Speech Quotes

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Literature transforms and intensifies ordinary language, deviates systematically from everyday speech. If you approach me at a bus stop and murmur Thou still unravished bride… — Terry Eagleton
It is one thing to be eloquent and charming in profane speech, and another when the one speaking as a religious. — Ignatius Loyola
The long version of the play is actually an easier version to follow. In all of the cut versions the intense speeches are cut too… — Kenneth Branagh
It's easier to find a new audience than to write a new speech. — Dan S Kennedy
Speech writers are more vulnerable to vanity than any other group of people in Washington. — David Frum
I believe in poetic discourse, in the value of speech in a non-naturalistic way; it's speculative. — Howard Barker
I made a very concerted decision to go to drama school in the United States. But I did have the opportunity to go to Britain's… — Kate Burton
Democracy is not about making speeches. It is about making committees work. — Alan Bullock
I'm no expert standing at a podium giving speeches. I share heartbeats. Compassion. — Elizabeth Berkley
As a matter of fact, I didn't make a political speech outside of my state for 20 years. — Joe Biden
I do still get extremely nervous before speeches. My biggest fear is that I'll be standing there in front of hundreds of people and be… — Marcus Buckingham
The Libertarian position on the freedom of speech is a strong support of freedom of speech, and we oppose government intervention in controlling what is… — Michael Badnarik
Talk to people no one else is talking to. Who would have thought that giving a speech at a funeral at age 12 would introduce… — Ben Casnocha
I went to school. I went to Juilliard. You spend 13 hours a day on voice and speech. Now I realize why. — Jennifer Carpenter
I am a technological activist. I have a political agenda. I am in favor of basic human rights: to free speech, to use any information… — Bram Cohen
So sometimes the facts are good and sometimes the facts are bad, the important thing from the point of view of a principle as broad… — Floyd Abrams
Worrying that banning flag desecration would inhibit free speech reveals a misunderstanding of the flag's fundamental nature. — Adrian Cronauer
As much as the Democrats try to change the subject, this election will be about Barack Obama, period. Mitt's speech last night hit all the… — Howie Carr
Laws protecting the United States flag do not cut away at the freedom of speech guaranteed in the First Amendment... Congress made this position clear… — Larry Craig
I am a passionate believer in freedom of speech. I would not support anything which would impinge on aggressive robust freedom of the British press,… — Nick Clegg

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