Quotes of: Speech Keyword

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.

Martin Farquhar Tupper

Un bon croquis vaut mieux qu'un long discours (A good sketch is better than a long speech)

Napoleon Bonaparte

The principle of academic freedom is designed to make sure that powers outside the university, including government and corporations, are not able to control the curriculum or intervene in extra-mural speech.

Judith Butler

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 deny you the relief of the punchline.

Lydia Lunch

I speak onstage to try to establish some method of communication. The songs are supposed to be a way of communicating. But speech and drinks and sometimes chocolates are also a way of communicating.

Jarvis Cocker

I never had a speech from my father 'this is what you must do or shouldn't do' but I just learned to be led by example. My father wasn't perfect.

Adam Sandler

Using rhetorical questions in speeches is a great way to keep the audience involved. Don't you think those kinds of questions would keep your attention?

Bo Bennett

The riot isn't seen in the movie, but it is alluded to. He has this one speech that gives a great sense of texture and paints a picture of what was happening in Harlem then.

Debbie Allen

A lot of people have said to me, 'That's a great idea, running for president. You'll get booked for more speeches. You can write a book.'

John Bolton

I make good money: One speech nets me more than what most people make in six months.

Alain Robert

I have learned that it is far easier to write a speech about good advertising than it is to write a good ad.

Leo Burnett

I've had a lot of fear in my life, from fear of flying to fear of making a speech in front of a lot of people.

Chris Evert

Expressive speech, with modulation in pitch and volume, and a minimum of noticeable pauses, boosts credibility and enhances the impression of intelligence.

Leonard Mlodinow

Black leadership has to recognize that principles more than speech, character more than a claim, is greater in advancing the cause of our liberation than what has transpired thus far.

Louis Farrakhan

P.E. was my life in school. Without it, I wouldn't be standing here. It gave me confidence when I was an overweight kid with a speech impediment.

Herschel Walker

The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

Danica Patrick

When a man is asked to make a speech, the first thing he has to decide is what to say.

Gerald R. Ford

Lord Chancellor, did I deliver the speech well? I am glad of that, for there was nothing in it.

George III

Commercial speech is like obscenity... we can't seem to define it, but we know it when we see it.

Jef I. Richards

In the world of commercial speech, tobacco advertising bears the earmarks of an endangered species.

Jef I. Richards