Speech Quotes

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Do not use the sharpness of your speech on your mother who taught you how to speak. — Ali ibn Abi Talib
It is the function of art to carry us beyond speech to experience. — Joseph Campbell
Free software' is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of 'free' as in 'free speech,' not as in… — Richard Stallman
Remember that thought is speech before God. — Charles Spurgeon
Freedom of speech is a fundamental human right. — Anthony Horowitz
I have never regretted my silence. As for my speech, I have regretted it over and over again. — Unknown Author
You wish, or rather, have decided, to remove a splinter from someone? Very well, but do not go after it with a stick instead of… — John Climacus
The speech of God is silence. His Word is solitude. — Thomas Merton
Of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong. — Dennis Miller
Learning to speak is like learning to shoot. — Avital Ronell
Speak boldly and speak truly, shame the devil. — John Fletcher
An orator is the worse person to tell a plain fact. — Maria Edgeworth
From his tongue flowed speech sweeter than honey. — Homer
When there is freedom of speech, I've found that the majority of people really have nothing to say. — Yevgeny Yevtushenko
The one religion is beyond all speech. — Mahatma Gandhi
The poor wish for wealth; animals for the faculty of speech; men wish for heaven; and godly persons for liberation. — Chanakya
I'd usually read the Bible a lot. Read little short Bible stories. And today, whenever I give speeches, I bring up a few of those… — Herschel Walker
The meaning of song goes deep. Who in logical words can explain the effect music has on us? A kind of inarticulate, unfathomable speech, which… — Thomas Carlyle
If music could be translated into human speech, it would no longer need to exist. — Ned Rorem
Music has been called the speech of the angels; I will go farther and call it the speech of God Himself. — Charles Kingsley

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