Speech Quotes

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Speakers who have grown up in the American community unconsciously know its rules about taking turns in conversations-in the same way that they know the… — Peter Farb
No child is capable of speech until he has heard other human beings speak, and even two infants reared together cannot develop a language from… — Peter Farb
Native speakers of a language know intuitively whether a sentence is grammatical or not. They usually cannot specify exactly what is wrong, and very possibly… — Peter Farb
We stand for free speech. This means we are not going to ban distasteful subreddits. We will not ban legal content even if we find… — Yishan Wong
Another good thing about gossip is that it is within everybody's reach, And it is much more interesting than any other form of speech. — Ogden Nash
The only place you see a free market is in the speeches of politicians. — Dwayne Andreas
Every St. Patrick's Day every Irishman goes out to find another Irishman to make a speech to. — Shane Leslie
Remember that you are a human being with a soul and the divine gift of articulate speech: that your native language is the language of… — George Bernard Shaw
Speech is the index of the mind. — Seneca the Younger
The endless cycle of idea and action, / Endless invention, endless experiment, / Brings knowledge of motion, but not of stillness; / Knowledge of speech,… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
The shortest distance between two jokes makes a perfect speech. — Orlando Aloysius Battista
From the standpoint of freedom of speech and the press, it is enough to point out that the state has no legitimate interest in protecting… — Tom C. Clark
The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing a panic. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
The exploitation of women, mass hunger, disregard for freedom of conscience and for freedom of speech, widespread and racial discrimination all these evils are far… — Rene Cassin
Conversation was never begun at once, nor in a hurried manner. No one was quick with a question, no matter how important, and no one… — Luther Standing Bear
Never be silent! Make your opinions known, and do not fear retribution for speaking your mind! The only ones who will aggressively try to silence… — Derek R. Audette
How does God's love abide in anyone who has the world's goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help? Little… — John the Apostle
Sign language is the equal of speech, lending itself equally to the rigorous and the poetic, to philosophical analysis or to making love. — Oliver Sacks
To be free from all egoistic motive, careful of truth in speech and action, void of self-will and self-assertion, watchful in all things, is the… — Sri Aurobindo
Solon used to say that speech was the image of actions; . . . that laws were like cobwebs, - for that if any trifling… — Diogenes

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