Speech Quotes · Page 47

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

— William Shakespeare

Good dialogue is not real speech-it's the illusion of real speech.

— Ernest Hemingway

“If you're not going to use your free speech to criticize your own government, then what the hell is the point of…

— Michel Templet

My view is, let's not shut down anyone's right to speak, let's meet their comments with more speech.

— Brian Stelter

My parents spent a lot of money so I wouldn't sound like I came from Queens. I went to speech class.

— Peter Marino

The American people, I am convinced, really detest free speech. At the slightest alarm they are ready and eager to put it…

— H. L. Mencken

Make sure you have finished speaking before your audience has finished listening.

— Dorothy Sarnoff

Trust me, I have never written a speech in my life, and if I have my way, I never will.

— Curt Schilling

Individual rights always go along with the interests of the society. I want to add that in Vietnam we have no political…

— Anonymous

I am broadly concerned about the slow death of free speech, but particularly in universities and also with regards to the climate…

— Judith Curry

Rid your body of its impurities, let your speech be true and sweet, feel friendship for the world, and with humility seek…

— Tirumalai Krishnamacharya

“the matter is as it is in all other cases: if it is naturally in you to be a good orator, a…

— Plato

“I wondered why humans were even given the gift of speech at all. We no longer needed it; we’ve forgotten to talk…

— Rasmenia Massoud

The interest in encouraging freedom of expression in a democratic society outweighs any theoretical but unproven benefit of censorship.

— John Paul Stevens

We've got a strong group of Republicans who are conservatives who know that their jobs aren't finished when they finish their speech.

— Lamar Alexander

“You have the right to free speech. We, the corporate controlled government, have the right to ignore you and we choose to…

— Steven Magee

“Liberalism is a creation of the seventeenth century, fathered by British philosopher John Locke (1632–1704). For Locke, liberalism means limited government, the…

— Peter Boghossian

Then President [Barack] Obama went on to argue that a citizen's Second Amendment rights can be restricted without being infringed, just like…

— Melissa Harris-Perry

“What Vyavasthit (the result of Scientific Circumstantial Evidences) says is that, ‘The stock is ready such that You (as the Self) do…

— Dada Bhagwan

Through seven figures come sensations for a man; there is hearing for sounds, sight for the visible, nostril for smell, tongue for…

— Hippocrates

“Because he said it as if he was the first human being who'd ever noticed. Maybe that's why so many people trusted…

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

If you speak [ about violence against Israelis], you are in an unspeakable place, have become a Nazi or its moral equivalent…

— Judith Butler

“Pick a leader who will make their citizens proud. One who will stir the hearts of the people, so that the sons…

— Suzy Kassem

The important thing about travel in foreign lands is that it breaks the speech habits and makes you blab less, and breaks…

— Paul Goodman

“The purpose of a profession is to fulfil the personal wishes of a prospect.”

— Amit Kalantri

Democrats need to value free speech and we should not be intimidated into giving an inch of it away.

— Claire Fox

I have the right to speech and expression and I won't leave that.

— Payal Rohatgi

“Most of the people readily accept the principle but resist its practice.”

— Amit Kalantri

“In any game, the game itself is the prize, no matter who wins, ultimately both lose the game.”

— Amit Kalantri

Freedom of speech does not mean freedom of offending culture, religion or traditions,

— Staffan de Mistura

The freedom of speech and the freedom of press, it's just precious man, it really is.

— Killer Mike

When someone praises me for some speech uploaded on YouTube, I politely tell them I've been acting for many years.

— Radha Ravi

Speak only endearing speech, speech that is welcomed. Speech, when it brings no evil to others, is pleasant.

— Gautama Buddha

It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.

— Louis D. Brandeis

Political speeches are like steer horns. A point here, a point there, and a lot of bull in between.

— Alfred E Neuman

Funest philosophers and ponderers, Their evocations are the speech of clouds.

— Wallace Stevens

Cease from practice based on intellectual understanding, pursuing words, and following after speech.

— Dogen

“An advice is truly valuable when people not just give it their ears but also their obedience.”

— Amit Kalantri

I suffered from a quite severe speech impediment when I was young, and keeping a journal was part of the therapy.

— George Fetherling

“Professor Osterweis taught us how to structure a speech: introduction, three main points, peroration, and conclusion.”

— George W. Bush