Speakers Quotes

370 Speakers quotes by 306 unique authors

I can't resist telling you that when the Vienna Economics Institute celebrated its centennial, many years ago, they invited, as their keynote speaker, my father… — Unknown Author
Wes Clark is a man of whom you can ask a question, and he will look you directly in the eye, and give you the… — Mario Cuomo
By focusing on the interior of a speaker's larynx and using infrared, he was able to convert the visible vibrations of the vocal cords into… — Damon Knight
The composer must bear in mind that the radio listener does not hear music directly. He hears it only after the sound has passed through… — Raymond Scott
When both a speaker and an audience are confused, the speech is profound. — Oscar Wilde
In 1986, our commencement speaker was George Schultz, secretary of state, fourth in line to the president. You get me-basic cable's second most popular fake… — Stephen Colbert
In all sincere speech there is power, not necessarily great power, but as much as the speaker is capable of. — George Henry Lewes
When the chairman introduced the guest speaker as a former illegal alien, I got up from my chair and yelled, "What's the matter, no jobs… — Jack Handey
A bottomless pit of violence, a Tower of Babel where all are speakers and no hearers. — Alexander Smith
All women are troublemakers who take the money their husbands need desperately for a new and better speaker, and selfishly squander it on things like… — Stan Freberg
President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner played golf this weekend. Obama’s handicap is Joe Biden. — Jay Leno
President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner have agreed to play a round of golf together. Imagine the two of them at the end of… — Jay Leno
A speaker is like a lousy auto mechanic: Every time he fixes something in the language, he screws up something else. — Joseph H. Greenberg
God, I want to give You every minute of this year. I shall try to keep You in mind every moment of my waking hours....I… — Frank Laubach
When I'm the speaker, I know that special moment [just before speaking] is the only time I will have the entire audience's full attention. Unless… — Scott Berkun
What I see here, what I feel here is that people in your world believe spirituality isn't distant. It's close and real. Religion seems born… — Barbara Cameron
The sheer magnitude of Speaker Pelosis spending spree is mind boggling. Most of us do not use the number 1,000,000,000,000 in our daily lives, so… — Geoff Davis
The best speakers are the ones who have put 10,000 hours into listening. — James Altucher
A popular speaker, however unpopular and insignificant, has only to wind up his speech with half-a-dozen lines of Shakespeare (and to make it clearly understood… — W. S. Gilbert
Speakers find joy in public speaking when they realize that a speech is all about the audience, not the speaker. Most speakers are so caught… — Nick Morgan
How often we all have heard speakers begin by calling the attention of the audience to their lack of preparation or lack of ability. If… — Dale Carnegie
He was the keynote speaker for our better angels. — Andrew Cuomo
The day after Republicans won solid majorities in the House and Senate, House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader-to-be Mitch McConnell outlined priorities for… — Cleta Mitchell
Whenever you hear anyone talking about a cultural or even about a human problem, you should never forget to inquire who the speaker really is.… — Carl Jung
An important fact about verbal behavior is that speaker and listener may reside within the same skin. — B.F. Skinner

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