Religious speech is extreme, emotional, and motivational. It is anti-literal, relying on metaphor, allusion, and other rhetorical devices, and it assumes knowledge… — Amy Waldman Copy Share Image
... I could have said something profound, but you would have forgotten it in 15 minutes - which is the afterlife of… — Art Buchwald Copy Share Image
I think it's very important for everyone in America to realize right now the state of our country, not just on this… — Mary Steenburgen Copy Share Image
I have MS and am heat intolerant so it is tricky. It is affecting my spasms and affects my speech - which… — Kadeena Cox Copy Share Image
I am determined to practice deep listening. I am determined to practice loving speech. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Right words are born in courage, which results from our struggle to make sense of our various predicaments. Cheer is what words… — William Meredith Copy Share Image
Trust me, I have never written a speech in my life, and if I have my way, I never will. — Curt Schilling Copy Share Image
It's fortunate that I am a writer, because that has helped me understand the properties of words. They are what have made… — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
“Stage fright is very common and could be overcomed through step by step processes, but stuttering is a fright that takes time… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
A lot of people think that public speaking means that you are standing at a podium giving a speech, but public speaking… — Dana Perino Copy Share Image
I've always written. At the age of six or seven, I would get sheets of A4 paper and fold them in half,… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
Learned conversation is either the affectation of the ignorant or the profession of the mentally unemployed. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
By looking at a person's features, clothing, and speech, even Confucius would not be able to say what sort of a person… — Han Fei Copy Share Image
Ohio Governor John Kasich became the 16th Republican to announce that he is running for president. During his speech he referred to… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
In life, it is never the big battle, the big moment, the big speech, the big election. That does not change things.… — Cory Booker Copy Share Image
There is hardly a congressman prepared to go home until he has at least one speech printed and sent to his constituents,… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
If I had been an Italian I am sure that I should have been whole-heartedly with you from the start to finish… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The question is...whether we shall, by whatever means, succeed in reconstituting the natural world as the true terrain of politics, rehabilitating the… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
Black leadership has to recognize that principles more than speech, character more than a claim, is greater in advancing the cause of… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
Jimmy Baldwin was the creator of contemporary American speech even before Americans could dig that. He created it so we could speak… — Amiri Baraka Copy Share Image
I do not know what might be the most fitting description.... I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
My daddy used to maintain, if you have to use ten-dollar words, what you're trying to say isn't worth a dime. — Charlene Weir Copy Share Image
