Speech Quotes

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I wait. I compose myself. My self is a thing I must now compose, as one composes a speech. What I must present is a… — Margaret Atwood
The position of Prussia in Germany will not be determined by its liberalism but by its power ... Prussia must concentrate its strength and hold… — Otto von Bismarck
Speech, after all, is in some measure an expression of character, and flexibility in its use is a good way to tell your friends from… — Jacques Barzun
The most interesting acquaintanceship I have struck up here is that of Colonel Lapinski. He is without doubt the cleverest Pole -- besides being an… — Karl Marx
Be modest in speech, but excel in action. — Horace
Tears at times have the weight of speech. — Ovid
Just as typography is human speech translated into what can be read, so photography is the translation of reality into a readable image. — Herbert Bayer
Obamas finest speeches do not excite. They do not inform. They dont even really inspire. They elevate. . . . He is not the Word… — Ezra Klein
Silence is the speech of love, The music of the spheres above. — Richard Henry Stoddard
Freedom of speech is a great thing and we have said nothing that is not allowed. — Geert Wilders
As a matter of constitutional tradition, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, we presume that governmental regulation of the content of speech is… — John Paul Stevens
I think J.D. Salinger is correct in granting no interviews, and in making no speeches — Patricia Highsmith
Speech is a powerful master and achieves the most divine feats with the smallest and least evident body. It can stop fear, relieve pain, create… — Gorgias
Man and woman and speech and deed and city and object should be honored with praise if praiseworthy and incur blame if unworthy, for it… — Gorgias
U.S.A. is the speech of the people — John Dos Passos
Iâ€™m not for profiling people on the color of their skin, or on their religion, but I would take into account where they've been traveling… — Rand Paul
But I will say that living in Ireland has changed the cadence and fullness of speech, since the Irish love words and use as many… — Anne McCaffrey
Thought is the fountain of speech. — Chrysippus
It is a profoundly erroneous truism, repeated by all copy books and by eminent people when they are making speeches, that we should cultivate the… — Alfred North Whitehead
Encourage others each and every day-nothing's more important than our words. Did you know that, on average, each of us speaks about twenty-five thousand words… — C. J. Mahaney

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