What You Say Quotes

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It's not always what you say but how you say it ~ Bandile Matsenjwa

He took her hand in his, caressed her palm with his finger."Duin an doras," he whispered hoarsely, feverishly."Fuirichidh mise."
Close the door. I'll stay.
Ellie flushed dark, her lashes fluttered shut. "I ... I don't know what you say," she murmured.
Liam dropped her hand, gently laid his at the base of her bare neck. Her skin was soft and warm against his callused palm, and he whispered in her ear,"I know." He moved his head; his lips whisked across hers, shimmering like a whisper of silk.
He breathed her in once more, made himself remove his hand from her heated flesh. ~ Julia London

Be careful what you say. It comes true. It comes true. I had to leave home in order to see the world logically, logic the new way of seeing. I learned to think that mysteries are for explanation. I enjoy the simplicity. Concrete pours out of my mouth to cover the forests with freeways and sidewalks. Give me plastics, periodical tables, TV dinners with vegetables no more complex than peas mixed with diced carrots. Shine floodlights into dark corners: no ghosts. ~ Maxine Hong Kingston

Be truthful, say what you mean and mean what you say, don't ignore the given circumstances. ~ Lauren Graham

You are right; you know men better than I do, and what you say may possibly be the case, I confess; but if such persons are among my acquaintances I prefer not to know it, because then I should be forced to hate them ~ Alexandre Dumas

You are master of what you say until you utter it, once you deliver it, you are its captive. Preserve your tongue as you do your gold and money. One word could bring disgrace and the termination of a bliss. ~ Hazrat Ali Ibn Abu-Talib A.S

You know what I hate about people who criticize you? They - they criticize what you say but they never give you credit for how loud you say it. ~ Stephen Colbert

If you believe what you say, words will become reality. ~ Ingrid Betancourt

Children pay more attention to what you do than to what you say. ~ Zig Ziglar

Mean what you say or don't say it at all. ~ Korey Miracle

The sea is emotion incarnate. It loves, hates, and weeps. It defies all attempts to capture it with words and rejects all shackles. No matter what you say about it, there is always that which you can't. ~ Christopher Paolini

The most common thing that real reporters say to me is, "I wish I could say what you say." What I don't understand is, why can't they say what I say, even in their own way? Does that mean they want to be able to name certain bald contradictions or hypocrisies that politicians have? ~ Stephen Colbert

What you say hints to who you are.
What you do says who you are.
What you do and say, says it loudest. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

No matter what you say, or how much you talk, someone isn't really forgiven until you can stand beside them without wanting to slap them in the face. ~ Alan Heathcock

You send a message by what you say and what you do. If words aren't supported with consistent actions, they will ring hollow. ~ Frank Sonnenberg

Films in the start you can't really say who will be the killer, who won't be, most times what you say is wrong (Of course if you have watched the film before that and now saying that you haven't it's a great lie, but I don't lie I just have the gift to predict!), the middle is messy because comes stuff which you won't ever thought, sometimes the quite people are the killers. The people which are suspected or investigated aren't the true killers they are the victims or in more cases just a wrong choice!
The end is something which says a lot of for one film, if the killer wins it's show a new place in the films, if there is happy end it's something which is often. ~ Deyth Banger

A character is as much about what you do as what you say. ~ Darren Boyd

Postmodernism has turned into this devil's vortex where no matter what you do, your neck will be turned and your face shoved into a foreign example, and worse, no matter what you say, despite the context, it will be considered a postmodern device. That's the danger of postmodernism: it poses itself as something that can't be trumped, something you can't escape. It continually mocks your efforts for the sake of its name. I know even this will be seen as another postmodern bullet, and no matter what I say, critics and readers will be locked into how to lock me in. ~ Brian Celio

As a leader, it is so important that your words equal your actions. It is imperative that you make sure that you go through a self-evaluation process on an almost daily basis to make sure that your actions are in line with your words. You must do what you say and say what you do. ~ Jon Gordon

Men are not supposed to be mysterious. That's what you say about women. But I think men can have a little of it, too. ~ Hedi Slimane

While what you say to others is important, even more important is what you say to yourself. ~ Robin S. Sharma

Defending yourself is not the same as offending your enemy. Watch what you say. ~ Holly Chamberlin

Just be you. I've learned the hard way and in the end, some people are just so full of hate that no matter what you say or do, they'll always have something to say. ~ Megan Fox

