Prescriptive grammar has spread linguistic insecurity like a plague among English speakers for centuries, numbs us to the aesthetic richness of non-standard… — John H. McWhorter Copy Share Image
We are unalterably opposed to the presentation of the female body being stripped, bound, raped, tortured, mutilated, and murdered in the name… — Susan Brownmiller Copy Share Image
Neatness of phrase is so closely akin to wit that it is often accepted as its substitute. — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
Every St. Patrick's Day every Irishman goes out to find another Irishman to make a speech to. — Shane Leslie Copy Share Image
Dare to declare who you are. It is not far from the shores of silence to the boundaries of speech. The path… — Hildegard of Bingen Copy Share Image
There is an interesting resemblance in the speeches of dictators, no matter what country they may hail from or what language they… — Edna Ferber Copy Share Image
A nice, easy place for freedom of speech to be eroded is comics, because comics are a natural target whenever an election… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Speech, originally, was the device whereby Man learned, imperfectly, to transmit the thoughts and emotions of his mind. By setting up arbitrary… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
When you have well thought out your subject, words will come spontaneously. — Horace Copy Share Image
“The wrong man is not always wrong because of his wrong actions, often he is wrong because of no actions.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
The durability of free speech and free press rests on the simple concept that it search for the truth and tell the… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
They (teenage boys)don’t really listen to speeches or talks. They absorb incrementally, through hours and hours of observation. — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
I don't rely on the media. I usually average one speech a day for 25 years. People know me because I'm out there. — Joe Arpaio Copy Share Image
I don't watch television and I rarely go to the cinema, but I recently watched 'The King's Speech' on a flight. It… — Vivienne Westwood Copy Share Image
There is no crime more infamous than the violation of truth. It is apparent that men can be social beings no longer… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Speech is for the convenience of those who are hard of hearing; but there are many fine things which we cannot say… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“The decision is your own voice, an opinion is the echo of someone else's voice.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Because there are hundreds of different ways to say one thing, I, being a writer, songwriter, and poet, speak childishly and incoherently.… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
[Alan Berg's] memory haunts many people, even those who never heard him on the radio, because his death could be read as… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Michelle Obama gives a speech, and everyone loves it. It's fantastic. They think she's absolutely great. My wife, Melania, gives the exact… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
President Obama's farewell speech soared, towered, dragged. True, it was longer than Reagan's, Clinton's and GWB's speeches combined. If it got any… — Greg Gutfeld Copy Share Image
I think people loosely use the term 'free speech.' If the market wants to be such that people don't want to watch… — Greta Van Susteren Copy Share Image