneSay what you have to say now! Don't wait until you're sending blips from the other side.
Audre LordeWhat we cannot think we cannot think, therefore we also cannot say what we cannot think.
Bertrand RussellI love girls when I never know what there going to do next or what they're going to say.
Chris KirkpatrickTo know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say.
George SantayanaMy favorite word is existentialism. I can't say it and I'm not quite sure what it means.
Geri HalliwellI just sort of go along and say what I think -and that's all you can do in life, really.
Karl PilkingtonI'm not a gay man, but I will say this: I get it now. I know what all the hype is about.
Kevin JamesBut people are going to say what they want to say. I know who I am, and I'm not perfect.
Lea MicheleI pay attention only to what people do or say. I never pay attention to what they think.
Napoleon BonaparteI don't know what it means to say that 'the internet should have a voice in Washington'.
Noam ChomskyJust another proof, of course, of what I often say - it takes all sorts to make a world.
P. G. WodehouseThey say writers sell everybody out. What can you do? You know only the people you know.
Vivian GornickMy name is not Susan, so watch what you say. If you still need her, then be on your way.
Whitney HoustonWhat can you say about Guy's cooking that hasn't been printed on a packet of cigarettes?
Willie GeistWhen you ask women what's the one thing they wish they had more of, they always say time.
Aerin LauderExperts say men think of sex every 10 seconds... What do they think of in the other nine?
Clive JamesI don't know what to say other than you're really honored another team is looking at you.
Don MattinglyIn a conversation, the words can get stuck, I don't know what to say, I get very anxious.
Florence WelchYou want to be the one that people piclk up the paper in the morning to see what you say.
Gary MyersWe say no to a lot of things so we can invest an incredible amount of care on what we do.
Jonathan IveI try not to pay much attention to what people say-I just try to concentrate on the game.
Jose ReyesI do not want to pour out my heart to the world. I am cautious of what I say and to whom.
Kristin Scott ThomasWhy, you might just as well say that, I see what I eat, is the same as, I eat what I see.
Lewis CarrollThe writing begins when you've finished. Only then do you know what you're trying to say.
Mark TwainI never have to worry about another person's response, only how I react to what they say.
Marshall B. RosenbergDo not say before hand what you are going to do; for if you fail, you will be laughed at.
Pittacus of MytileneAll I can say is that it's amazing what you can accomplish when you're young and foolish.
Robert PlantPeople may say that what I do is very clever, but it's not really at all. It's not Swift.
Rory BremnerContrary to what people are saying, you can't go by what people say, but by their spirit.
Stevie WonderWe dance, we kiss, we schmooze, we carry on, we go home happy. What do you say? Come on..
Walt DisneyOur children are watching us live and what we are shouts louder than anything we can say.
Wilferd PetersonI never thought I'd say this, what Obama needs in his personality is a little George Bush.
Bill MaherTyranny of freedom is do what you like. There's a world gone crazy, cause it can't say no.
Bruce DickinsonMy father loved me and he wanted to work with me and he didn't care what people would say.
Charlotte GainsbourgWhat am I supposed to say to an atheist when he sneezes, ah, when you die nothing happens.
Dane CookWe are ignorant of what it is we do not know even though we know more than we can ever say
G. L. S. ShackleDavid tells me that fairies never say 'We feel happy': what they say is, 'We feel dancey'.
James M. BarriePeople like to say, 'What do you mean exactly?' I would answer, 'I mean, but not exactly.'
Jean-Luc GodardPeople might say, 'Jimmy Cliff, you've done a lot, achieved a lot. What more can you want?
Jimmy CliffPeople will say, 'Seventy isn't old, it's middle-aged,' and I think, middle of what - 140?
Judith MartinSometimes people are beautiful. Not in looks. Not in what they say. Just in what they are.
Markus ZusakI'm on this search trying to figure out exactly who I am and what I have to say to people.
Natalie MerchantThe President is aware of what is going on. That is not to say that something is going on.
Ron ZieglerThe foundation of a disciplined life is integrity and doing what we say we're going to do.
Rory VadenYou have to be able to say what people are thinking but won't say. It's like Donald Trump.
Russell SimmonsBut I would say basically, I would just like to be remembered for what I did on the field.
Steve CarltonScience as such assuredly has no authority, for she can only say what is, not what is not.
William JamesWriters must constantly ask: what I am trying to say? Surprisingly often, they don't know.
William ZinsserIt is difficult to say what truth is, but sometimes it is so easy to recognize a falsehood.
Albert EinsteinPeople can say what they want but it doesn't stop me from doing what I'm crazy about doing.
Austin CarlileI might say something in Spanish; it all depends on how I'm feeling, what the situation is.
Bobby BonillaWe change the world not by what we say or do, but as a consequence of what we have become.
David HawkinsWho you are isn't tied solely to what you say, even though it may feel that way to you now.
Diane AckermanI say what it occurs to me to say when I think I hear people say things. More I cannot say.
Douglas AdamsTo say that someone is a conservative does not tell us what he is interested in conserving.
Douglas WilsonSay what you want about America - thirteen bucks can still get you a hell of a lot of mice!