Prayer is a means of sharing the burden, which relieves pressure, as you tell your worries and concerns to someone who will listen and won't judge, no matter what you say. Praying is like handing the problem over to someone else as you talk it out. Then you can tune in for guidance and a different perspective that will exude heartfelt energy. When you pray, you are exposing your real self and extending sincere, loving energy to yourself. It doesn't matter if your words are fancy or plain, and there is no way to do it right or wrong. Prayer is about opening your heart and being sincere. ~ Lucinda Bassett

And Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values, like you work hard for what you want in life. That your word is your bond; that you do what you say you're going to do. That you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don't know them and even if you don't agree with them. ~ Michelle Obama

You have to believe what you say, and if you believe what you are saying, then acting is easy. ~ Jean-Claude Van Damme

It is amazing how many people act as if the right to free speech includes the right to be free of criticism for what you say - which means that other people should not have the same right to free speech that they claim for themselves. ~ Thomas Sowell

By your words, you form your destiny - what you say within yourself determines the end promise of your life! Your future lives in your mouth! ~ Paula White

What you say is either truth or your opinion. ~ Eveth Colley

Because I know what it's like to feel alone. I know what it's like to live in a paper world, to be good at hurting people, to think everybody should just shut up and do what you say.
And then I remember that deep down, people are good, everybody's trying, and nobody deserves respect just for being powerful.
So if I've got the voice in my head that tells me to crush people, then I think you probably have the voice that says the other thing too. If people keep calling us heroes and villains, they'll never know how close we came to listening to the other voice all those times. ~ Brennan Lee Mulligan

What you say about the world reflects more about you and your perception of the world than the world itself. ~ Debasish Mridha

Do you think I would want to live under a government that you ran or set up? It's all very nice to say you're an anarchist, but you only want anarchy for yourself. For the rest of us, you want to make sure we do what you say, think how you think, and remember you're the boss. ~ Jane Smiley

Say what you mean. Mean what you say. ~ Robert C. Martin

What you love defines you better than what you hate.
What you need defines you better than what you want.
What you give defines you better than what you take.
What you do defines you better than what you say.
What you create defines you better than what you destroy.
What you gain defines you better than what you lose.
What you heed defines you better than what you ignore.
What you help defines you better than what you hinder.
What you esteem defines you better than what you dishonor.
What you trust defines you better than what you fear.
What you grasp defines you better than what you disbelieve.
What you hold defines you better than what you release.
What you draw defines you better than what you repel.
What you face defines you better than what you avoid.
What you finish defines you better than what you start.
What you admire defines you better than what you despise.
What you welcome defines you better than what you shun.
What you heal defines you better than what you hurt.
What you praise defines you better than what you condemn.
What you cherish defines you better than what you disregard.
What you appreciate defines you better than what you despise.
What you strengthen defines you better than what you weaken.
What you encourage defines you better than what you denounce.
What you support defines you better than what you oppose.
What you honor defines you b ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

I don't care what you say to me. I care what you share with me. ~ Santosh Kalwar

The thing is, I don't know if these stories he was telling were mine, or his, or someone else's. You spend your life among words, listening, making sense out of what you say and out of what you imagine other people are saying to you, believing that something in particular happened like this or that, as a result of this or that, with these or those consequences. But it is never so simple, is it? I suppose that if we read about ourselves in a book, we wouldn't recognize ourselves, we wouldn't realize that those people doing certain things and behaving in a particular manner are us. I always believed that I knew Alejandro, that I knew him intimately, I mean, the way you might know a doll you've once taken to pieces. But it wasn't true. ~ Alberto Manguel

When I get out of here, if I'm ever able to set this down, in any form, even in the form of one voice to another, it will be a reconstruction then too, at yet another remove. It's impossible to say a thing exactly the way it was, because what you say can never be exact, you always have to leave something out, there are too many parts, sides, crosscurrents, nuances; too many gestures, which could mean this or that, too many shapes which can never be fully described, too many flavors, in the air or on the tongue, half-colors, too many. But ~ Margaret Atwood

I love you," he said. He almost yelled it. "And I know that sounds crazy. That's what you say at the beginning of something, not when it's almost reached its end. But – I don't care. I just want to be with you. Maybe it'll only be for these next few weeks. Maybe it'll be forever. We can't know what'll happen, Anna. All I know is I love you and…we should be together. We just have to be together. We need to be together. ~ Michelle Dalton

