Convenience Quote by Henry David Thoreau

A speech is something you say so as to distract attention from what you do not say.

— Anonymous

Speech is a powerful master and achieves the most divine feats with the smallest and least evident body. It can stop fear, relieve pain,…

— Gorgias

Speech is a very important aspect of being human. A whisper doesn't cut it.

— James Earl Jones

Speech is one of the marvels that characterize man, and also one of the most difficult spontaneous creations that have been accomplished by nature.

— Maria Montessori

We must have reasons for speech but we need none for silence

— Proverb

“There are many fine things we cannot say if we have to shout.”

— Henry David Thoreau

Speech is not a means in the service of an external end. It contains its own rule of usage, ethics, and view of the…

— Maurice Merleau-Ponty

It is no use speaking in soft, gentle tones if everyone else is shouting.

— Joseph Priestley

Speech is the index of the mind.

— Seneca the Younger

Speech is as a pump, by which we raise and pour out the water from the great lake of Thought,--whither it flows back again.

— John Sterling

A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence go together.

— Margaret Atwood

The most important part of any speech is the people that are listening to it respond to it and appreciate it.

— Jerome Bettis