George MichaelIf you can't find an answer at the mall or the library, what does that say about the world?
Joan BauerYou're gon' have to say to your self, am I gon' believe what them fools say about me today?
Kathryn StockettAnd what do the birds say? All there is to say about a massacre, things like "Poo-tee-weet?
Kurt VonnegutThere is nothing like death to say what is always such an artificial thing to say: The End.
Kurt VonnegutBe truthful, say what you mean and mean what you say, don't ignore the given circumstances.
Lauren GrahamBut I am not what I say or what I do or what I remember. I am fundamentally more than that.
Lisa GenovaListen to what people say about themselves; they will tell you everything you need to know.
Mason CooleyLook what you've already come through! Don't deny it. Say I'm stronger than I thought I was
Maya AngelouIt's always a thrilling risk to say exactly what you mean, to express exactly what you see.
Patricia HamplIt proves what they say, give the public what they want to see and they'll come out for it.
Red SkeltonSome things just push a man's buttons. This goes beyond what we say-and into how we say it.
Shaunti FeldhahnSay what you believe in a manner that bespeaks the determination with which you believe it.
Taylor MaliGirl, I got my mind. And what goes on in it. Which is to say, I got me...my lonely is mine.
Toni MorrisonI'm a really good eavesdropper. I listen to what people say and remember all the buzzwords.
William GibsonOnly mundanes say they're sorry when what they mean is "I share your grief,"' Jace observed.
Cassandra ClareI think if you want to make an impact, you've got to say what you feel and do what you feel.
Cher LloydWhen people say, "I have nothing to hide," what they're saying is, "My rights don't matter."
Edward SnowdenI haven't much opinion of words. They're apt to set fire to a dry tongue, that's what I say.
Ellen GlasgowYou may force me to say what you wish; you may revile me for saying what I do. But it moves.
Galileo GalileiI am a writer. Imagining what someone would say or do comes to me as naturally as breathing.
Joan DidionThe science of psychotherapy is knowing what to say, the art is knowing when to say it. (36)
Jonathan KellermanIt beats me how Freud could say "What do women want?" as if we all must want the same thing.
Katharine WhitehornNo matter what you do or say, there's nothing that you can do to make people understand you.
Kurt CobainWhenever I'm broadcasting, I like it. When I'm broadcasting I can't wait to hear what I say.
Malachy McCourtNobody ever cares what I say! I feel badly about it, I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings.
Marnie SternWe are never angry because of what others say or do. It is our thinking that makes us angry.
Marshall B. RosenbergYou cannot demand your rights, civil or otherwise, if you are unwilling to say what you are.
Merle MillerPeople who say, "I don't know what to do," usually aren't inspired enough to make it happen.
Tony RobbinsA bishop keeps on saying at the age of eighty what he was told to say at the age of eighteen.
Oscar WildeWhat I had to say was, in general, I'm not really a fan of any one genre of any kind of film.
Adam ArkinIf you donât say what youâre thinking, you end up lying when you really need to speak up.
Banana YoshimotoAnd that, to me, is the main attraction to comics. It's an avenue to say what you want to say
Bill SienkiewiczWhat we say has such a profound influence upon what we see, and hear, and taste of the world!
David AbramWe could steal time, just for one day We can be Heroes, for ever and ever What d'you say?
David BowieA kid is a guy I never wrote down to. He's interested in what I say if I make it interesting.
Dr. SeussI didn't write because I had anything to say, but in order to find out what there was to say.
Eugene H. PetersonFree as air; that's what they say- "free as air". Now they bring me my air in an iron barrel.
Evelyn WaughEach day when you wake up, say: "What miracles would you have me perform today?" Then listen.
Gabrielle BernsteinWe are told that when Jehovah created the world he saw that it was good what would he say now
George Bernard ShawScience must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
Gilbert K. ChestertonWhat the world needs is a set villain that people can point at and say, "It's all your fault!
Haruki MurakamiI am mostly a pretty worried person. In conversations, I am always worried about what to say.
Ira GlassI know there is much mystery, much question to what happened, and I must also say, many lies.
Jennifer CapriatiMy life is based on change. What I say is OK for the next ten minutes, then I change my mind.
Karl LagerfeldNothing cuts deeper than when another person says exactly what you're afraid to say out loud.
Laurell K. HamiltonIt doesn't matter if you have something greater to say per say, just enjoy what you're doing.
LightsThe nature of language may determine what most people say, but I always speak my own meaning.
Mason CooleyI say what I have to say at the moment and when I don't want to say it anymore, then I won't.
Vince StaplesSay much of what the Lord has done for you, but say little of what you have done for the Lord.
Charles SpurgeonTo solve a problem, you have to be able to state what the problem is or at least say the name.
Donald TrumpNever say never, dear. You might be surprised at what you can do, should circumstances dictate
Ellen HopkinsSay what you will about Gypsy women, but they are remarkable assessors of blues guitar talent.
Gary GulmanThe world will not remember what you say, but it will certainly not forget what you have done.
Jack MaPeople say to me, well "What's the character you really want to play?" And I go, I don't know.
