Speech Quotes

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On May 15, 1957 Linus Pauling made an extraordinary speech to the students of Washington University. ... It was at this time that the idea… — Edward Condon
Make sure you have finished speaking before your audience has finished listening. — Dorothy Sarnoff
The adjective is the banana peel of the parts of speech. — Clifton Fadiman
The Internet may fairly be regarded as a never-ending worldwide conversation. The government may not, through the , interrupt that conversation... As the most participatory… — Stewart Dalzell
Without an unfettered press, without liberty of speech, all of the outward forms and structures of free institutions are a sham, a pretense - the… — William Borah
Make no laws whatever concerning speech, and speech will be free; so soon as you make a declaration on paper that speech shall be free,… — Voltairine de Cleyre
Free speech is meaningless unless it tolerates the speech that we hate. — Henry Hyde
I appeal to the contemptible speech made lately by Sir Robert Peel to an applauding House of Commons. 'Orders of merit,' said he, 'were the… — John Joseph Griffin
I'm just going to take this in a minute. The wrestling world, we're kind of our own breed and different from maybe some movie stars… — Amy Dumas
The genius of American culture and its integrity comes from fidelity to the light. Plain as day, we say. Happy as the day is long.… — Richard Rodriguez
Whenever the speech is corrupted so is the mind. — Seneca the Younger
Our bodies, speeches and minds need to be trained so that they will do anything we want. We can cry or laugh at once when… — Ching Hai
Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care. — William Safire
That quiet mutual gaze of a trusting husband and wife is like the first moment of rest or refuge from a great weariness or a… — George Eliot
Let the entire world hear me. Our hostility to the Great Satan [America] is absolute... I conclude my speech with the slogan that will continue… — Hassan Nasrallah
As for the people of Tasawwuf, they affirm the love of Allah, and this is more evident among them than all other issues....the affirmation of… — Ibn Taymiyyah
Thought and speech are inseparable from each other. Matter and expression are parts of one; style is a thinking out into language. — John Henry Newman
You must stand for free speech in the streets. — Mother Jones
By an epiphany he meant a sudden spiritual manifestation, whether in the vulgarity of speech or of gesture or memorable phrase of the mind itself.… — James Joyce
I didn't write my speech until the night before, and even then I refused to write it out like I would say it, preferring to… — Corey Taylor

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