Speakers Quotes · Page 4

My parents were both Spanish-speakers and they used to speak to me and my siblings in Spanish and we'd answer them in…

— America Ferrera

In his first speech as Speaker, Boehner thanked his loved ones - tobacco lobbyists, the oil companies, the CEOs.

— Jay Leno

The speaker must choose a comprehensible expression so that speaker and hearer can understand one another.

— Jurgen Habermas

To remain silent is the most useful service that a mediocre speaker can render to the public good.

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Mr. Speaker, I once again find myself compelled to vote against the annual budget resolution for a very simple reason: it makes…

— Ron Paul

If money is a form of speech, as the Supreme Court has regrettably found, rich donors will always be the loudest speakers.

— Howard Dean

Try to be as good a listener as you are a speaker. Don't just put the emphasis on saying things. Listen.

— Jennifer Lynch

For a season, a gifted speaker can inspire with his words, but for a lifetime John McCain has inspired with his deeds.

— Sarah Palin

Look at almost any passage, and you'll find that a paragraph has five or six metaphors in it. It's not that the…

— Steven Pinker

“More often than not, an inspirational or motivational speaker is someone who makes money from telling us that we can do all…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

For, though the origin of most of our words is forgotten, each word was at first a stroke of genius, and obtained…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I am committed to working with Speaker Hastert and the other members of the Illinois congressional delegation to do all that I…

— Bill Lipinski

Popularizing - much less venturing beyond one's secure turf - was frowned upon for many years. I think I probably internalized the…

— Tony Judt

Jim Rohn is one of the most articulate, powerful, thought-provoking speakers I've seen. His unique delivery and style puts him head and…

— Harvey Mackay

PLAIN SUPERFICIALITY is the character of a speech, in which any two points being taken, the speaker is found to lie wholly…

— Lewis Carroll

Sometimes it's the mistakes that end up leading you into new territory .. like the guitar solo on 'Peelin' Taters' - I…

— Junior Brown

I feel like if you know any women who's an essayist or a writer or a public speaker or just a public…

— David Simon

I think that the risk to all the progress we've made was at stake in the election because not just the president-elect…

— Barack Obama

It's possible that the clowning and the buffoonery and the entertainment are a bigger part of what's happening than we've allowed. And…

— Jonathan Chait

We know the 65-point policy points, to the extent that they exist, but is Hillary Clinton willing to be vulnerable, is she…

— David Brooks

Surrogate fathers and other male figures stepped in to give guidance after my dad died. Businessmen taught me to honor my commitments;…

— Zig Ziglar

I used to go to all the environmental conferences when I wasn't an invited speaker. I was just somebody in the back…

— Van Jones

I hear the words, the thoughts, the feeling tones, the personal meaning, even the meaning that is below the conscious intent of…

— Anonymous

We have a strange illusion that mere time cancels sin. I have heard others, and I have heard myself, recounting cruelties and…

— Anonymous

Kind words are benedictions. The are not only instruments of power, but of benevolence and courtesy; blessings both to the speaker and…

— Arthur Frederick Saunders

If you asked me if I'd rather be Speaker or a very senior minister, I'd say Speaker.

— John Bercow

Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.

— Dale Carnegie

Think of yourself as a role model for others-showing that you can be kind, generous, loving, and rich!

— T. Harv Eker

“Nothing complements a fast mind better than a slow tongue. And nothing aggravates a slow mind better than a fast tongue.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

[On Italian:] One may almost call it a language that talks of itself, and always seems more witty than its speakers.

— Madame de Stael

When the vain speaker has sat down, and the people say 'what a good speech,' it still takes an ounce to balance…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

There are two types of speakers: those that are nervous and those that are liars.

— Mark Twain

There is only one group to blame for the continued suffering of these innocent victims: the House majority and their Speaker, John…

— Chris Christie

I love a finished speaker, I really, truly do I don't mean one who's polished, I just mean one who's through.

— Richard Armour

A career public speaker is not what I'm called to be. I'm called to be a critic.

— Tony Campolo

Mr. Speaker, Delaware River's regional ports handle approximately 58 million tons of cargo yearly.

— Anonymous

If it requires great tact to speak to the purpose, it requires no less to know when to be silent.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Some days you exist like the last speaker of an extinct language. These are the silences that litter the heart.

— Richard Jackson

Headphone aren't big enough these days. Why not just throw a couple of stereo speakers in a full face motorcycle helmet.

— Dov Davidoff

“The real architect of a life is the hard and almost impossible circumstances one faces.”

— John Paul Warren