Speakers Quotes

370 Speakers quotes by 306 unique authors

Deep listening is miraculous for both listener and speaker. When someone receives us with open- hearted, non-judging, intensely interested listening, our spirits expand. — Sue Thoele
As the chief speaker at the dedication of the national cemetery at the Gettysburg Battlefield, statesman Edward Everett wrote to Lincoln: I should be glad… — Abraham Lincoln
Bill Clinton was a very, very good speaker. But like many people who are great speakers and great thinkers and have a lot of energy… — Robert Reich
Those who have few affairs to attend to are great speakers. The less men think, the more they talk. — Baron de Montesquieu
To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from writing the Declaration of Independence,… — John F. Kennedy
Quite often in history action has been the echo of words. An era of talk was followed by an era of events. The new barbarism… — Eric Hoffer
When speech is divorced from speaker and word from meaning, what is left is just ritual, language as ritual. — Ellen Goodman
All over the world kids and women [are] getting killed right now over beliefs, this is silly to get angry over. If it bothers you… — Diplo
Every minister, lecturer and public speaker know the discouragement of pouring himself of herself out to an audience and not receiving a single ripple of… — Dale Carnegie
Democratic Rep. Charles Schumer of New York made a plea to Livingston, the incoming speaker. These new hearings, these new subpoenas wave a red flag… — Charles Schumer
We, Norton I, do hereby decree that the offices of President, Vice President, and Speaker of the House of Representatives are, from and after this… — Emperor Norton
It's interesting what former presidents do when they leave office. Bush is now working as a motivational speaker. And if you want to be motivated,… — David Letterman
There should be relentless exposure of and attack upon every evil practice, whether in politics, in business, or in social life. I hail as a… — Theodore Roosevelt
Families, like countries, take their prophets unkindly, but a verse-speaker in the house is dishonor to be hooted. — Dylan Thomas
America already holds the record for freak movements. Now we have a new one. It's called "Restoring Confidence." Rich men who never had a mission… — Will Rogers
George Bernard Shaw of England stopped over just long enough to make one speech in Bombay, India, started a war and 100 Indians killed each… — Will Rogers
When the vain speaker has sat down, and the people say 'what a good speech,' it still takes an ounce to balance an ounce. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The American people are very, very ready for a woman president. They're far ahead of the politicians. I always thought it would be much easier… — Nancy Pelosi
The teachings of Osho, in fact, encompass many religions, but he is not defined by any of them. He is an illuminating speaker on Zen,… — Nevill Drury
History does seem to repeat itself hence it's mindboggling to still hear the 'avoid all negative people' speeches from, of all people, supposedly important spiritual… — Criss Jami
The arrow belongs not to the archer when it has once left the bow; the word no longer belongs to the speaker when it has… — Heinrich Heine
The great improvement of the radio over the telephone is that it may be turned off without offending the speaker. — Richard Armour
For a man to write well, there are required three necessaries: to read the best authors, observe the best speakers, and much exercise of his… — Ben Jonson
I remember being at the premiere of 'Beverly Hills Cop II' and the tremendous reaction from the crowd outside, then going to a party at… — Gilbert Gottfried
A man may lack everything but tact and conviction and still be a forcible speaker; but without these nothing will avail... Fluency, grace, logical order,… — Charles Horton Cooley

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