Speech Quotes · Page 48

Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts of the world, unfortunately.

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

[That] my body be buried as cheaply as possible and no speeches be permitted at my funeral.

— Charles Bradlaugh

Hate radio, hate speech, hate groups, hate crimes really don't fit in, in the America that we know today.

— Kweisi Mfume

When a tongue fails to send forth appropriate shafts, there might be a word to act as healer of these.

— Aeschylus

A man who is wise in speech but not in deeds is not wise for me.

— Vikrant Parsai

There is no weapon in the end as difficult to overcome as the tongue of an enemy.

— Andre Norton

The proof of battle is action, proof of words, debate. No time for speeches now, it's time to fight.

— Homer

Let us always remember that he does not really believe his own opinion, who dares not give free scope to his opponent.

— Wendell Phillips

“When you’re in the middle of chaos, it’s hard to see what is being built. Sometimes the evidence is all we have.…

— Robin Brown

“The mind-speech-body are effective. When will they not have effect on one? It is when one realizes one’s own [True] Self. It…

— Dada Bhagwan

I like to remember what Michelle Obama said in her amazing speech at our Democratic National Convention: When they go low, we…

— Hillary Clinton

I know those little phrases that seem so innocuous, and, once you let them in, pollute the whole of speech. 'Nothing is…

— Samuel Beckett

It is a wonderful thing that so many, and they not reckoned absurd, shall entertain those with whom they converse by giving…

— Richard Steele

A speech idiosyncrasy, in the same way as an air quote, is really justifiable only if it's employed very sparingly and if…

— Christopher Hitchens

Elections are a competition with only one winner. Giving more money to the opponent every time one speaks on behalf of a…

— Bradley A. Smith

Actually, you know who gave the shortest inauguration speech in history? George Washington. It was only like three minutes long. Well, sure.…

— Jay Leno

History does seem to repeat itself hence it's mindboggling to still hear the 'avoid all negative people' speeches from, of all people,…

— Criss Jami

[Pope Francis] continued to focus on migrants. He visited the Greek island of Lesbos, which was the front line of the European…

— Sylvia Poggioli

But we either believe in democracy or we not. If we do, then, we must say categorically, without qualification, that no restraint…

— Lee Kuan Yew

It is from him, from Beolco Ruzzante, that I've learned to free myself from conventional literary writing and to express myself with…

— Dario Fo

Anderson sent me to give you this he said. I believe the subtext was kiss and makeup. This time I was sure…

— Jenna Black

Writing comes into being to retain information across time and across space. Before writing, communication is evanescent and local; sounds carry a…

— James Gleick

“In short, the first duty of a man is to speak; that is his chief business in this world; and talk, which…

— Robert Louis Stevenson

But can one not conceive of a presence, and of a presence to itself of the subject before speech or signs, a…

— Jacques Derrida

“If where you are is worthwhile then where you are from doesn't matter.”

— Amit Kalantri

Free speech is meaningless if the commercial cacophony has risen to the point where no one can hear you.

— Naomi Klein

Free speech isn't dead in Germany and Italy, merely the speakers...

— Bob Hope

I want to know what they look like, their height, and colouring, physique and speech pattens.

— Colleen McCullough

It occurred to me that my speech or my silence, indeed any action of mine, would be a mere futility.

— Joseph Conrad

One thinking it is right to speak all things, whether the word is fit for speech or unutterable.

— Sophocles

I'm still working on my speech, but I do a lot of voice-acting work. My agent is the best. I make a…

— Gabrielle Carteris

This identity, this mind, this particular cast of speech, is nearly over.

— Harold Brodkey

After September 11th, freedom of speech in America has become a topic that's touchier than a Vatican summer camp.

— Dennis Miller

[Beowolf] is considered an epic because of its long speeches, its digressions, its repetition, and its being required.

— Richard Armour

I've had a lot of fear in my life, from fear of flying to fear of making a speech in front of…

— Chris Evert

Speak only the speech that neither torments self nor does harm to others. That speech is truly well spoken.

— Gautama Buddha

When we are understood, we always speak well, and then all your fine diction serves no purpose.

— Moliere

“Make it your goal to employ the sweet speech that marks you as a wife after God's own heart.”

— Elizabeth George

“The speech of God’s beautiful woman is a fountain of life to those around her.”

— Elizabeth George

“Spanish—how shall I say this?—is like Portuguese spoken with a speech impediment.”

— Sol Luckman