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My CIA godfather told me he'd never heard any American speak Japanese so well. — Steven Seagal

You cannot speak of the ocean to a frog that lives in a well. — Bill Vaughan

The invisible thing called a Good Name is made up of the breath of numbers that speak well of you. — E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl Of Halifax

People who can speak well, speak briefly. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

One can speak poetry just by arranging colors well, just as one can say comforting things in music. — Vincent Van Gogh

It is as great an error to speak well of a worthless man as to speak ill of a good man. — Leonardo Da Vinci

How do I speak Spanish? Not too well. — Adam Sandler

There is nothing bad to fear; once you have crossed that threshold, all is well. Another world, and you do not have to speak — Franz Kafka

If you are not able to be silent, you will not be able to speak well. — Henri Nouwen

You can't speak life to others if you don't know how to speak life to yourself. Dead leaves can't breathe. — Kemi Sogunle

I do not speak the English so good, but then I speak the driving very well. — Emerson Fittipaldi

The only way to make men speak well of us is to do it. — Voltaire

I can read and speak Hindi quite well now and that's quite an achievement considering I didn't know the language at all when I came down here. — Katrina Kaif

I speak it to God: I don't really want more time; I just want enough time, time to do my one life well. — Ann Voskamp

In fact, we know full well today that it is futile to speak of liberty as long as economic slavery exists. — Pyotr Kropotkin

People who succeed speak well of themselves to themselves. — Laurie Beth Jones

If you live in such a manner as to stand the test of the last judgment, you can depend upon it that the world will not speak well of you. — Alistair Begg

Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself. — Blaise Pascal

There is no female mind. The brain is not an organ of sex. As well speak of a female liver. — Charlotte Perkins Gilman

When we are understood, we always speak well, and then all your fine diction serves no purpose. — Moliere

Well, I'm trilingual myself. I am, I know how to speak Spanish, English, obviously, and I speak pretty good Ebonics. — Cam Newton

I couldn't speak well. I went to speech therapy for 10 years. And I was sort of frustrated in that sense. — Walter Dean Myers

The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to the young. — Willa Cather

A man who writes well writes not as others write, but as he himself writes; it is often in speaking badly that he speaks well. — Baron De Montesquieu

The world belongs to those who know how to speak well, and fortunes are made by those who write well, — V.C. Andrews

He was violating the second rule of the two rules for getting on well with people that speak Spanish; give the men tobacco and leave the women alone — Ernest Hemingway,

While it is good to speak well, it is better to speak the truth. — Amy Tan

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible. — Jane Austen

It is true I do not speak as well as I can think. But that is true of most people, as nearly as I can tell. — Barbara Kingsolver

Language is a personality as well. People are different when they speak different languages. — David Bezmozgis

To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks. — Ben Jonson

You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart. — John Ford

Woe unto you when all men speak well of you. — Joan Bauer

Think well. Speak well. Do well. These three things, through the mercy of God, will make a man go to Heaven. — Camillus De Lellis

O Chid learn your ABZ's and memorize them well,
and you shall learn to talk and speak and read and write and spel — Shel Silverstein

I want that glib and oily art to speak and purpose not, since what I well intend, I'll do't before I speak. — William Shakespeare

What pity 'tis, one that can speak so well, Should in his actions be so ill! — Philip Massinger

The more a man is given to sentiment ,the more likely is he to be wordy and to speak well. — Denis De Rougemont

England is very interested as well, and other countries if I could speak the languages! — Miranda Otto

A well-trained diplomat is supposed to write French, for example, like an angel, but to speak it with the peculiar gutlessness of a Geneva nancy-boy. — Geoffrey Household

Don't talk to strangers? Well, I figure he will always be a stranger unless I speak to him. Where is the logic in such a rule? — Penelope Fletcher

IT and business must be partners, must be able to speak the same language, finish each other's sentences, to solve the well-defined business problems. — Pearl Zhu

I think the man who eats the bread of idleness is under a certain obligation to speak well of labor. — Robert Green Ingersoll

Speak but little and well, if you would be esteemed as a man of merit. — Richard Chenevix Trench

In speaking the truth of your experience to another, it will serve you well to realize that how they choose to respond is not your responsibility. — Iyanla Vanzant

I don't speak particularly well. That's one of the consequences of being extremely ugly. — Chris Martin

People who do not speak our language very well do complain of feeling rebuffed by French people, who can sometimes be impatient, or even intolerant. — Bernard Pivot

Perhaps pondering words is also a form of seeking justice. If a monologue can invite a chorus, then perhaps it can speak for others as well. — Duo Duo

Those honor nature well, who teach that she can speak on everything. — Blaise Pascal

But what can a decent man speak of with most pleasure?
Answer: Of himself.
Well, so I will talk about myself. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Self-confidence is apt to address itself to an imaginary dullness in others; as people who are well off speak in a cajoling tone to the poor. — George Eliot

