Speech Quotes · Page 30

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

— Plato

At spelling bee, how does the one kid get laborious, and next kid gets carnival?

— Anonymous

Trump loves free speech only when he or his supporters are speaking.

— Kirsten Powers

Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.

— Salman Rushdie

“Even when she was speaking, her soul was in prayer reposing on an unseen support.”

— George Eliot

The best book, like the best speech, will do it all - make us laugh, think, cry and cheer - preferably in…

— Madeleine Albright

If you are an autodidact, you probably do write more in the rhythm of speech rather than having learnt prose.

— Viv Albertine

“No audience ever complained about a presentation or speech being too short”

— Stephen Keague

I wouldn't be surprised to learn that Clinton cost John Kerry more votes than he gained for him whenever they appeared together.…

— Pat Sajak

When I heard Puerto Ricans in New York City, it sounded very strange. And the first time I heard someone from Spain,…

— Viggo Mortensen

If you're a kid, it's all you think about if you stutter. Kids can be so mean. My grades suffered. Class participation…

— Kenyon Martin

He [Roosevelt] has made some speeches that indicate that he is going quite beyond anything that he advocated when he was in…

— William Howard Taft

Yesterday during a speech on national security, Jeb Bush mispronounced Boko Haram and got confused between Iran and Iraq. When reached for…

— Conan O'Brien

We hold that the greatest right in the world is the right to be wrong, that in the exercise thereof people have…

— William Randolph Hearst

You can make a lot of speeches, but the real thing is when you dig a hole, plant a tree, give it…

— Wangari Maathai

Your voice is a very powerful weapon. When you are in tune with the cosmic breath of heaven and earth, your voice…

— Morihei Ueshiba

The right to freedom of expression is justified first of all as the right of an individual purely in his capacity as…

— Thomas I. Emerson

There is no doubt about it: we are judged by our language as much as (perhaps more than) we are judged by…

— Marlene Caroselli

Our claim is that God has revealed Himself by speaking; that this divine (or God-breathed) speech has been written down and preserved…

— John Stott

Social media changed Chinese mindset. More and more Chinese intend to embrace freedom of speech and human rights as their birthright, not…

— Michael Anti

The general nature of the speech act fallacy can be stated as follows, using "good" as our example. Calling something good is…

— John Searle

I’m not too keen on talking. I always have the feeling that the words are getting away from me, escaping and scattering.…

— Delphine de Vigan

I grew up with an absolutely horrible, debilitating stutter, and it was what caused me to retreat into myself and caused me…

— Tim Gunn

Liberals don't want any part of Canada left behind. I used to give speeches on and on and on about the fact…

— Michael Ignatieff

It's true: What one person might consider 'hate speech,' another might consider to be harmless, or even funny.

— Kat Timpf

I actually think agendas are more often found in State of the Union speeches than in inaugural speeches.

— Gwen Ifill

“Free speech works so much better when you do not have to worry about a toxic employer that may fire you for…

— Steven Magee

We had an exercise in speech class in school, impromptu speaking, that I was always real good at.

— John Mellencamp

If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these acceptance speeches there wouldn't be any inducement to go to…

— Will Rogers

“By not hurting anyone through one's mind, speech and action, all the vows (vrat) are encompassed in this!”

— Dada Bhagwan

The eloquent man is he who is no beautiful speaker, but who is inwardly and desperately drunk with a certain belief.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“There has to be a cut-off somewhere between the freedom of expression and a graphically explicit free-for-all.”

— Anonymous

It is not set speeches at the moment of battle that render soldiers brave.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“His captivating speech came not from his grammar or vocabulary but from the joy he took in wielding them well.”

— Robert Lane Greene

“Criticize me if you can, but that won't stop me from saying what i like, my mouth is mine, and not yours.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

A man is entitled to say whatever he wants to say. It's America, freedom of speech.

— Reggie Evans

“Thus freedom of thought, in any valuable sense, includes freedom of speech.”

— John Bagnell Bury

The conscious utterance of thought, by speech or action, to any end, is art.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Together, we must all remember that one of the most effective responses to hate speech is more speech.

— Nell Scovell

The Government may not suppress lawful speech as the means to suppress unlawful speech.

— Anthony Kennedy