A speech is like a love affair. Any fool can start it, but…

To guess what to keep and what to throw away takes considerable skill. Actually it is probably merely a matter of luck, but it…

— Richard P. Feynman

Unless a man has considerable skill with and reliance in his weapon, he will not remain cool in the presence of dangerous game close…

— Townsend Whelen

Elizabeth, having rather expected to affront him, was amazed at his gallantry; and Darcy had never been so bewitched by any woman as he…

— Seth Grahame-Smith

In the past, it was expected that about three years were required to learn a single kata, and usually even an expert of considerable…

— Gichin Funakoshi

“A good speech is like a miniskirt--long enough to over all the vital parts, short enough to entice and captivate listeners.”

— Naa Shalman

“Speech is like an arrow; it is necessary to aim it by way of reflection before uttering anything.”

— Burhan al-Din Al-Zarnuji

A speech is like an airplane engine. It may sound like hell but you've got to go on.

— William T. Piper

“A good speech should be a like a woman’s skirt: long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest. —WINSTON CHURCHILL”

— Bill McGowan

Freedom of speech doesn't protect speech you like; it protects speech you don't like.

— Larry Flynt

Speech is like a medicine, a small dose of which cures but an excess of which kills.

— Hazrat Ali

Commercial speech is like obscenity... we can't seem to define it, but we know it when we see it.

— Jef I Richards

“A good speech is like a woman's skirt: short enough to hold your attention, long enough to cover the subject”

— Jonathan Tropper

“...and since, human speech is like a cracked tin kettle, on which we hammer out tunes to make bears dance when we long to…

— Flaubert Gustave

La parole humaine est comme un chaudron fe" le o u' nous battons des me lodies a' faire danser les ours, quand on voudrait…

— Gustave Flaubert

Human speech is like a cracked cauldron on which we bang out tunes that make bears dance, when what we want is to move…

— Gustave Flaubert