Stammer Quotes

29 quotes by 23 authors

A stammering man is never a worthless one. Physiology can tell you why. It is an excess of sensibility to the presence of his fellow… — Thomas Carlyle
I mean, I'm 6-foot-11, I've got red hair, freckles, I'm a goofy, nerdy-looking guy, I've got a speech impediment-I stutter and stammer all the time-and… — Bill Walton
When we preach Christ crucified, we have no reason to stammer, or stutter, or hesitate, or apologize; there is nothing in the gospel of which… — Charles Spurgeon
I knew all about Edward VIII's abdication, George VI becoming the king and having a stammer, but nothing about how he got rid of it. — Geoffrey Rush
I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer — Peter Ustinov
I had this terrible stammer, so I couldn't really speak properly until I was 16 or 17. — Carly Simon
POWER: The ability to make our fellow humans squirm, sweat and stammer on command. Often regarded as an aphrodisiac; actually a potent laxative that, whenever… — Rick Bayan
This stammer got me a home in Beverly Hills, and I'm not about to screw with it now. — Bob Newhart
Everybody prays whether [you think] of it as praying or not. The odd silence you fall into when something very beautiful is happening or something… — Frederick Buechner
I think three or four years ago, people would have said my biggest weakness was that sometimes I was awkward on television, with my stammer,… — Ed Balls
I have such bad memories, sitting in the back of a classroom, being told, you know, everybody is going to read a paragraph, and skipping… — Vince Flynn
What has influenced my life more than any other single thing has been my stammer. Had I not stammered I would probably... have gone to… — W. Somerset Maugham
If we discovered that we only had five minutes left to say all that we wanted to say, every telephone booth would be occupied by… — Christopher Morley
I've been told to speed up my delivery when I perform. But if I lose the stammer, I'm just another slightly amusing accountant. — Bob Newhart
Words can never fully say what we want them to say, for they fumble, stammer, and break the best porcelain. The best one can hope… — Margaret Weis
And truly it little matters what I say, this or that or any other thing. Saying is inventing. Wrong, very rightly wrong. You invent nothing,… — Samuel Beckett
Creation discloses a power that baffles our minds and beggars our speech. We are enamored and enchanted by God's power. We stutter and stammer about… — Brennan Manning
What happened to your stammer?" "I suppose I must feel comfortable with you. I tend to stammer less with certain people." "No one's ever told… — Lisa Kleypas
I believe in fiction and the power of stories because that way we speak in tongues. We are not silenced. All of us, when in… — Jeanette Winterson
What's up?" Christian asked. "Need some hairstyling tips?" "Tips you stole from me? No thanks. But I hear you've got a really good bacon meatloaf… — Richelle Mead

Who Wrote These Stammer Quotes

23 authors contributed a total of 29 Stammer Quotes as follows: