Speakers Quotes

370 Speakers quotes by 306 unique authors

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
Music should come crashing out of your speakers and grab you, and the lyrics should challenge whatever preconceived notions that listener has. — Lou Reed
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
Mr. Speaker, the fact of the matter is that the Ten Commandments are a historical document that contains moral, ethical, and legal truisms that any… — Cliff Stearns
The relationship of the toastmaster to speaker should be the same as that of the fan to the fan dancer. It should call attention to… — Adlai E. Stevenson
Kids now are so used to surround sound and the power in theater speakers, that the concert hall is a disappointment to them. — David Ogden Stiers
Speakers are not supposed to waste time on platitudes, but the capacity of this generation for ignoring the obvious and concentrating on the negative and… — Arthur Hays Sulzberger
Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced. — Jonathan Swift
The sanity of the average banquet speaker lasts about two and a half months; at the end of that time he begins to mutter to… — James Thurber
Consider in Washington, around the country today we are talking about balanced budgets, paying down our national debt, getting the economy going, defending ourselves, activist… — J C Watts
I'd make a better U.S. president than George W. Bush. Bush is an idiot. I'm a better public speaker than him. It makes you wonder… — Robbie Williams
In the first weeks of the Obama administration, 'bipartisanship' was the reigning buzzword, and when the Beltway thinks 'bipartisan,' it pictures President Reagan and Democratic… — James Wolcott
Mr. Speaker, I once again find myself compelled to vote against the annual budget resolution for a very simple reason: it makes government bigger. — Ron Paul
A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers. — Mahatma Gandhi
Wilson stopped and stood silent. Inattention dies a quick and sure death when a speaker does that. — Mark Twain
Those who choose, conduct, present, and accompany the music may influence the spirit of reverence ... more than a speaker does. — Boyd K. Packer
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good talks. But being considered the best speaker in the computer science department is like being known… — Randy Pausch
It is one of the worst things of sentiment that the voice grows to be more important than the words, and the speaker than that… — Robert Louis Stevenson
And so it was when anyone tried to speak: their minds would become tangled in remembrance. Words became floods of thought with no beginning or… — Jonathan Safran Foer
Whenever I saw her, I felt like I had been living in another country, doing moderately well in another language, and then she showed up… — Ann Patchett
I liked the feeling of love,' [Jonas] confessed. He glanced nervously at the speaker on the wall, reassuring himself that no one was listening. 'I… — Lois Lowry
We were fools and now we were driving to our deaths in a rental car. Janet Jackson was tinkling from the speakers, asking what we… — Dave Eggers

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