language

"Taste my tuna casserole — tell me if I put in too much hot fudge."

"I say a lot of things I don’t mean."

"But voice is a certain sound of that which is animated; for nothing inanimate emits a voice; but they are said to emit a voice from similitude, as a pipe, and a lyre, and such other inanimate things, …"

"Italy is only a geographical expression."

"Speech by Keillor at Concordia University"

"To cut and tighten sentences is the secret of mastery."

"Everything is in slow motion down there and silent. It could replace psychotherapy."

"In point of fact, however, they were much more anxious to tell him about their doings than to listen to his."

"Rosabelle — answer — tell — pray, answer — look — tell — answer, answer — tell."

"Risest from forth thy silent sea of pines."

"The luxury of ostentation affords a much less substantial and solid gratification, than the luxury of comfort, if I may be allowed the expression."

"Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese."

"The Greeks failed to comprehend the infinitely large, the infinitely small, and infinite processes. They "shrank before the silence of the infinite spaces."

"The Speaker is seen, but not heard and the President is neither seen nor heard. He would very much would a President who is neither seen nor heard, but who decides. I would like to do something silent…"

"When we began, we had no opportunities; we prepared in silence and created our own opportunity."

"Not for nothing did Eldridge Cleaver say that the North Korean police made him miss the Oakland police."

"Webpage of Castells at UC Berkeley Professor Emeritus listing"

"In every sound sleeps the silence."

"The dark and distant drummingThe pounding of the hoovesThe silence of everything that movesLate at night you'll see themdecked out in shiny jewelsthe coming of the caravan of fools"

"Sir, in K. Balachander's unit, the dialogue for an entire film was only this much."