Speech Quotes

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Due to attachment, anger, and foolishness, I have committed numberless mistakes in speech, deed and thought. I bow my head and repent. I vow from… — Nhat Hanh
I have a voice, too, and for good or evil mine is the speech that cannot be silenced — Joseph Conrad
We forget that, although freedom of speech constitutes an important victory in the battle against old restraints, modern man is in a position where much… — Erich Fromm
Hypocrisy is wretched because the hypocrite says with his tongue what is not in his heart. He wrongs his tongue and oppresses his heart. But… — Hamza Yusuf
I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits… — Barack Obama
It's funny that we think of libraries as quiet demure places where we are shushed by dusty, bun-balancing, bespectacled women. The truth is libraries are… — Paula Poundstone
The deepest of level of communication is not communication, but communion. It is wordless ... beyond speech ... beyond concept. — Thomas Merton
Goebbels was in favor of free speech for views he liked. So was Stalin. If youâ€™re really in favor of free speech, then youâ€™re in… — Noam Chomsky
[T]he truth is that fullness of soul can sometimes overflow in utter vapidity of language, for none of us can ever express the exact measure… — Gustave Flaubert
It is well, when in difficulties, to say never a word, neither black nor white. Speech is silver but silence is golden. — Muriel Spark
Say it again,â€ he says. â€œThat whole drawn-out speech?â€ I remember something about a solar system, but Iâ€™m too light-headed to recite the entire thing… — Simone Elkeles
...Her parents were going to a conference for the weekend. The conference was called "Lawyers are Lovely, Great and Superb: so Why Does Everyone Think… — Jaclyn Moriarty
How many people came and stayed a certain time, Uttered light or dark speech that became part of you Like light behind windblown fog and… — John Ashbery
Perhaps it is possible to discover more in silence than in speech. Or perhaps it is only that those who are silent among us learn… — Alice Hoffman
I became simply a pair of eyes, staring through my mask at Char. I needed no ears because I was too far off to hear… — Gail Carson Levine
With tears running down her face, Cecily had reminded him of the moment at her wedding to Gabriel when he had delivered a beautiful speech… — Cassandra Clare
That is nice, Mr. Morgan. Because in response to your tough-guy speech, I, in turn, wouldâ€™ve had to give you my tough-girl speech, about where,… — Julie James
Becoming yourself is really hard and confusing, and it's a process," she said in her speech. "I was completely the eager beaver in school, I… — Emma Watson
I don't belong to any side. What's more, I think flags are nothing but painted rags that represent rancid emotions. Just seeing someone wrapped up… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Even Dionysus's welcome-home speech wasn't enough to dampen my spirits. "Yes, yes, so the little brat didn't get himself killed and now he'll have an… — Rick Riordan

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