Speaking Quotes

1939 Speaking quotes by 1471 unique authors

Fear paralyses you - fear of flying, fear of the future, fear of leaving a rubbish marriage, fear of public speaking, or whatever it is. — Annie Lennox
We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already. — Georg C. Lichtenberg
When you're fighting for social justice, one of my biggest pet peeves is speaking out of ignorance. — Eva Longoria
I can only speak for myself, and hope people hear my words and see me on television speaking for myself. And, hopefully, they'll be able… — Jennifer Lopez
People assume when they come into a church and see a person up there speaking, 'That person must be a good person.' My challenge through… — Max Lucado
I mean, I'm just speaking of my own experiences and my own desires, and it's a kind of a childlike wonder that could really possibly… — Shirley MacLaine
We need more people speaking out. This country is not overrun with rebels and free thinkers. It's overrun with sheep and conformists. — Bill Maher
A solitary, unused to speaking of what he sees and feels, has mental experiences which are at once more intense and less articulate than those… — Thomas Mann
Every story was being made up. My true friends weren't the ones speaking. It was people who never knew me, making up stories. Even my… — Marla Maples
Things were easier for the old novelists who saw people all of a piece. Speaking generally, their heroes were good through and through, their villains… — W. Somerset Maugham
Nothing like being visible, publishing one's work, and speaking openly about one's life, to disabuse the world of the illusion of one's perfection and purity. — Joyce Maynard
Generally speaking, I think that if you do anything with commitment and passion, it will come good. — Kevin McCloud
I was the guy who was constantly speaking out against the Vietnam War. I have no regrets about that. — George McGovern
My main concern with the condition of mathematics in high school is that there's a lot of fear involved! Math is not, generally speaking, presented… — Danica McKellar
God is speaking to us. But are we listening to Him? When our conscience begins to nudge us for whatever reason, we might have this… — Joyce Meyer
Our words will either bring life and victory or death and destruction. If we want to be happy, we have to be serious about speaking… — Joyce Meyer
If you make yourself understood, you're always speaking well. — Moliere
We talk about heaven being so far away. It is within speaking distance to those who belong there. Heaven is a prepared place for a… — Dwight L. Moody
I come from the state of Michigan. We were the first English-speaking government in the world to outlaw the death penalty, back in the 1840s.… — Michael Moore
I was raised speaking English and Spanish. And I also speak Danish. And I can get by in French and Italian. I've acted in Spanish… — Viggo Mortensen
Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death. — Miyamoto Musashi
Within the black community, roughly 60 percent of children are born to single moms. Moms don't have the emotional wherewithal to deal with their children.… — Walter Dean Myers
Nobody wants a prediction that the future will be more or less like the present, even if that is, statistically speaking, an excellent prediction. — Nathan Myhrvold
Somewhere we know that without silence words lose their meaning, that without listening speaking no longer heals, that without distance closeness cannot cure. — Henri Nouwen
I do have to travel a lot for speaking engagements. — P.J. O'Rourke

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