Speech Quotes

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I've never given a speech without being terrified first. — Susan Cain
No, and in fact I get a bit frustrated, because I'm actually quite good at one-liners, and I've had hundreds of them over the years,… — Vince Cable
When I was a kid - and I don't know why, it's the most random thing - I wanted to be a speech therapist for… — Haylie Duff
Twitter is a form of free speech, and I'm all for that. But if Cee Lo Green, a maverick of sorts, can't get on Twitter… — Cee Lo Green
In real life, people fumble their words. They repeat themselves and stare blankly off into space and don't listen properly to what other people are… — Christopher Guest
One reason I do the live shows - and the monthly speeches at public radio stations - is to remind myself that people hear the… — Ira Glass
This sounds crazy, but my goal is to be nominated for an Oscar. I was the kid who was practicing my acceptance speech when I… — Ashley Benson
When you're standing in front of an audience like this that is so enthusiastic and so much behind you, it is very hard to give… — Susan Estrich
When I give a lot of speeches, they're always on the fly. I mean, I know what I'm going to say roughly, but I do… — Vince Flynn
The most noble and profitable invention of all other, was that of SPEECH, consisting of Names or Appellations, and their Connexion; whereby men register their… — Thomas Hobbes
Maybe it's because we as writers are alone so often, are so attuned to listening to the run of our own thoughts, that we find… — Les Standiford
The civil liberties types who are fighting this issue have to fight it, owing to the nature of the laws, as a matter of freedom… — Tom Lehrer
Silence is the Mother of Truth, for the silent man was ever to be trusted, while the man ever ready with speech was never taken… — Luther Standing Bear
It is really hard to completely re-learn how to express yourself without using words. When you take away speech, you have to re-invent the way… — Jodelle Ferland
I joined the Labour party because I believed in equality, in freedom of speech and in tolerance, compassion and understanding for people, irrespective of their… — Geoff Hoon
I don't know if I'd call myself a prodigy, but I was a big forensics competitor in high school, and then during college I spent… — Josh Gad
I think the interview form works best on the radio. There are a lot of personality traits conveyed in a person's voice, the rhythm of… — Terry Gross
Well, I'm half Australian, half English and I live in London. That is the only reason I came upon this story. My Australian mother, Meredith… — Tom Hooper
The US constitution's First Amendment rights only cover Americans, but I believe that in a democracy the competition of ideas and free speech should combat… — Joichi Ito
I write in a slangy colloquial speech that has not been common in the Israeli tradition of writing, and that is one of the things… — Etgar Keret

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