Speech Quotes

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I will be brief. Not nearly so brief as Salvador Dali, who gave the world's shortest speech. He said I will be so brief I… — Gene Fowler
One camp accepts the Court's limits on contributions but urges the reinstatement of spending caps - even if this requires a constitutional amendment subjecting political… — James L Buckley
Unfortunately, the media, which are not at all reluctant to act in their own self-interest, have succeeded in equating reform in the public mind with… — James L Buckley
Did you ever think that making a speech on economics is a lot like pissing down your leg? It seems hot to you, but it… — Lyndon B Johnson
Every couple of seconds out here they're honoring somebody. You've got to get dressed, go in and sit down. Invariably somebody makes a speech. — Dom DeLuise
A very considerable body of the German people live in America and propose to fight that Government. Bourke in his great speech last week welcoming… — Shane Leslie
Condoleezza Rice, the national security adviser, is right there... she's in town because her father was at Johnson Smith College... and she was delivering a… — Al Michaels
The fact that we're protected under that Constitution in exercising the right of free speech, it's a wonderful thing. You've got to come from somewhere… — Pat Oliphant
A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions. — Wilson Mizner
The problem with speeches isn't so much not knowing when to stop, as knowing when not to begin. — Frances Rodman
Advertising is speech. It's regulated because it's often effective speech. — Jef I Richards
Commercial speech is like obscenity... we can't seem to define it, but we know it when we see it. — Jef I Richards
There was nothing in all Douglas's powerful effort that appealed to the higher instincts of human nature, while Lincoln always touched sympathetic cords. Lincoln's speech… — Henry Villard
I was always a clown. In the eighth grade I won a city speech contest by doing an Eddie Murphy routine. I'm no good at… — Jason Wiles
The most censored speech in America today is not flag-burning, pornography, or the press. — Phyllis Schlafly
There are so many exceptions to free speech: child pornography, cross burning, libel, fighting words. — Cliff Stearns
In a good play every speech should be as fully flavoured as a nut or apple. — John Millington Synge
I don't think about that. I wasn't a kid growing up saying one day I'll get an Oscar and make a speech. That wasn't on… — Adam Sandler
Oh my God, you guys, I seriously do not have a speech prepared whatsoever. I'm shaking right now. — Christina Aguilera
It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. — Mark Twain

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