Art Quote by William Lloyd Garrison

The problem with speeches isn't so much not knowing when to stop, as knowing when not to begin.

— Frances Rodman

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

Great speeches have always had great soundbites. The problem now is that the young technicians who put together speeches are paying attention only to…

— Peggy Noonan

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…

— Vince Flynn

Speeches pass away, but acts remain.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Making clever speeches takes a lot of work and a lot of time.

— Elaine Stritch

Humans generally get out the gist of what they need to say right at the beginning, then spend forever qualifying, contradicting, burnishing or taking…

— Richard Ford

A lot of people would flee from what they think is award-show cheesiness, and I don't. I often joke that my speeches are very…

— Tom Hanks

When you make as many speeches and you talk as much as I do and you get away from the text, it's always a…

— Dan Quayle

If I stop today at a protest and I read a speech, it is a speech that remains in that moment, and whoever captures…

— Bocafloja

When making a speech, most people will only remember the first and last parts. If these are good, the entire speech is good.

— Maria Micah Rosales

Speeches are much easier if you read them. I just find when I do that, it's harder to fire up the crowd.

— Donald Trump