Because of my language and the pantomime with which most Europeans accompany their speech, I was catalogued as a heavy.
This identity, this mind, this particular cast of speech, is nearly over.
Speech is a very important aspect of being human. A whisper doesn't cut it.
Robert Wood: Let the microphone do the work, sir.
Laughter is, after speech, the chief thing that holds society together.
Most men make little use of their speech than to give evidence against their own understanding.
Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.
Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.
Life was not easy, nor was it happy, but she did not expect life to be easy, and, if it was not happy, that was woman's lot. It was a man's world, and she accepted it as such. The man owned the property, and the woman managed it. The man took credit ...
Ellen's life was not easy, nor was it happy, but she did not expect life to be easy, and, if it was not happy, that was woman's lot. It was a man's world, and she accepted it as such. The man owned the property, and the woman managed it. The man took...
Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring that 'all men are created equal.' We now practically read it, 'all men are created equal, except negroes.' When the Know-Nothings get control, it will rea...
What would the new teacher, representing France, teach us? Railroading? No. France knows nothing valuable about railroading. Steamshipping? No. France has no superiorities over us in that matter. Steamboating? No. French steamboating is still of Fult...
Are you going to give a speech?' she asked gaily. He gave a choked laugh. 'Of course not,' he said. 'Not for ages.' 'My cousin Davey gave one on his very first day!' ... 'In the Lords, I remember. It was about how he didn't like strawberry jam.' 'Be ...
Your silence will not protect you.
Revolution is not a one time event.
Indifferentism is the worst kind of disease that can affect people.
I gave a funny speech at my wife's birthday party, and I'm thinking, 'Hey, I've still got it.'
To master life, control the mind. To control the mind, guard your speech.
I don't think we should view corporations as people for the purposes of speech.
So many times, I have a speech ready but no dice. Always a bridesmaid, never a mother.
One man's blasphemy doesn't override other people's free-speech rights, their freedom to publish, freedom of thought.