Jake GyllenhaalEven though I saw the executioner and the fire, I could not say anything but what I have said.
Joan of ArcWhat do the nationalists say about killers punishing murderers and thieves sentencing looters?
KhalilI'm not told what to say by any Republicans and I've never done a personal appearance topless.
Kola Boof[Jazz singing] is like pornography. You can't say what it is, but you know it when you see it.
Kurt EllingThe time is not yet ripe to say what happened. When history's ready, then we can talk about it
Mohammed Saeed al-SahafA river, though, has so many things to say that it is hard to know what it says to each of us.
Norman MacleanThe French, unfortunately, actually believe what they say, and that has been very destructive.
Paul KrugmanAll right," I managed to say, just before I crumpled to the floor. "Let's see what you've got.
Richelle Mead9:00: I don't know what I want. I just point at the Dollar Menu and say, 'Give me all of that.
Tucker MaxNo married man's ever made up his mind until he's heard what his wife has got to say about it.
W. Somerset MaughamYou can get used to anything - haven't I already said that? Isn't that what all survivors say?
Yann MartelIf what I do prove well, it won't advance. They'll say it's stolen, or else it was by chance.
Anne BradstreetIt's curious how easy it is to tell a piece of paper what you don't dare say to someone's face.
Carlos Ruiz ZafonCan I remember "I remember lots," I say. How much of what I remember is true is another matter.
Charles StrossI think that most of us would say that ubuntu basically speaks about what it means to be human.
Desmond TutuI would say, we have had a lot of problems with radical Islamic terrorism, that's what I'd say.
Donald TrumpNature is what we know - Yet have not art to say - So impotent our wisdom is To her simplicity.
Emily DickinsonWhen I say or do something I do it, I don't give a damn what you think, I'm doing this for me..
EminemWhat brothers say to tease their sisters has nothing to do with what they really think of them.
Esther M. FriesnerI call my lawyer and say, 'Can I ask you two questions?' He says, 'What's the second question?'
Henny YoungmanMy philosophy: find what it is you want to say, walk in the room, say it, and get the hell out.
J. Michael StraczynskiNo one will ever know from what secret I am writing and the fact that I say so changes nothing.
Jacques DerridaMy father always used to say, "What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger," - 'til the accident.
Jimmy CarrIt doesn't matter what you say [to me] after "even though". I never change my mind. Give it up.
Laura SchlessingerEvery day, no matter what I'm doing, I say, 'Lord, I'll do the best I can, and You do the rest.
Loretta YoungBegin to listen to what you say. Don't say anything that you don't want to become true for you.
Louise HayWe're just a metal band. Whenever people ask me what kind of music we play, I always say metal.
Mattew NichollsLove is more important than what we can take...Please say with me three times-Love! Love! Love!
PeleWe can say what we like without favour or fear and what we can't say we can breathe in your ear
Peter WeissThe minute I start being afraid of what people might say is the minute I become useless to God.
Steven FurtickIt is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
TacitusWe must protect the right of our opponents to speak because we must hear what they have to say.
Walter LippmannSay to Yourself when Someone Else is Criticizing U, 'What U Think of Me is None of My Business'
Wayne DyerI can't tell a story in the white man's language, so I say what I want to say with my paintings.
Allen SappWhat I say is stupid. Who takes a comedian seriously? I'm doing sophisticated knock-knock jokes.
Carlos MenciaPeople seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they've done.
Cullen HightowerI've always been a looker. Loads of people say, "I never saw that" - but that's what artists do.
David HockneyWhat you don't do is just say, "I've got all the ideas and all the knowledge, and listen to me."
Duncan GreenThe most difficult thing in the world is to say thinkingly what everybody says without thinking.
Emile ChartierI say there are spots that don't come off.... Spots that never come off, d'you know what I mean?
J. K. RowlingIt is an actor's defect. I want everybody to like me, so I'll say what I think will please them.
Jean RenoIt is just as likely that as I invent what I want to say, you will invent what you want to hear.
Jeanette WintersonI have to remember that for the most part people will see me for what I do, not what I say I do.
Jemima KirkeTouch has a memory. O say, love say, What can I do to kill it and be free In my old liberty?
John KeatsIt's not intentions that matter. It's actions. We are what we do and say, not what we intend to.
Kristin HannahPeople are influenced by what we are, what we radiate. This has greater appeal than what we say.
Maharishi Mahesh YogiReality is always greater - much greater - than what we know, than whatever we can say about it.
Michael CrichtonI'm willing to submit to the sovereignty of the consumer, but I just want to know what they say.
Michael HyattAgain, I say I will be glad to tell what songs I have ever sung, because singing is my business.
Pete SeegerFrom now on when people asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I planned to say, Amnesiac.
Sue Monk KiddI have had a most rare vision. I have had a dream, past the wit of man to say what dream it was.
William ShakespeareThey say what doesn't kill the soul will make you stronger, but you can't be a stone-hearted man.
Anthony GreenI don't want to be anything else other than what I am. I can say that with passion. No regrets...
Anthony HopkinsComedy too can sometimes discern what is right. I shall not please, but I shall say what is true.
Aristophanes