Speaker Quotes

304 Speaker quotes by 259 unique authors

If a university official's letter accusing a speaker of having a proclivity to commit speech crimes before she's given the speech - which then leads… — Ann Coulter
To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker. — Frederick Douglass
Then as the years went on and my listening became more deliberate, I would climb up on an arm of our big sofa to get… — Seamus Heaney
Mr. Speaker, in seeking to return to the United Nations, the Republic of China on Taiwan will once again ask diplomatic allies to present its… — Nick Lampson
As a speaker, business leader or marketer of any type, the onus is now on each of us to become equally capable of communicating very… — Simon Mainwaring
As any speaker will tell you, when you address a large number of people from a stage, you try to make eye contact with people… — Simon Mainwaring
I never lecture, not because I am shy or a bad speaker, but simply because I detest the sort of people who go to lectures… — H. L. Mencken
On the day I started college in 1979, no woman had ever been on the United States Supreme Court or served as the Speaker of… — Dee Dee Myers
A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that 'individuality' is the key… — Robert Orben
Every speaker has a mouth; An arrangement rather neat. Sometimes it's filled with wisdom. Sometimes it's filled with feet. — Robert Orben
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Peace Corps as it reached its 45th anniversary on March 1, 2006. — Solomon Ortiz
If Obama fails to win reelection, let the blame be first laid at the door of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who at a… — Camille Paglia
For a season, a gifted speaker can inspire with his words, but for a lifetime John McCain has inspired with his deeds. — Sarah Palin
Being the first woman speaker and breaking the marble ceiling is pretty important. Now it's time to move on. — Nancy Pelosi
Look at almost any passage, and you'll find that a paragraph has five or six metaphors in it. It's not that the speaker is trying… — Steven Pinker
In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker. — Plutarch
Ignorant free speech often works against the speaker. That is one of several reasons why it must be given rein instead of suppressed. — Anna Quindlen
Mr Speaker, I smell a rat; I see him forming in the air and darkening the sky; but I will nip him in the bud. — Boyle Roche
In his first 100 days, Mr. Obama has put the fate of his presidency in the hands of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority… — Karl Rove
While you're writing, you can't concentrate nearly as well on what the speaker is saying. — Marilyn vos Savant

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