It doesn't much matter what line of argument you take as a woman. If you venture into traditional male territory, the abuse comes anyway. It's not what you say that prompts it - it's the fact that you are saying it. ~ Mary Beard

I would die without you," he finally said. "I'd be crazy with terror if there were six of you to defend.
Not to mention crazy, period." There was a vein of amusement in the final sentence.
She took his hand and moved it to her abdomen. "Did I ever tell you, Dash, how much I dream of babies? Lots of babies. I wanted at least three, more if I could. And if what you say is true about your semen counteracting birth control, do you think you might not have plenty of little girls to protect and go crazy over? What will you do then? Stop having sex with me?"
She saw the pure terror that glittered in his eyes for just a second. Raw, blistering hot fear as his fingers flexed against her abdomen.
"God help me," he groaned. "You will make me crazy, Elizabeth. ~ Lora Leigh

The only way your going to be what you say your going to be, is if you do what your going to do. ~ Sumadi Hendrix

It is also a part of the cosmic law that what you say and do determines what happens in your life. ~ Brian Browne Walker

Becoming a writer is about becoming conscious. When you're conscious and writing from a place of insight and simplicity and real caring about the truth, you have the ability to throw the lights on for your reader. He or she will recognize his or her life and truth in what you say, in the pictures you have painted, and this decreases the terrible sense of isolation that we have all had too much of. ~ Anne Lamott

Accountability means to say what you do, do what you say. ~ Pearl Zhu

Something can be symbolic without being a mere stand-in or vessel, which just brings us away from the true mystery and dread, into some boring version of what we already know. So what you say is true, in that the bear is a kind of parallel to the speaker, or imagined as such, but also very different. So if it's a symbol it is - ahem - a polysemous one. ~ Matthew Zapruder

When people ask for advice they very rarely want your advice and will go ahead and do what they want to do anyway, no matter what you say. That applied in every sort of case; it was a human truth of universal application, but one which most people knew little or nothing about. ~ Alexander McCall Smith

It's hard enough for me to write what I want to write without me trying to write what you say they want me to write which I don't want to write. ~ Tennessee Williams

Implanting spiritual ideas in children is very important. Many people live their entire lives according to the concepts that are implanted in them in childhood. When children learn they will get the most attention and love through doing constructive things, they will tend to stop doing destructive things. Most important of all, remember that children learn through example. No matter what you say it is what you do that will have an influence on them. ~ Peace Pilgrim

Americans think cinema is about storytelling; I don't believe that. I think it's a language and everyone has to find their own way of speaking. It's not so much what you say as the way you say it. ~ Marjane Satrapi

The key to conversation at work is flexibility and understanding how what you say might be perceived by others. ~ Deborah Tannen

You love me," he said. "That's all I need to know."
"You always say the right thing," Savannah told him, her eyes so filled with love that he almost wept. "Sometimes it takes you awhile to get to it, but you always get there, and what you say is always worth waiting for. ~ Suzanne Brockmann

While I try to avoid it, I'm sure I've recently - perhaps even somewhere in this book - included myself as an American or a white man or a Westerner by using the word "we." It's a convenient shorthand. However, I have been careful about my use of collective speech, working through roughly the same thought process described above, for several years now. When I mean the American government, I say "the American government." I do this because I've come to the conclusion that the American government is a "them," not a "we." As the old saying goes: "say what you mean and mean what you say." So ~ Jack Donovan

Be careful of what you dwell on and what you say. Your thoughts and words will either acquit or condemn you. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

she's too quiet about it."

"Isn't that the point of leading by example?" Kat frowned at her ball of yarn, more of a tangled mass of yarn than a ball.

"Yes, mostly. But if you don't ever say anything, then how can others follow your example? All the good works get lost in the background noise. I think there are two parts to leading by example: do what you say, and say what you do. ~ Penny Reid

It's not what you say, but what you do that defines your individuality ~ Shayan Italia

My name is not Susan, so watch what you say. If you still need her, then be on your way. ~ Whitney Houston

To do what you say, it's about respect I respect you, you respect me.... Did you heard GreenHollyWood, you gave me movies didn't you??
I watched them, I tried to find them and I watched them..., I gave you... you just watched one of all. That's call disrespectable, you aren't grateful what I have give... and you want I to be?! ~ Deyth Banger

It is not what you say, but how you say, that's important. 99% Fat Free product seems more healthy than a product with 1% Fat. ~ Manoj Arora

