Speeches Quotes · Page 3

Political leaders normally act by making convincing speeches.

— Helmut Schmidt

Speeches in our culture are the vacuum that fills a vacuum.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

“Oratory is the highest form of music”

— Agona Apell

We live in an image society. Speeches are not what anybody cares about; what they care about is the picture.

— Madeleine Albright

My job in the Senate is not just to give speeches and do interviews, it's to solve problems.

— Marco Rubio

“Love doesn’t always translate into perfect little speeches. What matters most is what you do.”

— Mimi Strong

I travel all over the country making speeches for people I believe in.

— Ann Richards

In my speeches, I always condemned communism, national-socialism and fascism.

— Jean-Marie Le Pen

I've never thought my speeches were too long; I've rather enjoyed them.

— Hubert H. Humphrey

I don't know how many speeches I have given saying, 'No child worse off.'

— Bob Casey, Jr

“Shame without repentance doesn’t lose power when it is spoken, it only seeks approval.”

— Shannon L. Alder

“know now that these conquerors, like many others before them, and no doubt like others after, gave speeches not to voice the…

— Laila Lalami

“As a Christian I have no duty to allow myself to be cheated, but I have the duty to be a fighter…

— Adolf Hitler

The Chicken Soup for the Soul' books are the result of over 20 years of teaching seminars and giving speeches. The first…

— Jack Canfield

There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one…

— Dale Carnegie

“Scholars have long recognized that Luke himself wrote these speeches—they are not the speeches that these apostles really delivered at one time…

— Bart D. Ehrman

At some point early on, I realized that three of the greatest speeches ever delivered were by Winston Churchill, and they were…

— Anthony McCarten

Neil Kinnock's speeches go on for so long because he has nothing to say and so he has no way of knowing…

— John Major

With his economic speeches in response to Obama's 'you didn't build that' fiasco, Romney proved that he does have fire in his…

— David Limbaugh

When my father, Ronald Reagan, was running for president in 1980, my mother, Nancy, traveled with him on the campaign trail, but…

— Patti Davis

“...when President Clinton, on the anniversary of his election, spoke in the church in Tennessee where Martin Luther King, Jr., had delivered…

— Gertrude Himmelfarb

“A rude man tells a women to stop talking too much because she is making noise. A polite man will tell this…

— Israelmore ayivor

“McChrystal never should have been hired for this job given the outrageous cover-up he participated in after the friendly fire death of…

— Maureen Dowd

When Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's government fell in May 1940, the nation turned to Churchill. At last, his unique qualities were brought…

— Gretchen Rubin

I hate politics and what are considered their appropriate measures. I hate notoriety, public meetings, public speeches, caucuses and everything that I…

— John Abbott

“In her usual manner, Merkel spoke in German. It is worth pointing out, however, that before the translator had an opportunity to…

— Claudia Clark

If you look at the copies of Churchill's speeches that have survived, they are heavily marked up. He was scrupulous about the…

— Anthony McCarten

Since 1972, I've been going around making speeches on the Everglades.

— Marjory Stoneman Douglas

The only place you see a free market is in the speeches of politicians.

— Dwayne Andreas

Anybody who makes speeches written by someone else is just a robot.

— Joe Strummer

Always, with speeches, I feel like it's an opportunity to say something.

— David Harbour

All the most powerful speeches ever made point to a better future.

— Patrick Dixon

For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, to foreign nations, and to the next ages.

— Francis Bacon Sr

If you go back and look at President Reagan's speeches, they bring you to tears almost.

— Lawrence Bender

For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages.

— Francis Bacon

“War is always a failure of humanity. It is a collective failure of our fundamental values.”

— Alexander Stubb

Haven't you learned yet that I put something more than whisky into my speeches.

— Winston Churchill

“I find politicians’ speeches moving. Sometimes I don’t even pack up before forever leaving their vicinity.”

— Jarod Kintz

“We should learn from history, but always look to the future, bearing in mind that our decisions will shape it.”

— Alexander Stubb

The very best impromptu speeches are the ones written well in advance.

— Ruth Gordon