Quotes about speech
speech politician
There is no such thing as a nonpolitical speech by a politician. Richard M. Nixon
speech twisted figures
A figure of speech is a shifty thing; it can be twisted or it can be straight. Salman Rushdie
speech censorship free-speech
Free speech is life itself.
speech honest emotion
Humor is the most honest of emotions. Applause for a speech can be insincere, but with humor, if the audience doesn't like it there's no faking it.
speech language willing
All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer. Robert Louis Stevenson
speech free-speech
We shouldn't have free speech. Robin Quivers
speech firsts wells
They say the first sentence in any speech is always the hardest. Well, that one's behind me, anyway. Wislawa Szymborska
speech great-wisdom contentious
Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous. Zhuangzi
speech whisky havens
Haven't you learned yet that I put something more than whisky into my speeches. Winston Churchill
speech saws kind
We walked always in beauty, it seemed to me. We walked and looked about, or stood and looked. Sometimes, less often, we would sit down. We did not often speak. The place spoke for us and was a kind of speech. We spoke to each other in the things we saw. Wendell Berry
speech common remember
It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated. W. Somerset Maugham
speechless
I'm pretty speechless right now, really. It's a big honor. Bob Schneider
speech nine pounds
I have but nine-pence in ready money, but I can draw for a thousand pounds. Joseph Addison
speech monkeys should
Monkeys who very sensibly refrain from speech, lest they should be set to earn their livings. Kenneth Grahame
speech india corruption
I did not make any big speeches but acted upon working against corruption. Narendra Modi
speech association should
Aggressive civil disobedience should be confined to a vindication of the right of free speech and free association. Mahatma Gandhi
speech association restoration
The restoration of free speech, free association and free press is almost the whole Swaraj.
speech
In general those who nothing have to say Contrive to spend the longest time in doing it. James Russell Lowell
speech dictator print
A free press is one that prints a dictator's speech but doesn't have to. Laurence J. Peter
speech action
Speech is always bolder than action. Friedrich Schiller
speech young therapy
I suffered from a quite severe speech impediment when I was young, and keeping a journal was part of the therapy. George Fetherling
speech communicate bores
You can't expect to communicate with anyone if you're a bore. John Cheever
speech use language
Nobody is capable of of free speech unless he knows how to use language, and such knowledge is not a gift: it has to learned and worked at. [p.93] Northrop Frye
speech language ritual
When speech is divorced from speaker and word from meaning, what is left is just ritual, language as ritual. Ellen Goodman
speech meat drink
Let thy speech of God be renewed day by day, aye, rather than thy meat and drink. Epictetus
speech language faculty
Language, as well as the faculty of speech, was the immediate gift of God. Noah Webster
speech ridiculous accents
I lost my ridiculous accent without acquiring another John Ashbery
speech kind absurd
I always feel kind of absurd and presumptuous presenting a speech. Moby
speech cold speed
The cold, increased by the tremendous speed, deprived them of the power of speech. Jules Verne
speech climate debate
I am broadly concerned about the slow death of free speech, but particularly in universities and also with regards to the climate change debate. Judith Curry
speech patterns metaphor
Metaphor has traditionally been regarded as the matrix and pattern of the figures of speech. Marshall McLuhan
speech incorporation
Speech is but the incorporation of thought. Joseph Joubert
speech certain has-beens
I would have been better than Adolf Hitler. I could have delivered his speeches a lot better... that's for certain. Klaus Kinski