Speech Quotes
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Speech is the representation of the mind, and writing is the representation of speech.
Aristotle
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The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
Diogenes
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A master of improvised speech and improvised policies.
A. J. P. Taylor
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The most precious things in speech are pauses.
Ralph Richardson
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I couldn't speak well. I went to speech therapy for 10 years. And I was sort of frustrated in that sense.
Walter Dean Myers
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We've got a strong group of Republicans who are conservatives who know that their jobs aren't finished when they finish their speech.
Lamar Alexander
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Speech is the twin of my vision, it is unequal to measure itself, it provokes me forever, it says sarcastically, Walt you contain enough, why don't you let it out then?
Walt Whitman
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I feel like freedom of speech is one of the great things in this country and the freedom to do what you feel is right.
Taya Kyle
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Speech happens to not be his language.
Madame de Stael
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Speech is the best show a man puts on.
Benjamin Lee Whorf
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Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.
Flea Red Hot Chili Peppers
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Not being able to read and write music is not the same as being illiterate in speech and writing.
Yiannis Chryssomallis
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Ben Crenshaws, Ive got a good feeling speech.
Steve Norman Spandau Ballet
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Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being.
Hannah Arendt
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Free expression is the base of human rights, the root of human nature and the mother of truth. To kill free speech is to insult human rights, to stifle human nature and to suppress truth.
Liu Xiaobo
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Speech is silver, silence is golden.
Thomas Carlyle
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For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals. Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination. We learned to talk and we learned to listen. Speech has allowed the communication of ideas, enabling human beings to work together to build the impossible. Mankind's greatest achievements have come about by talking, and its greatest failures by not talking. It doesn't have to be like this. Our greatest hopes could become reality in the future. With the technology at our disposal, the possibilities are unbounded. All we need to do is make sure we keep talking.
Stephen Hopkins
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I've been working hard: lots of therapy, speech therapy, physical therapy, yoga too.
Gabrielle Giffords
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If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
George Washington
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Free speech is not a bogus issue. It is an issue.
Wayne Rogers
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I do find my speech difficult at times, but it's getting so much better as my confidence grows and that's thanks to the position I'm now in, which is totally due to my fans.
Gareth Gates
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I thought I would lose, so I didn't prepare a speech.
E. L. Doctorow
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EVERY intention which does not assert itself by deeds is a vain intention, and the speech which expresses it is idle speech. It is action which proves life and establishes will.
Eliphas Levi
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By sincerity, a man gains physical, mental and linguistic straightforwardness, and harmonious tendency; that is, congruence of speech and action.
Mahavira