Speaker Quotes

304 quotes by 259 authors

To remain silent is the most useful service that a mediocre speaker can render to the public good. — Alexis de Tocqueville
Radio affects most intimately, person-to-perso n, offering a world of unspoken communication between writer-speaker and the listener — Marshall McLuhan
Mr. Speaker, democracy works best when the American electorate is engaged and informed. — Melissa Bean
Try to be as good a listener as you are a speaker. Don't just put the emphasis on saying things. Listen. — Jennifer Lynch
The present indicative asserts something which is occuring while the speaker is making the statement. — Spiros Zodhiates
Almost all of the stories in The Matchmaker, the Apprentice, and the Football Fan are told in the first person, yet, depending on the angle… — Yiyun Li
Let me tell you, Barack Obama is the most down dude in the world, but he's so smart so articulate, such an amazing speaker such… — Marlon Wayans
An actor is an expert at being someone else. A speaker is an expert at being themselves. — Olivia
The pure work implies the disappearance of the poet as speaker, who hands over to the words. — Stephane Mallarme
Mr Speaker, Mr Vice President, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans, last month I went to Andrews Air Force Base and welcomed home… — Barack Obama
I come to this debate, Mr. Speaker, as one at the end of 10 years in office on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, where… — Nancy Pelosi
Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the definition of a marriage as between one man and one woman. — Randy Neugebauer
Mr. Speaker, we have reached a point in history where some have forgotten that it is the family, not the government, that is the fundamental… — Jim Ryun
Hitler's dictatorship differed in one fundamental point from all its predecessors in history. It was the first dictatorship in the present period of modern technical… — Albert Speer
Typographical design should perform optically what the speaker creates through voice and gesture of his thoughts. — El Lissitzky
I expect if you're a professional public speaker, you probably wouldn't want to go onstage and sing and play drums. — Neil Peart
Mr Speaker, I withdraw my statement that half the cabinet are asses - half the cabinet are not asses. — Benjamin Disraeli
The last speaker alluded to this movement as being that of a few disappointed women. From the first years to which my memory stretches, I… — Lucy Stone
It has become increasingly clear that Hungarian authorities are encouraging the whitewashing of tragic and criminal episodes in Hungary's past, namely the wartime Hungarian governments'… — Elie Wiesel
Speaker Newt Gingrich says that what is wrong with the present system is not that people abuse welfare but that welfare abuses people. — Daniel Schorr

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