Speech has been given to man to disguise his thoughts. — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Copy Share Image
Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
If nobody spoke unless he had something to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Products are a form of speech, and free speech must be fiercely protected, even if we disagree with some of the voices. — Tobias Lutke Copy Share Image
I make good money: One speech nets me more than what most people make in six months. — Alain Robert Copy Share Image
Speech that leads not to action, still more that hinders it, is a nuisance on the earth. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
“Common man's patience will bring him more happiness than common man's power.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands of an infantryman. It speaks with authority. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
from Bill Clinton speech- People are more impressed by the power of our example rather than the example of our power... — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as absolute free speech; there are only absolute rights of private property. Speech is circumscribed by private… — Ilana Mercer Copy Share Image
Few things are as sacred and as fundamental to Oklahomans as the constitutional rights of free speech and the free exercise of… — Scott Pruitt Copy Share Image
The Right isn't violent; the Left is. By allowing these sociopaths to shut down free speech with violence, you are all but… — Gavin McInnes Copy Share Image
I pray you indulge me for a space, for I am going to set out on a speech which may have some… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
Dare to declare who you are. It is not far from the shores of silence to the boundaries of speech. The path… — Hildegard of Bingen Copy Share Image
Patience is a conquering virtue. The learned say that, if it not desert you, It vanquishes what force can never reach; Why… — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
Not only was one cartoonist gunned down, but riots erupted around the world, resulting in the deaths of scores. No one could… — Garry Trudeau Copy Share Image
I was at the vice president's Christmas party. I thought that his speech was spectacular, and I knew that it was a… — Bradley Whitford Copy Share Image
You could protect a religious minority against gays and lesbians. Or you could protect gays and lesbians against a religious minority. And… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
If you string together a set of speeches expressive of character, and well finished in point and diction and thought, you will… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
George Bush, within a week of this [the 9/11 attacks], in a speech, attempting to distinguish US from the Muslim fundamentalists, said… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Freedom of speech trumps political correctness. I would say our magazine would publish an anti-Semitic or Holocaust denying cartoon if it meant… — Ezra Levant Copy Share Image
Conversation was never begun at once, nor in a hurried manner. No one was quick with a question, no matter how important,… — Luther Standing Bear Copy Share Image
“Indeed, an astoundingly small proportion of arguments ‘for free speech’ and ‘against censorship’ or ‘banning’ are, in fact, about free speech, censorship… — China Miéville Copy Share Image
Men of genius are not to be analysed by commonplace rules. The rest of us who have been or are leaders, more… — Robert Menzies Copy Share Image
Why did Google, for example, recently decide to offer free 411 service? I haven't talked to people at Google, but it's pretty… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image