Convention speeches are powerful tools to bend the curve of public opinion. George H. W. Bush's 1988 convention speech is a great… — Mark McKinnon Copy Share Image
Nobody is capable of of free speech unless he knows how to use language, and such knowledge is not a gift: it… — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
It has always seemed a cruel joke to me that the very word 'stutter' is difficult for many stutterers to pronounce. It… — Kate Forsyth Copy Share Image
Clint Eastwood's speech was kind of a metaphor for the entire Republican Party: A confused old person yelling at something that doesn't… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
“Speech, so a wise old Frenchman said to me once, is an invention of man's to prevent him from thinking. It is… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Now that your speech impediment has been rectified, perhaps you might say something. It would be best if it were humorous. I… — Danielle L. Jensen Copy Share Image
I'm originally from southern California, so I, like, say 'like', like, a lot. I've been trying to scrub any traces of Valley… — Mara Wilson Copy Share Image
O Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow… — Moses Copy Share Image
Some people are natural beauties, some have great style, but sometimes it comes from talent. Take Kate Winslet: I was listening to… — Mary-Kate Olsen Copy Share Image
Being part of the campaign, we put up front in all of Donald Trump's speeches for the last two or three weeks… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
Poetry is one of the most fugitive arts: it can be assigned to memory, taken and hidden in the mind, smuggled into… — Eavan Boland Copy Share Image
With support jobs moving to China and India, it's not surprising that English-speaking countries' top frustration revolves around the difficulty of understanding… — Bob Hayes Copy Share Image
“And I saw just the other day, in Mentor, Ohio, where a father told the story of his 8-year-old daughter, whose long… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Prior to going to college, I had a pretty strong accent, and that was one of the things I had to work… — Chris Parnell Copy Share Image
I made a very concerted decision to go to drama school in the United States. But I did have the opportunity to… — Kate Burton Copy Share Image
The most noble and profitable invention of all other, was that of SPEECH, consisting of Names or Appellations, and their Connexion; whereby… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
My fee, if I select the subject, is $150; if your committee selects the subject, the charge is $250, but in either… — Oliver Wendell Holmes Copy Share Image
This is my maiden voyage. My first speech since I was the president of the United States and I couldn't think of… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I didn't wake up one day and just couldn't hear. I woke up one day and realized I was having difficulty, and… — Mandy Harvey Copy Share Image
The fool thinks he has won a battle when he bullies with harsh speech, but knowing how to be forbearing alone makes… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Motion pictures are of course a different medium of expression than the public speech, the radio, the stage, the novel, or the… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
No machines will ever truly fully figure the brain out, because the brain's performance is constantly altered or else constrained by this… — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
Every man should study conciseness in speaking; it is a sign of ignorance not to know that long speeches, though they may… — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
“Okay, let's put this another way―if what you're about to say wouldn't look good permanently engraved on your tombstone, bite your tongue.… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
The areas of the brain that have to do with speech are very connected with the same parallel processors that have to… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
You think about every piece of idiomatic speech adopted by white men over the past ten or twenty years; virtually all of… — Jess Row Copy Share Image
Some people only speak of freedom of speech while they're out of power. Once they're in power, they're ruthless in suppressing the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The riot isn't seen in the movie, but it is alluded to. He has this one speech that gives a great sense… — Debbie Allen Copy Share Image
Looking to Donald Trump's immigration speech can he hang onto his base if he softens his stance on the issue that got… — Steve Kornacki Copy Share Image
'Why' is a question no animal can ask, because both the question and answers require speech. Have you ever seen an animal… — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
Silence is the Mother of Truth, for the silent man was ever to be trusted, while the man ever ready with speech… — Luther Standing Bear Copy Share Image
I see this in the way that sermons are preached. How would you give a Black Nationalist speech or campaign for the… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
Several speeches were made by the chiefs during the council, all expressive in the highest degree of their friendly disposition towards our… — William Henry Ashley Copy Share Image
“We’re not dreamers. We’re awaking from a dream turning into a nightmare. We’re not destroying anything. We’re watching the system destroy itself.” — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
When Minutemen leader Jim Gilchrist and his black colleague Marvin Stewart were invited by the College Republicans to speak at Columbia last… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
I didn't talk to anybody and say, "I'm going to do a speech, do you go some ideas?" This is something I… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
In very ancient times of human evolution upon earth, humanity's revelation in word and sound was not differentiated in song and speech,… — Rudolf Steiner Copy Share Image
Free speech is not to be regulated like diseased cattle and impure butter. The audience that hissed yesterday may applaud today, even… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
An unsuccessful manager blames failure on his obligations; the effective manager turns them to his own advantage. A speech is a chance… — Henry Mintzberg Copy Share Image
I've stammered all my life, and it's fair to say that my stammer has shaped my life. It's made me make some… — Gareth Gates Copy Share Image
