Speech Quotes

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In the first speech I delivered as health secretary, I made one thing perfectly clear: we need a cultural shift in the NHS: from a… — Andrew Lansley
I have lived under totalitarian Communism, so I prize freedom as much as anyone and have long fought for freedom of conscience and speech. — Os Guinness
I did dancing and singing when I was little, and then when I was 12 years old my friends were taking speech and drama at… — Bella Heathcote
I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you — Ben Folds
Politicians employ speech writers as ventriloquists. — George F Will
No woman can be handsome by the force of features alone, any more than she can be witty only by the help of speech. — Richard Steele
It takes two to speak truth, one to speak and another to hear. — Henry David Thoreau
It is by the fortune of God that, in this country, we have three benefits: freedom of speech, freedom of thought, and the wisdom never… — Mark Twain
Do not save your loving speeches for your friends till they are dead. Do not write them on their tombstones, speak them rather now instead. — Anna Cummins
And when you see them, their persons will please you, and If they speak, you will listen to their speech; (they are) as if they… — Quran
Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret. — Dr Laurence J Peter
If the Prodigal Son's a parable, and if Adam and Eve are metaphors, then maybe God is just figure of speech. — Dan Barker
What the heart thinks, the tongue speaks — Romanian Proverb
No one is saved by mere talk and speech, nor by reading loads of books. — Sri Guru Granth Sahib
You're an old-timer if you can remember when setting the world on fire was a figure of speech. — Franklin P Jones
Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both — John Andrew Holmes
Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity. — Buddha
Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none; be able for thine enemy rather in power than use; and keep thy friend under thine… — William Shakespeare
My father gave me these hints on speech-making: Be sincere... be brief... be seated. — James Roosevelt
He does not live in vain; who employs his wealth, his thought, and his speech to advance the good of others — Hindu Proverb

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