Angels are intelligent reflections of light, that original light which has no beginning. They can illuminate. They do not need tongues or… — John of Damascus Copy Share Image
“Whatever you’re given can wake you up or put you to sleep. That’s the challenge of now: What are you going to… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
How ironical that it is by means of speech that man can degrade himself below the level of dumb creation -- for… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
The most attractive sentences are, perhaps, not the wisest, but the surest and roundest. They are spoken firmly and conclusively, as if… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“Don't speak harshly to anyone; What you say will be said back to you. Hostile speech is painful, And you will meet… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The worst, most insidious effect of censorship is that, in the end, it can deaden the imagination of the people. Where there… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Freedom of speech is a human right and the foundation upon which democracy is built. Any restriction of freedom of speech is… — Deeyah Khan Copy Share Image
“There exists a remarkable consensus among those who have studied and practiced public speaking over the last twenty-five hundred years that the… — Keith Willhite Copy Share Image
Well, one time some attractive woman sat next to Charlie and asked him what he owed his success to, and, unfortunately, she… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
During a recent event at a restaurant called Tommy's Country Ham House in South Carolina, presidential candidate Ben Carson delivered a speech… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
From the standpoint of freedom of speech and the press, it is enough to point out that the state has no legitimate… — Tom C. Clark Copy Share Image
So too, monks, I saw the ancient path, the ancient road traveled by the Perfectly Enlightened Ones of the past. And what… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The state says: "Well, in order for it to be legitimate civil disobedience, you have to follow these rules." They put us… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
When we come down into the distant village, visible from the mountain-top, the nobler inhabitants with whom we peopled it have departed,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The President [Barack Obama] is very focused on [healthcare]. He, of course, is also writing this speech at high speed. And right… — Ron Suskind Copy Share Image
Without a doubt, one of the things which keeps us from attaining perfection is our tongue. When one has reached the point… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
All the other candidates are making speeches about how much they have done for their country, which is ridiculous. I haven't done… — Gracie Allen Copy Share Image
“Liberty is a constant battle between government; who would limit it, people; who would concede it, and patriots; who would defend it.” — Samuel R. Young Jr Copy Share Image
There were speeches made in Congress in the very last session before the outbreak of the Rebellion, so ferocious as to show… — Edward Everett Copy Share Image
The orator puts off his individuality, and is then most eloquent when most silent. He listens while he speaks, and is a… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The world is full of CEOs that think that just because they write a memo or they write a letter inside an… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Prayer is not eloquence, but earnestness; not the definition of helplessness, but the feeling of it; not figures of speech, but earnestness… — Hannah More Copy Share Image
Governments throughout the English-speaking sphere are creating and then ratcheting the torque on "hate-speech" laws with frightening eagerness. — Jim Goad Copy Share Image
During the presidential primaries of 1940, I received a request from the Democratic National Committee to sing God Bless America before the speeches. — Kate Smith Copy Share Image
I give a speech at some colleges and corporations called 'Performing Your Life: An Evening with Jeffrey Tambor.' I get asked a… — Jeffrey Tambor Copy Share Image
Last year, when 'Black Swan,' 'True Grit' and 'King's Speech' all grossed over $100 million, it gave studios and independent financiers the… — Harvey Weinstein Copy Share Image
Every legislative limitation upon utterance, however valid, may in a particular case serve as an inroad upon the freedom of speech which… — Stanley Forman Reed Copy Share Image
The speech recognition is now good enough that I dictate emails on my phone rather than type them in. It's not perfect,… — Jeff Dean Copy Share Image
Brothers don't necessarily have to say anything to each other - they can sit in a room and be together and just… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
Free Speech in the College Community is a very timely book written by a dedicated scholar of the First Amendment. Challenging and… — Nancy Kassebaum Copy Share Image
Part of what was in the ether all around me growing up, until I was between 19 and 20, was a terrible,… — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
For pale and trembling anger rushes in With faltering speech, and eyes that wildly stare, Fierce as the tiger, madder than the… — John Armstrong Copy Share Image
I’d heard Bones threaten to beat someone with their own limb before, but I’d always assumed that was a figure of speech.… — Jeaniene Frost Copy Share Image
“Nowhere does it say free speech is carte blanche to be a jerk. And don't cheapen real free speech by hijacking an… — Karen Traviss Copy Share Image
If I should say the sweetest speech with the eloquentest tongue that ever was in man, I were not able to express… — Elizabeth I Copy Share Image
I think that freedom of speech is just that, and groups have the right to support or oppose issues that are going… — Matt Rosendale Copy Share Image
Free software' is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of 'free' as in 'free speech,'… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
I think my speeches are hilarious. I think I'm a natural comedian, but I like denying people the chance to laugh. I… — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
I honestly believe I am the only woman in the United States who ever traveled throughout the country with a nursing baby… — Ida B. Wells Copy Share Image
Yes, the First Amendment gives us the right to be 'offensive' with our speech. Given the fact that a new thing seems… — Kat Timpf Copy Share Image
![“The President [Barack Obama] is very focused on [healthcare]. He, of course, is also writing this speech at high speed. And right coming up until the speech, he is convinced that a full plan, letter and verse of what the administration wants, will be released.” quote by Ron Suskind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/457/ron-suskind-10115_administration_the-president-barack-obama-is-very-focus_40912.png)