It's impossible to say a thing exactly the way it was, because of what you say can never be exact, you always have to leave something out, there are too many parts, sides, crosscurrents, nuances; too many gestures, which could mean this or that, too many shapes which can never be fully described, too many flavors, in the air or on the tongue, half-colors, too many. ~ Margaret Atwood

Be careful what you say for you can never take back the poison you threw ~ Joyce Guo

I'm so reluctant to do newspaper interviews because it's so misleading how they interpret what you say. ~ Davy Jones

I'm sort of planting Post-It notes all over my psyche. Do not skateboard wasted. Do not buy $10,000 rugs. Be careful what you say to journalists. You don't have to stay up until 7 A.M. - tomorrow is a new day. ~ Ryan Adams

Consider your actions and words. Be thoughtful when expressing your feelings or concerns. Sometimes it's not what you say, but the way you say it. That makes all the difference ~ Amaka Imani Nkosazana

People shouldn't pinky swear if they don't mean it because the pinky is the weakest finger out of the five. If you want to truly stand by what you say, then use your thumb. ~ Patrick Stevens

You, the reader, make the book, but the book does not in itself exist between these decomposing covers. You read the script, you are, in your mind, actor, patron, director. Critic, ultimately. This collection of pages is just the beginning of a greater creation."

"If what you say is true, then what of the writer of the books? Great men wrote them, and they know much more than I what is to be said and learned... [the author] surely knew more than I, and besides, the book is complete in itself."

"[The author] may be great, but he still waits patiently for you to read him, and his books are incomplete without you. Without the reader, they are lines unspoken, scripts with neither reader nor audience. Recipes with no food - - and no cook. In a very real way, then, the book is not, as you say, complete. Until you read it.

My point is, that in all of your deference and study you must remember who you are and realize that you are sharing--on equal terms--with the messenger on the other side of the page."

~McDuff from The Spawn of Loki (The MacDuff Saga) by Jason Henderson ~ Jason Henderson

I'm old enough to remember the days when you spoke to one person from one outlet and that was the conversation. But now what happens is you speak to people and what you say gets translated into Portuguese, then into Mandarin, through a German prism and then back into English and bears little to no resemblance between - to the exchange or - that you had initially with the journalist or to what you originally said. ~ Cate Blanchett

So, then, what is style? There are two chief aspects of any piece of writing: 1) what you say and 2) how you say it. The former is "content" and the latter is "style." ~ Isaac Asimov

If your last words are somehow meant to encapsulate your entire existence, Liz finds um strangely appropriate. Um means nothing. Um is what you say while you're thinking of what you'll really say. Um suggests someone interrupted before they'd begun. Um is a fifteen-year-old girl who gets hit by a taxicab in front of a mall on the way to help pick out a prom dress for a prom she isn't even going to, for God's sake. ~ Gabrielle Zevin

Believe in what you say. Then, live what you say. There is no greater credibility than conviction in action. ~ John C. Maxwell

Be careful of what you say and do in life, you never know who's watching. ~ Mark McQuillen

45A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart. ~ Anonymous

You need to remember the best legacy you can give your kids is an example of a life well lived. They may listen to what you say, but they will do what you do. If you tell them to take care of yourself but you don't do it yourself, what kind of message are you sending? ~ Brooke Castillo

Marketing used to be what you say
Now, marketing is what you do. What you make. How you act. The choices you make when you are sure no one is looking. ~ Seth Godin

Be careful what you say and do around a writer; your words and actions may become material. ~ A.D. Posey

I think, if you're a candidate and you want to be totally safe, and assure that what you say is not going to be recorded or broadcast on the Internet, you have to have something like safe cone. Everything is so viral right now that you have to assume as a candidate that anything you say will be broadcast. ~ Jay Carney

It is hard to know what you are talking about in mathematics, yet no one questions the validity of what you say. There is no other realm of discourse half so queer. ~ James Newman

I think of myself more as a designer than a serial entrepreneur. As a designer, the easiest way to see that something happens is to start a company and then be the boss, and then people have to do what you say. ~ Stewart Butterfield

The more you talk, the less you'll have to say.
The more you listen, the more sensible will be what you say. ~ Ralph Nader

fascination has little to do with what you say, and everything to do with what you inspire others to say about your message. Fascinating people, like fascinating companies, don't try to explain why they're fascinating. (Explaining to people why you're fascinating is about as effective as explaining to an employee why you deserve respect, ~ Sally Hogshead

Who you are isn't tied solely to what you say, even though it may feel that way to you now. ~ Diane Ackerman

