Bryan Quote by Will Rogers

Speeches are more important in politics than talking points, as a rule, and are better remembered.

— Peggy Noonan

I shouldn't want you to be surprised, or to draw any particular inference from my making speeches, or not making speeches, out there. I…

— Calvin Coolidge

He was a power politically for years, but he never got prominent enough t'have his speeches garbled

— Kin Hubbard

Considering how foolishly people act and how pleasantly they prattle, perhaps it would be better for the world if they talked more and did…

— W. Somerset Maugham

If leadership is about listening, the great political speeches would have been a little different.

— Frankie Boyle

It was a good speech, but the reaction was due to the fact that politics are madness, and even if one does not know…

— Mark Helprin

I didn't vote for [President Bush]. But I've never said anything bad about the guy because I have respect for the office.

— Jon Bon Jovi

I find doing speeches nerve wrecking.

— Kate Middleton

A lot of our leadership has become acutely aware of speaking more fairly, of speaking more balanced, of recognizing that hate speech in any…

— Hamza Yusuf

One of the areas I have a little less confidence in is giving any kind of a speech.

— Danica Patrick

Coolidge liked the dignity of the presidency. He didn't get on the phone easily. It's possible that he banished the phone from his desk.…

— Amity Shlaes

If nobody spoke unless he had something to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech.

— W. Somerset Maugham