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Speak Quotes

The languages, and limits, people speak within.

A couple of these speak quotes are about language and identity specifically, children translating for family members, and a cultural background where the expected native language was never actually spoken at home. The Language collection covers this in more depth.

I hate to speak about individuals. Players don't win you trophies, teams win trophies, squads win trophies.

Quotes by Jose Mourinho

Speak less but act more.

Quotes by Jose Maria Aznar

Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak without hypocrisy.

Quotes by Jose Marti

It is terrible to speak of you, Liberty, for one who lives without you.

Quotes by Jose Marti

In truth, men speak too much of danger.

Quotes by Jose Marti

When I was a kid, I resented my grandparents not speaking the perfect English I wanted to speak.

Quotes by Jose Antonio Vargas

There is a concept that is the corrupter and destroyer of all others. I speak not of Evil, whose limited empire is that of ethics; I speak of the infinite.

Quotes by Jorge Luis Borges

I have a weird obsession with people who can speak multiple languages. I'd love to be able to do that.

Quotes by Jordan Fisher

I encourage teachers to speak in their own voices. Don't use the gibberish of the standards writers.

Quotes by Jonathan Kozol

My mother taught me everything I know; how to speak properly, posture, enunciation.

Quotes by Jonathan Krohn

Sometimes you're going to be inexperienced, naive, untested, and totally right. And then, in those moments, you have to make a choice: is this a time to speak up, or hang back?

Quotes by Jon Lovett

Each dancer has a different dialect that they speak.

Quotes by Jon M. Chu

'Never again' is the rallying cry for all who believe that mankind must speak out against genocide.

Quotes by Jon Corzine

I should be on Broadway. You have to sing, you have to dance, you have to speak well, and I'm good at all of those!

Quotes by JoJo Siwa

In spite of all the skills that I do have, to relate to the normal world I have no applicable skills. I can speak Russian, I can speak French. I know about Chanel. Especially vintage Chanel. I know what Halston...

Quotes by Johnny Weir

I speak my mind, so I don't hold my tongue for nobody.

Quotes by John Wall

A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing.

Quotes by John Tillotson

A lot of the Koran does not speak very eloquently to a Westerner. Much of it is either legalistic or opaquely poetic.

Quotes by John Updike

I won't ever got to a place that's racist, and I will tell everybody else not to and I'll speak against them. But it should be their right to be racist.

Quotes by John Stossel

President Ronald Reagan used to speak of the Soviet constitution, and he noted that it purported to grant wonderful rights of all sorts to people. But those rights were empty promises, because that system did not have an independent judiciary...

Quotes by John Roberts

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a quote about children speaking another language?
Yes — a proud one: "My children speak very good Chinese, and they translate for our American friends." It highlights language skill as something to be proud of within a family. For more quotes about language and communication, see Language quotes.
Is there a quote about identity and language not matching expectations?
Yes — a direct one: "I'm a Persian Jew, and we don't speak Hebrew." It's a clear, honest statement correcting an assumption people might make. For more quotes about knowing and understanding people better, browse Know quotes.
Is there a quote using "speak" as a figure of speech?
Yes — one uses the phrase casually: "I just sort of follow my bliss, so to speak, and then I see where that takes me." Here "speak" isn't literal — it's part of a common expression about following your instincts. For more relaxed, conversational quotes like this, check out Like quotes.
Is there a quote about not wanting to hear certain people speak?
Yes — a strong one: "There are evil people, and I don't even want to hear those guys speak." It's a forceful statement about refusing to give a platform to certain voices. For more strongly held opinions like this, see Always quotes.
What's the range of ways "speak" is used across these quotes?
From literal fluency in a language, to correcting assumptions, to a common expression, to refusing to listen — these quotes show how flexible the word "speak" really is.

Others use the word more loosely, one following an instinct rather than a plan, another admitting discomfort even listening to certain harmful views. Continue with Know quotes or Always quotes.