Famous Quotes & Sayings

William Shakespeare

First Witch He knows thy thought: Hear his speech, but say thou nought.

Mick Jagger

I am not very conscious of the figures of speech that I use.

Gene Fowler

I will be brief. Not nearly so brief as Salvador Dali, who gave the world's shortest speech. He said I will be so brief I have already finished, and he sat down.

Robin Quivers

We shouldn't have free speech.

James Russell Lowell

In general those who nothing have to say Contrive to spend the longest time in doing it.

Ellen Goodman

When speech is divorced from speaker and word from meaning, what is left is just ritual, language as ritual.

Moby

I always feel kind of absurd and presumptuous presenting a speech.

Klaus Kinski

I would have been better than Adolf Hitler. I could have delivered his speeches a lot better... that's for certain.

Mark Twain

Eloquence is the essential thing in a speech, not information.

Billy Connolly

Politically correct is the language of cowardice.

David Hamilton

Everyone wants to do the right thing and meet the spirit of the legislation. The language now leaves so much up to each municipality. We need a cohesive plan that addresses everyone.

Stephane Mallarme

To give a purer sense to the language of the tribe.

Czeslaw Milosz

Language is the only homeland.

Conrad Hall

Cinematography is infinite in its possibilities... much more so than music or language.

Confucius

In language clarity is everything.

Soundarya

If I have to do something, I feel I should do it perfectly, and ofcourse, Hindi language is a problem.

Sophie Marceau

Well it is sometimes difficult to act in another language

Tony Hoare

Here is a language so far ahead of its time, that it was not only an improvement on its predecessors, but also on nearly all its successors.