Speech Quotes

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Giving back, doing motivational speeches and stuff like that, that's always made me feel good. If you repeatedly go out there, and you are the… — Keke Palmer
Most profoundly deaf people have speech that is very difficult to understand. — Richard Masur
Hundreds of political prisoners still suffer in Tibetan prisons. Freedom of speech is not allowed in any sense. It is illegal to possess a photo… — Joanna Lumley
A kiss is a lovely trick to stop speech. — Ingrid Bergman
Words can wound or heal. The purpose of speech must always be to create joy in the listener. — Deepak Chopra
It occurred to me that my speech or my silence, indeed any action of mine, would be a mere futility. — Joseph Conrad
Demetrius was wont to say that there was no difference between the words and speech of the unskilled and ignorant and the sounds and rumblings… — Leonardo da Vinci
Like the sorcerer of old, the television set casts its magic spell, freezing speech and action, turning the living into silent statues so long as… — Urie Bronfenbrenner
Finally, in conclusion, let me say just this. — Peter Sellers
I am the most travelled of all my contemporaries; I have extended my field of enquiry wider than anybody else, I have seen more countries… — Democritus
All the other candidates are making speeches about how much they have done for their country, which is ridiculous. I haven't done anything yet, and… — Gracie Allen
You are solidified silence, awareness. A thousand hours of speech cannot equal one glance: a hundred glances cannot equal a minute of silence — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Listing rights generally involves enumerating things you may do without interference (the right to free speech) or may not be done to you without your… — Cliff Asness
I think my speeches are hilarious. I think I'm a natural comedian, but I like denying people the chance to laugh. I want to deny… — Lydia Lunch
This policy cannot succeed through speeches, and shooting-matches, and songs; it can only be carried out through blood and iron. — Otto von Bismarck
It is dressed into speeches about patriotism, love of country...but the profits...skyrocket... — Smedley Butler
It is no exaggeration to conclude that the Internet has achieved, and continues to achieve, the most participatory marketplace of mass speech that this country… — George Will
I will gladly go to jail in the name of free speech. I have no problem with what I said. Make me a martyr... — Joey Barton
The ultimate hate speech is to endorse homosexuality. — Gordon Klingenschmitt
'Children, don't speak so coarsely,' said Mr Webster, who had a vague notion that some supervision should be exercised over his daughters' speech, and that… — Robertson Davies

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