Speech Quotes

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Gracious to all, to none subservient, Without offense he spoke the word he meant — Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Speech was given to the ordinary sort of men, whereby to communicate their mind; but to wise men, whereby to conceal it. — Robert South
I don't think, in all the years I managed them, I ever spoke more than thirty words to Frank and Brooks Robinson. — Earl Weaver
All discourses but my own afflict me; they seem harsh, impertinent, and irksome — Ben Jonson
I hope some day to make you all a cup of coffee. Alright, peace. — Johnny Depp
Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just comforting platitudes too mundane to need protection. — Colin Powell
Undoubtedly they do more and viler things than those which we know and discover — Martin Luther
We should pass a flex time law that allows employees to take their overtime pay in money or in time off, depending on what's better… — William J. Clinton
I have only to speak for myself; to speak for freedom for myself; to determine for freedom for myself; and in doing so, I speak… — Charles Lenox Remond
The fountain is my speech. The tulips are my speech. The grass and trees are my speech. — Unknown Author
For me, this nomination was as if all of a sudden the crucifix began to wear a yellow star. — Unknown Author
Mr President, I have decided not to speak the entire speech which I have. — Unknown Author
Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begged his bread — Thomas Seward
Before I begin speaking, there is something I would like to say. — Saul Gorn
To me, the "tape" is the final arbiter of any investment decision. I have a cardinal rule: Never fight the tape! — Martin Zweig
We seldom repent of speaking little, very often of speaking too much: a vulgar and trite maxim, which all the world knows and, but which… — Jean de la Bruyere
I detest my fellow-beings and do not feel that I am their fellow at all — Gustave Flaubert
A great man left a watchword that we can well repeat: "There is no indispensable man" — Franklin D. Roosevelt
I scarce ever heard or saw the introductory words, "Without vanity I may say," etc., but some vain thing immediately followed. — Benjamin Franklin
I have no more pleasure in hearing a man attempting wit and failing, than in seeing a man trying to leap over a ditch and… — Samuel Johnson

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