Swear words and profanities are mere abbreviations of speech, similar to the abbreviations in writing. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Lord Chancellor, did I deliver the speech well? I am glad of that, for there was nothing in it. — George III Copy Share Image
It is well, when in difficulties, to say never a word, neither black nor white. Speech is silver but silence is golden. — Muriel Spark Copy Share Image
Aggressive civil disobedience should be confined to a vindication of the right of free speech and free association. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“This can't be constitutional," he said. "This is America, damn it. We still have freedom of speech here.” — Bentley Little Copy Share Image
When both a speaker and an audience are confused, the speech is profound. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Before we complicated life with money, machines and missiles we did well with morals, manpower and meetings.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
No matter how much strong black coffee we drink, almost any after- dinner speech will counteract it. — Kin Hubbard Copy Share Image
We do have freedom of speech, but if you say the wrong word, it looks like it makes headlines. So everybody has… — Joe Arpaio Copy Share Image
My mother sent me to speech classes, but the other kids still teased me. I was shy. I stooped. Instead of talking,… — Colman Domingo Copy Share Image
Everyone is in favor of free speech. Hardly a day passes without its being extolled, but some people's idea of it is… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
EVERY intention which does not assert itself by deeds is a vain intention, and the speech which expresses it is idle speech.… — Eliphas Levi Copy Share Image
I will try and remember always to approach God in secret with as much reverence in speech, posture, and behavior as in… — David Livingstone Copy Share Image
One unexpectedly striking moment, when Tom Amandes as Lincoln, recites the Gettysburg Address, not in booming, this-is-a-great-speech style, but casually, as if… — Neil Genzlinger Copy Share Image
Human language can but imperfectly describe God's ways. I am sensible of the fact that they are indescribable and inscrutable. But if… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
What we call the freedom of the individual is not just the luxury of one intellectual to write what he likes to… — Stephen Spender Copy Share Image
We have as many planes of speech as does a painting planes of perspective which create perspective in a phrase. The most… — Constantin Stanislavski Copy Share Image
When I give a speech at a corporate event, I often ask those in attendance, 'Do you know how to tell if… — Bill Walsh Copy Share Image
In the national debate about a serious issue, it is the expression of the minority's viewpoint that most demands the protection of… — John Paul Stevens Copy Share Image
In Islam there is a line between let's say freedom and the line which is then transgressed into immorality and irresponsibility and… — Cat Stevens Copy Share Image
Freedom of speech is, to all Americans, as oxygen is to the human condition. It is a right that has been irreversibly… — John C. McGinley Copy Share Image
Mad; adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence; not conforming to standards of thought, speech, and action derived by the… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Wine is a part of society because it provides a basis not only for a morality but also for an environment; it… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
To all the self-righteous defenders of 'freedom of speech' who oh-so-ardently proclaimed that FARA registration places no restrictions whatsoever on RT's journalistic… — Margarita Simonyan Copy Share Image
My graduation speech: I would like to thank wikipedia, copy and paste. I'm out peeps. — Brookelle Willcox Copy Share Image
“Uniform of a soldier and uniform of a student both are equally needed for the nation.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
No one is saved by mere talk and speech, nor by reading loads of books. — Sri Guru Granth Sahib Copy Share Image
A speech is like an airplane engine. It may sound like hell but you've got to go on. — William T. Piper Copy Share Image
It would be desirable if every Government, when it comes to power, should have its old speeches burnt. — Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden Copy Share Image
Most profoundly deaf people have speech that is very difficult to understand. — Richard Masur Copy Share Image
Freedom of speech, for us, is to preach the truth of Christ even when society says it's against the law. — John MacArthur Copy Share Image
Ten doors are opened if one door be shut: the finger is the interpreter of the dumb man's tongue. — Saib Tabrizi Copy Share Image
Under the privilege of the First Amendment many, many ridiculous things are said. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Good talkers are people who use interesting language and have a lot of energy in speech and who also listen. — Grace Paley Copy Share Image
Trust the man who hesitates in his speech and is quick and steady in action, but beware of long arguments and long… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
“If you can't impress them with your argument, impress them with your actions.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it transcends speech; it is the bodily symbol… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Kindness is goodness hidden in the heart More often than declared in speech. — William Kean Seymour Copy Share Image