Grace will ever speak for itself and be fruitful in well-doing; the sanctified, cross is a fruitful tree. — Samuel Rutherford

I said 'I'm sorry, sir, but we don't speak Swedish.'
'Well, of course you don't. Neither do I. Who the hell speaks Swedish? — John Green

His forward voice now is to speak well of his friend. His backward voice is to utter foul speeches and to detract. — William Shakespeare

We always speak well when we manage to be understood. — Moliere

We unlearn the art of speaking well when we cease to speak with God. — John Calvin

What passes out of one's mouth passes into a hundred ears. It is a great misfortune not to have sense enough to speak well. — Desiderius Erasmus

The ability to speak well is the shortcut to distinction. — Dale Carnegie

"We speak different languages, as usual," responded Woland, "but this does not change the things we speak about. Well? ... " — Mikhail Bulgakov

The English Language is my bitch. Or I don't speak it very well. Whatever. — Joss Whedon

Be assertive, in speech and in conduct. — Lailah Gifty Akita

It's a terrible thing to speak well and be wrong. — Sophocles

You can always speak with great authority on how well you played today, but never on how you'll play tomorrow. — Gary Player

It is terrible to speak well and be wrong. — Sophocles

Music, oh, how faint, how weak,
Language fades before thy spell!
Why should Feeling ever speak,
When thou canst breathe her soul so well? — Thomas Moore

I speak my mind and come from a place of conscience, as well as have fun as a musician. — Bonnie Raitt

I think [the virtual choir] speaks well to a benevolent future for the Internet. — Eric Whitacre

When a wise man chooses a sane basis for his arguments, it is no great task to speak well. — Euripides

The God who speaks with utmost integrity must have messengers who represent him well. — Haddon W. Robinson

I am the way I am. If you like me because I'm glamorous, so be it. If you like me, because I speak well or I have a brain and opinion, so be it. — Malaika Arora Khan

The day I realized I could speak well, I decided I won't speak for myself anymore. — Sharad Vivek Sagar

The man chuckled. "You would do well to speak kindly of her. She will be your Queen before long.
"Over my dead body," Rose snapped. — Brandi Gillilan

It is a great misfortune not to possess sufficient wit to speak well, nor sufficient judgment to keep silent. — Jean De La Bruyere

Speak well of the law. Take care of your chest and voice, my good friend, and leave the law to take care of itself. I give you that advice — Charles Dickens

I think Russia is a difficult country, and it's very difficult for people to adapt here, especially if they don't speak the language well. — Maelle Gavet

When other sects speak well of Zen, the first thing that they praise is its poverty. — Dogen

No one can speak well, unless he thoroughly understands his subject. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

A man may think an untruth as well as speak one. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things. — Ben Jonson

Since we have to speak well of the dead, let's knock them while they're alive. — John French Sloan

Ladies are like creeds; if you cannot speak well of them, say nothing. — Herman Melville

Do you wish people to speak well of you?
Then do not speak at all yourself.
[Fr., Voulez-vous qu'on croie du bien de vous?
N'en dites point.] — Blaise Pascal

And long we try in vain to speak and act Our hidden self, and what we say and do Is eloquent, is well
but 'tis not true! — Matthew Arnold

It is as commendable to think well of oneself when alone, as it is ridiculous to speak well of oneself among others. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another. — Samuel Johnson

Well, well. We tend to speak our minds, we girls from Fort Wayne. — Kate Alcott

If we speak poorly about that which we do well ... people will assume we perform poorly! — Dale Carnegie

To speak well of a base man is much the same as speaking ill of a good man. — Leonardo Da Vinci

It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues. — Jean De La Bruyere

Well, I'm really not supposed to speak to strangers, but we've met before. — Princess Aurora

Do you want to injure someone's reputation? Don't speak ill of him, speak too well. — Andre Siegfried

Never take the first plant you find, as it might be the last - and you want that first one to speak well of you to the others of her kind. — Robin Wall Kimmerer

When you speak of heaven, let your face light up ... When you speak of hell well then, your everyday face will do. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

I can't speak for George, but I pretty damn well know we got fed up of being sidemen for Paul. — John Lennon

Nothing speaks our grief so well as to speak nothing. — Richard Crashaw

To actively improve the world
and change your life as well,
speak all the good you know,
and all the bad refuse to tell. — Richelle E. Goodrich

Keep quiet and ponder! Speak and say something! — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

When our friends are present we ought to treat them well; and when they are absent, to speak of them well. — Epictetus

Well, obviously, I'm not allowed to speak about the legal battles, but I love lesbians. — Jennifer Nettles

As you may well know by now, the Givers are mysterious, and love to speak in riddles. It's more annoying than having sand in your underpants ... — James Dashner