Speech Quotes

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Central to everything I am and believe and have written is my astonishment, naive as it seems to people, that you can use human speech… — George Steiner
We had an exercise in speech class in school, impromptu speaking, that I was always real good at. — John Mellencamp
Prior to going to college, I had a pretty strong accent, and that was one of the things I had to work on a lot.… — Chris Parnell
George Bush ran a campaign where he bragged about being an anti-intellectual, dismissing his Harvard and Yale pedigree, pretending he was an American every day,… — Michael Eric Dyson
Philosophy is an odd thing. When we use the word in everyday speech, you know, you sometimes hear it hilariously. — Stephen Fry
The ancient media of speech and song and theater were radically reshaped by writing, though they were never entirely supplanted, a comfort perhaps to those… — Alison Gopnik
There are 80 jobs in which women earn more than men - positions like financial analyst, speech-language pathologist, radiation therapist, library worker, biological technician, motion… — Warren Farrell
Vocal rest is awesome. It is like any kind of fast. Firstly, it is a purification of speech. It made me realize how not careful… — Matisyahu
Free speech rights means that government officials are barred from creating lists of approved and disapproved political ideas and then using the power of the… — Glenn Greenwald
Net neutrality was essential for our economy; it was essential to preserve freedom and openness, both for economic reasons and free speech reasons, and the… — Julius Genachowski
University of California students can look forward to the same authoritarian management style Secretary Napolitano brought to the Department of Homeland Security, hardly a bastion… — Unknown Author
It is without doubt that freedoms of the press and speech need to be protected, but there are undisputed limits to these freedoms, limits that… — Charles B. Rangel
I think that, as Americans, we should never forget that when we tamper with freedom of speech, it is a very sensitive issue that affects… — Charles B. Rangel
The fundamentals that founded our great nation included the freedom of speech and religion. — Markwayne Mullin
So many times, I have a speech ready but no dice. Always a bridesmaid, never a mother. — Michael Curtiz
I typically start out almost every speech I give making some kind of joke about me being in a wheelchair. — Greg Abbott
The voice I use is a very old hardware speech synthesizer made in 1986. I keep it because I have not heard a voice I… — Stephen Hawking
There is no free speech in football. Information is parsed by monosyllabic head coaches, who dictate who gets to speak to whom and when. — Jane Leavy
By sincerity, a man gains physical, mental and linguistic straightforwardness, and harmonious tendency; that is, congruence of speech and action. — Mahavira
You know if something is good because you remember the lines because it is written so well. The rhythm of the speech is spot on. — Rob James-Collier

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