Speeches Quotes

246 quotes by 217 authors

I was very glad that Mr. Attlee described my speeches in the war as expressing the will not only of Parliament but of the whole… — Winston Churchill
I hate crowds and making speeches. I hate facing cameras and having to answer to a crossfire of questions. Why popular fancy should seize upon… — Albert Einstein
I fell asleep at my desk many times. This was when working on eventsâ€”virtually every one Iâ€™ve done in the last 5 years. I was… — Mike Rinder
A new report just came out that says President Obama has mentioned Jesus Christ in more speeches than President Bush did. Can you believe that?… — Conan O'Brien
I've found that festivals are a relatively painless way to meet people and make a few points that need making, without having to hit them… — Pete Seeger
Speeches are for the younger men who are going places. And I'm not going anyplace except six feet under the floor of that little chapel… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
We had a national tragedy this week, and the President of the United States and Sarah Palin both made speeches on the same day. Obama… — Bill Maher
I dont want to win? If that were the case why the heck am I on the bus 16 hours a day, shaking thousands of… — George W. Bush
That has always seemed to me one of the stranger aspects of literary fame: you prove your competence as a writer and an inventor of… — J M Coetzee
You can make a lot of speeches, but the real thing is when you dig a hole, plant a tree, give it water, and make… — Wangari Maathai
The position of Prussia in Germany will not be determined by its liberalism but by its power ... Prussia must concentrate its strength and hold… — Otto von Bismarck
Obamas finest speeches do not excite. They do not inform. They dont even really inspire. They elevate. . . . He is not the Word… — Ezra Klein
I think J.D. Salinger is correct in granting no interviews, and in making no speeches — Patricia Highsmith
Iâ€™m not for profiling people on the color of their skin, or on their religion, but I would take into account where they've been traveling… — Rand Paul
It is a profoundly erroneous truism, repeated by all copy books and by eminent people when they are making speeches, that we should cultivate the… — Alfred North Whitehead
Ward has no heart, they say, but I deny it: He has a heart, and gets his speeches by it. — Samuel Rogers
There happen to be whole large parts of adult American life that nobody talks about in commencement speeches. One such part involves boredom, routine, and… — David Foster Wallace
It would be desirable if every Government, when it comes to power, should have its old speeches burnt. — Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden
Gangsta rap often reaches higher than its ugliest, lowest common denominator, misogyny, violence, materialism and sexual transgression are not its exclusive domain. At its best,… — Michael Eric Dyson
A 'Hitler myth' was cultivated which built on people's desire for strong leadership, and presented Hitler as an almost God-like figure. Hitler's image was laboured… — Unknown Author

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