Do what you say you're going to do! People can do nothing but respect that. ~ Steve Harvey

Be ever on your guard what you say of anybody and to whom. ~ Horace

I'm curious how someone ... finds God, or solace, or peace or whatever it is he finds out here alone ... while he's reciting words. Is it just a matter of believing what you say? ~ Dana Reinhardt

What you say in silence in front of no one, say it loud in front of the crowds! ~ Mehmet Murat Ildan

November 11, 2018 ...(2+0+1+8= 11)

11:11:11

When you see 11:11, it is a spiritual message to remind you that you are the creator of your own reality and you need to take responsibility for it. Your current situation is the result of your past thoughts and actions. By taking a proactive approach, you can become aware of what you think, what you say, and what you do in order to completely take charge of your life. ~ Kianu Starr

Believe it in your heart; say it with your mouth. That is the principle of faith. You can have what you say. ~ Kenneth E. Hagin

You Have to Be Very Careful"

You have to be careful telling things.
Some ears are tunnels.
Your words will go in and get lost in the dark.
Some ears are flat pans like the miners used
looking for gold.
What you say will be washed out with the stones.

You look for a long time till you find the right ears.
Till then, there are birds and lamps to be spoken to,
a patient cloth rubbing shine in circles,
and the slow, gradually growing possibility
that when you find such ears
they already know. ~ Naomi Shihab Nye

If someone asks you how you are, you are meant to say FINE. You are not meant to say that you cried yourself to sleep last night because you hadn't spoken to another person for two consecutive days. FINE is what you say. ~ Gail Honeyman

His thumb caressed the scarlet surface of her cheek. "From now on, Hannah, no matter what you say or do, I'm going to look at your mouth and remember how sweet you taste." A self-mocking smile curved his lips as he added quietly, "Damn it. ~ Lisa Kleypas

Say what you mean and mean what you say. Don't be afraid to stand firm on the decisions that you make. Trust yourself. Believe in your instincts. Do what works best for YOU. Stay true to yourself and be good to yourself. Allow every decision that you make to empower, enrich, and add value to your life! ~ Stephanie Lahart

(In your callings) you have access to more than your natural capacities, and you do not work alone. The Lord will magnify what you say and what you do in the eyes of the people you serve. He will send the Holy Ghost to manifest to them that what you spoke was true. What you say and do will carry hope and give direction to people far beyond your natural abilities and your own understanding. ~ Henry B. Eyring

Well, all right. Something in what you say, I suppose. Consider you treacherous worm and contemptible, spineless cowardly custard, but have booked Spink-Bottle. Stay where you are, then, and I hope you get run over by an omnibus. Love. Travers ~ P.G. Wodehouse

It is depressing to have to point out, yet again, that there is a distinction between having the legal right to say something & having the moral right not to be held accountable for what you say. Being asked to apologise for saying something unconscionable is not the same as being stripped of the legal right to say it. It's really not very f-cking complicated. Cry "free speech" in such contexts, you are demanding the right to speak any bilge you wish without apology or fear of comeback. You are demanding not legal rights but an end to debate about and criticism of what you say. When did bigotry get so needy? ~ China Mieville

What you say in advertising is more important than how you say it. ~ David Ogilvy

I hear what you say in what you don't say, you see, because I'm a Helen Keller kind of communicator. Love is just as visible as invisible. ~ Jarod Kintz

Find congruency between what you say and what you do. As they say, as powerful as words are, actions can sometimes speak louder still. ~ Malti Bhojwani

People are always rattling on about what "we" should do, whether they are talking about "their" country or "their" race or all of humanity or some other abstract group of humans who don't give a damn what they think about anything.

Who is "We?" Who can you legitimately speak for? Who cares what you say?

If you don't know, you're just running our mouth. You're just some guy yelling at the TV during a football game. Your "we" can't hear you and if they could, they wouldn't care anyway. ~ Jack Donovan

Your internal dialogue has got to be different from what you say. And, you know, in film, hopefully that registers and speaks volumes. It's always the unspoken word and what's happening behind someone's eyes that makes it so rich. ~ Viola Davis

Get creative. Rejoice in the "no". Have a "no"-fest. Your metacommunication should be validating but the content of what you say should be "No. With a side order of no. And do you know about no? No? ~ Richard Grannon

He always operated on the assumption that the straightforward approach was the best and most effective in any given situation. Say what you mean, mean what you say. The ~ Melanie Shawn