Speeches Quotes

246 Speeches quotes by 217 unique authors

I do still get extremely nervous before speeches. My biggest fear is that I'll be standing there in front of hundreds of people and be… — Marcus Buckingham
No, and in fact I get a bit frustrated, because I'm actually quite good at one-liners, and I've had hundreds of them over the years,… — Vince Cable
One reason I do the live shows - and the monthly speeches at public radio stations - is to remind myself that people hear the… — Ira Glass
When I give a lot of speeches, they're always on the fly. I mean, I know what I'm going to say roughly, but I do… — Vince Flynn
I can't say I'm not nervous at all with media and doing speeches, but I'm getting used to it and better at it, hopefully. — Lydia Ko
I find doing speeches nerve wrecking. — Kate Middleton
To walk into Bill Olsen's poems is to enter a mind so weirdly curious, you can't be released to sadness, not yet: it's just too… — Marianne Boruch
The only place you see a free market is in the speeches of politicians. — Dwayne Andreas
I actually think agendas are more often found in State of the Union speeches than in inaugural speeches. — Gwen Ifill
Socrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, "Let him beat me too… — Jean de La Fontaine
I didn't feel good about cutting out parts of very famous speeches, ... You think you somehow need all of it or you get none… — Tom Stoppard
It is not set speeches at the moment of battle that render soldiers brave. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Speeches pass away, but acts remain. — Napoleon Bonaparte
If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these acceptance speeches there wouldn't be any inducement to go to heaven. — Will Rogers
Coolidge made less speeches and got more votes than any man that ever run. (William Jennings) Bryan was listened to and cheered by more people… — Will Rogers
There are two kinds of speeches: the Mother Hubbard speech, which, like the garment, covers everything but touches nothing, and the French bathing suit speech,… — Lyndon B. Johnson
As it can be maintained that all the great advances have come from men under forty, so the history of the world shows that a… — William Osler
You get to a certain moment where you realize all those humans who landed on the moon did so in between Chris [Nolan] being born… — Jonathan Nolan
History does seem to repeat itself hence it's mindboggling to still hear the 'avoid all negative people' speeches from, of all people, supposedly important spiritual… — Criss Jami
Hitler appeared, a man with limited intellectual abilities and unfit for any useful work, bursting with envy and bitterness against all whom circumstance and nature… — Albert Einstein
Speeches in our culture are the vacuum that fills a vacuum. — John Kenneth Galbraith
I like that kind of stuff. I like doing speeches. I've been lucky because I've had a lot of characters, over the years, who will… — Donal Logue
Most of Roosevelt's innovations have been the law of the land for 70 years now, and yet we are still a free society free enough,… — Thomas Frank
Ralph Nader is a hero. I know Ralph, and I call him up occasionally. He's helped me out on a couple of occasions when I've… — Al Franken
I've spent too much time giving speeches, traveling the world. — Billy Graham

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