Speaking Quotes

1939 Speaking quotes by 1471 unique authors

I had used eclectic therapy and behavior therapy on myself at the age of 19 to get over my fear of public speaking and of… — Albert Ellis
Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie. — Desiderius Erasmus
Genuine good taste consists in saying much in few words, in choosing among our thoughts, in having order and arrangement in what we say, and… — Francois Fenelon
Generally speaking, rhyme is the marker for the end of a line. The first rhyme-word is like a challenge thrown down, which the poem itself… — James Fenton
Many scientists have been drawn to Buddhism out of a sense that the Western tradition has delivered an impoverished conception of basic, human sanity. In… — Sam Harris
I don't believe in the so-called Latino explosion when it comes to movies. Jennifer Lopez doesn't have an accent. She grew up in New York… — Salma Hayek
Darling: the popular form of address used in speaking to a member of the opposite sex whose name you cannot at the moment remember. — Oliver Herford
My greatest fear is speaking in public. You meet, like, um, people who just concentrate on me. I'd rather not have everyone focus on me. — Jennifer Love Hewitt
One learns more from listening than speaking.And both the wind and the people who continue to live close to nature still have much to tell… — Thor Heyerdahl
So now is the time, more than ever, for those who truly value all the principles of democracy, especially including dissent, to be the most… — Jim Hightower
I think the world would be much poorer without religion, speaking generally. — Gordon B. Hinckley
Ronald Reagan used to alarm other constituencies by speaking freely about the End Times foreshadowed in the Bible. — Christopher Hitchens
Generally speaking, I, like anyone else who does anything publicly, like it when people like what I do, and would like to hear as much. — John Hodgman
Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous. — David Hume
English should be our official language. Reading and speaking English are requirements to become a citizen. — Ernest Istook
Printing ballots in multiple languages costs millions of dollars every year. It also discourages immigrants from integrating into American society and gaining the benefits that… — Ernest Istook
The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart. — St. Jerome
I am a huge fan of proselytizing. I am a huge fan of speaking your mind. The only way we can share the universe... is… — Penn Jillette
My speaking style was criticised by no less an authority than Arnold Schwarzenegger. It was a low moment, my friends, to have my rhetorical skills… — Boris Johnson
A man will treat a woman almost exactly the way he treats his own interior feminine. In fact, he hasn't the ability to see a… — Robert Johnson
Everything in life is speaking in spite of it's apparent silence. — Hazrat Inayat Khan
I believe that my art gets across the point that I'm in this morality theater trying to help the underdog, and I'm speaking socially here,… — Jeff Koons
Generally speaking, if a human being never shows anger, then I think something's wrong. He's not right in the brain. — Dalai Lama
I worked on my voice for Sweet Dreams, but only to match my speaking voice to Patsy's actual singing voice. That was my way into… — Jessica Lange

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