Speeches Quotes · Page 4

Speeches are much easier if you read them. I just find when I do that, it's harder to fire up the crowd.

— Donald Trump

“In as short a time as Mr. Collins’s long speeches would allow,”

— Anonymous

I'm no expert standing at a podium giving speeches. I share heartbeats. Compassion.

— Elizabeth Berkley

I have reached the conclusion, a bit late perhaps, that speeches should be short.

— Fidel Castro

Speeches are not magic and there is no great speech without great policy.

— Peggy Noonan

“It was a joke to the extent in the context of the views that speech.”

— Herman Cain

I'd like to go to schools and give speeches to people about training, working hard and getting ahead in life.

— Bob Backlund

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

— Stephen Keague

“know now that these conquerors, like many others before them, and no doubt like others after, gave speeches not to voice the…

— Laila Lalami

I like that kind of stuff. I like doing speeches. I've been lucky because I've had a lot of characters, over the…

— Donal Logue

“One can talk good and shower down roses, but it's the receiver that has to walk through the thorns, and all its…

— Anthony Liccione

I've always written a little bit. I mean, I've written screenplays, and I've doctored my dialogue for years, and I've written speeches…

— Rob Lowe

“Statements of ordinary people are ignored like poor freebies, statements of great people are accepted like profound philosophy.”

— Amit Kalantri

A lot of people would flee from what they think is award-show cheesiness, and I don't. I often joke that my speeches…

— Tom Hanks

In high school I was president of the Student Council, and I ended up doing a lot of speeches. After you do…

— Osric Chau

I've probably given more speeches, been on TV more than any other member of the Court - or almost any other member…

— Clarence Thomas

“The most exaggerated speeches usually hid the weakest of feelings - as though the fullness of the soul did not overflow into…

— Gustave Flaubert

“He generally spoke with much animation and energy, and with considerable gesture. His mind was filled with all the learning and precedence…

— Ron Chernow

Inaugural speeches are supposed to be huge and stirring. Presidents haul our heroes onstage, from George Washington to Martin Luther King Jr.…

— John Dickerson

Now there is a new request. To release transcripts of speeches that were given. When everybody agrees to do that, I will…

— Hillary Clinton

“... there is no necessity for the man who means to be an orator to understand what is really just but only…

— Plato

Martin Luther King was a misguided leader. He worked to be recognized as the leader of black America, when what black America…

— Don Yaeger

I was very glad that Mr. Attlee described my speeches in the war as expressing the will not only of Parliament but…

— Winston Churchill

You have to take a huge loss financially to do a play. You have to put aside the commercials and the speeches…

— Dixie Carter

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

— Gwen Ifill

“Leaders console the world with their speeches, heroes console the world with their actions.”

— Amit Kalantri

“To assess the quality of thoughts of people, don't listen to their words, but watch their actions.”

— Amit Kalantri

Believe me, those great death bed speeches are written ahead of time.

— Scott Simon

During an election campaign the air is full of speeches and vice versa.

— Henry Adams

“No more lies and speeches of delusions out of the reality of our existence”

— Mazigh Buzakhar

Speeches? I don't ever feel like I'm giving a speech. I don't look at myself as a motivational speaker.

— Jim Harbaugh

“Be polite in your speeches. Good information rudely communicated will make no positive difference.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

I'm not one for those motivational speeches. I've always been more of an example guy.

— Carey Price

Mourinho doesn't need to give long speeches. He's direct and to the point.

— Raphael Varane

It would be desirable if every Government, when it comes to power, should have its old speeches burnt.

— Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden

“Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about…

— Shannon Alder

Speeches are more important in politics than talking points, as a rule, and are better remembered.

— Peggy Noonan

The very best impromptu speeches are the ones written well in advance.

— Ruth Gordon

I really respect the work and speeches of Tony Benn. He was a powerful speaker with a huge heart.

— Sara Pascoe

One of the most difficult speeches to prepare is an address to a graduation class, which is why I don't often do…

— Jerry Moran