Speaking Quotes · Page 9

A man speaking sense to himself is no madder than a man speaking nonsense not to himself.

— Tom Stoppard

“What I know for sure is that speaking your truth is the most powerful tool we have.”

— Oprah Winfrey

I'm not necessarily a 'rah rah' guy. I'm not the guy speaking out with everybody watching.

— Shaun Livingston

I used to fear public speaking. My voice would shake, I used to forget to breathe. Now it's pretty easy for me.

— Spencer Stone

“When you speak and affirm, you are creating a verbal contract with yourself.”

— Bryant McGill

You get so tired of political correctness. I'm noted for speaking out all my career.

— Joe Arpaio

“Through my choices and actions, I have learned the most effective way of speaking to God is without saying a word.”

— Steve Maraboli

Speaking as a mixed-race woman, there aren't many historical stories about people like me.

— Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Would the world be a better place if all drugs were legalized tomorrow? Absolutely. But pragmatically speaking, you're not going to go…

— Gary Johnson

“I try never to take myself for granted as somebody who should be out there speaking. Rather, I'm doing it only because…

— Angela Davis

I can only speak for myself, and hope people hear my words and see me on television speaking for myself. And, hopefully,…

— Jennifer Lopez

Bush is a very poor impromptu speaker. He does fine in small groups but when speaking without a script in front of…

— Peter Schuyler

I'm obsessed with those old romance films. I also would love to venture into the silent film world. I think that's extremely…

— Sami Gayle

My greatest fear is speaking in public. You meet, like, um, people who just concentrate on me. I'd rather not have everyone…

— Jennifer Love Hewitt

We have for too long been taught that the sight of a man speaking to himself is a sign of eccentricity or…

— Teju Cole

“Every time you speak, you are either building up yourself for the better or you are limiting yourself for the worse. Words…

— Israelmore Ayivor

When I accept an invitation for a public speaking engagement, my purpose is to share the TOMS story and our giving mission.…

— Blake Mycoskie

Stop being a critic and be a light; don't be a judge, be a model. I think we are far too critical.…

— Sean Covey

I don't do much public speaking. I did a lot of stuff for Bones, and then ended up having said yes to…

— Alice Sebold

Usually, the leaders appear in the moment of the highest stress, when it is time, speaking symbolically, to go to the barricades.…

— Vladimir Bukovsky

The point of theatre is transformation: to make an extraordinary event out of ordinary material right in front of an audience's eyes.…

— Lee Hall

Frankly speaking, I decided to become a businessman at the moment when I understood that it is possible, because I grew up…

— Vladimir Potanin

“Speaking cleanly is a very Zen experience. It’s about being 100 percent focused on the thought you are in the midst of…

— Bill McGowan

It is beyond dispute that President Obama and his aides have an extreme, even unprecedented obsession with concealing embarrassing information, controlling the…

— Glenn Greenwald

“Even now I am perhaps not speaking from myself: but from some character in whose soul I now live.”

— John Keats

It was not the man's brain that was speaking; it was his larynx.

— George Orwell

Silence is ever speaking; it is the perennial flow of language.

— Ramana Maharshi

I've always been comfortable speaking, especially on the field. Probably not as much off the field.

— Owen Farrell

With Shakespeare, there's no subtext; you're speaking exactly what you're thinking constantly.

— Oscar Isaac

Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.

— Winston Churchill

The Greatest Advantage Of Speaking Truth Is That You Don't Have To Remember What You Said...

— Anonymous

A lot of Latinos are like me: third generation, English speaking.

— Al Madrigal

Now, I am completely independent - I earn my living by speaking and writing.

— Karen Hughes

Speaking from my heart is the best thing you can say about yourself

— SVKKN

“A speaker should approach his preparation not by what he wants to say, but by what he wants to learn.”

— Todd Stocker

A universe with a creator would be a totally different kind of universe, scientifically speaking, than one without.

— Richard Dawkins

“Who you are is speaking so loudly that I can't hear what you're saying”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I'm much more comfortable speaking through my characters' voices than my own.

— Amy Adams

Biblically speaking, to hear and not to do is not to hear at all.

— Howard G. Hendricks

In good speaking, should not the mind of the speaker know the truth of the matter about which he is to speak.

— Plato