Award shows Quote by Tom Hanks

You kind of half-prepare a speech in your head, and then you get up there and then you end up saying nothing that was…

— Ed Sheeran

I thought making speeches for money was a much better thing than getting connected with any one group or company, as so many people…

— Hillary Clinton

We must get the American public to look past the glitter, beyond the showmanship, to the reality, the hard substance of things. And we'll…

— Mario Cuomo

I didn't feel good about cutting out parts of very famous speeches, ... You think you somehow need all of it or you get…

— Tom Stoppard

I happen to have given lots of free speeches.

— Hillary Clinton

We live in an image society. Speeches are not what anybody cares about; what they care about is the picture.

— Madeleine Albright

When you're standing in front of an audience like this that is so enthusiastic and so much behind you, it is very hard to…

— Susan Estrich

Always, with speeches, I feel like it's an opportunity to say something.

— David Harbour

You can make a lot of speeches, but the real thing is when you dig a hole, plant a tree, give it water, and…

— Wangari Maathai

I think my speeches are hilarious. I think I'm a natural comedian, but I like denying people the chance to laugh. I want to…

— Lydia Lunch

Speakers find joy in public speaking when they realize that a speech is all about the audience, not the speaker. Most speakers are so…

— Nick Morgan

I don't want to spend the rest of my life giving speeches.

— Colin Powell