Speakers Quotes

370 Speakers quotes by 306 unique authors

I used my mother's radio as a PA system. I'd take the telephone, the speaking part, and take those two leads off and lead them… — Les Paul
I always think a great speaker convinces us not by force of reasoning, but because he is visibly enjoying the beliefs he wants us to… — William Butler Yeats
Mr. Speaker, our Nation must no longer be complacent about underage drinking and its alarming consequences. We must bring this national public health crisis out… — Lucille Roybal-Allard
The spirit listens only when the speaker speaks in gestures. And gestures do not mean signs or body movements, but acts of true abandon, acts… — Carlos Castaneda
It becomes 'one's own' only when the speaker populates it with his own intentions, his own accent, when he appropriates the word, adapting it to… — Mikhail Bakhtin
Words belong to nobody, and in themselves they evaluate nothing. But they can serve any speaker and be used for the most varied and directly… — Mikhail Bakhtin
Accustom yourself not to be disregarding of what someone else has to say: as far as possible enter into the mind of the speaker. — Marcus Aurelius
It(Boston Bombings) was worth it to hear you(survivor speakers) speak. — Joe Biden
Sometimes it's the mistakes that end up leading you into new territory .. like the guitar solo on 'Peelin' Taters' - I had some speaker… — Junior Brown
There is only one group to blame for the continued suffering of these innocent victims: the House majority and their Speaker, John Boehner. — Chris Christie
One morning I was reading the story of Jesus' feeding of the five thousand. The disciples could find only five loaves of bread and two… — Elisabeth Elliot
Speakers have been showering us with pearls of wisdom for centuries, and if all of their valuable advice were laid end to end, it would… — Benjamin Franklin Fairless
The best speakers know enough to be scared…the only difference between the pros and the novices is that the pros have trained the butterflies to… — Edward R. Murrow
The creative musician ... is ... the radio receiver, not the broadcasting station. His personal discipline is to improve the quality of the components, the… — Robert Fripp
Lincoln was not a good impromptu speaker; he was at his best when he could read from a carefully prepared manuscript, though maybe a teleprompter… — David Herbert Donald
I think it's wrong, ladies and gentlemen, for anybody to to be terrorized out of investigating anything. You have the right to read any book.… — George Lincoln Rockwell
The kindness I have longest remembered has been of this sort, the sort unsaid; so far behind the speaker's lips that almost it already lay… — Henry David Thoreau
In Judith Barrington's striking collection, Horses and the Human Soul, human emotions come ushered and accompanied by animal companions, especially the horses this speaker loves.… — Mark Doty
With all due respect to Speaker Hastert, trying to eliminate the IRS by adopting a national retail sales tax is a very dumb idea. — Bruce Bartlett
An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity. — Quintilian
The unprepared speaker has a right to be afraid. — Ralph C. Smedley
A good speaker does not stutter. — Laozi
I have been in America only once since Mr. Clinton became your president - as a speaker at the United Nations. — Mangosuthu Buthelezi
A speaker who does not strike oil in ten minutes should stop boring. — Louis Nizer
Mr. Speaker, less than 10 percent of our Nation's children walk or ride their bicycles to school, and too many schools continue to invite fast-food… — Lois Capps

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