Speech Quotes

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I fear a Man of frugal speech - I fear a Silent Man - Haranguer - I can overtake - Or Babbler - entertain -… — Emily Dickinson
Be generous in prosperity and thankful in adversity, Be fair in thy judgment, and guarded in thy speech. Be a lamp unto those who walk… — BahÃ¡'u'llÃ¡h
Darwin speculated that â€œmusic tones and rhythms were used by our half-human ancestors, during the season of courtship, when animals of all kinds are excited… — Oliver Sacks
For jokes as well as justice come in with speech. - Aslan, The Magician's Nephew — C.S. Lewis
The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched out, if possible, to destroy the freedom of thinking, speaking,… — John Adams
from Bill Clinton speech- People are more impressed by the power of our example rather than the example of our power... — William J. Clinton
I believe in evolution, scientific inquiry, and global warming; I believe in free speech, whether politically correct or politically incorrect, and I am suspicious of… — Barack Obama
Let eloquence be flung to the dogs rather than souls be lost. What we want is to win souls. They are not won by flowery… — Charles Spurgeon
The search for the means to put an end to things, an end to speech, is what enables the discourse to continue. — Samuel Beckett
Censor the body and you censor breath and speech at the same time. Write yourself. Your body must be heard. — Helene Cixous
Symbols are nothing but the natural speech of drama. — Tennessee Williams
Nature is a temple, where the living Columns sometimes breathe confusing speech; Man walks within these groves of symbols, each Of which regards him as… — Charles Baudelaire
Music is well said to be the speech of angels; in fact, nothing among the utterances allowed to man is felt to be so divine.… — Thomas Carlyle
But wherever we are, we must all, in our daily lives, live up to the age-old faith that peace and freedom walk together. In too… — John F. Kennedy
And is not peace, in the last analysis, basically a matter of human rights -- the right to live out our lives without fear of… — John F. Kennedy
Touch comes before sight, before speech. It is the first language and the last, and it always tells the truth. — Margaret Atwood
Fair speech may hide a foul heart. — J.R.R. Tolkien
When Kino had finished, Juana came back to the fire and ate her breakfast. They had spoken once, but there is not need for speech… — John Steinbeck
The source of all unhappiness is other people. As soon as you learn to think of other people as noisy furniture, the sooner you will… — Scott Adams
I should say here, because some in Washington like to dream up ways to control the Internet, that we don't need to 'control' free speech,… — Peggy Noonan

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