A good speech is like a miniskirt--long enough to over all the vital parts, short enough to entice and captivate listeners.
Music expresses feeling and thought, without language; it was below and before speech, and it is above and beyond all words.
It is one thing to be eloquent and charming in profane speech, and another when the one speaking as a religious.
The long version of the play is actually an easier version to follow. In all of the cut versions the intense speeches are cut too close together for the audience and the actors.
Monkeys who very sensibly refrain from speech, lest they should be set to earn their livings.
Several speeches were made by the chiefs during the council, all expressive in the highest degree of their friendly disposition towards our government, and their conduct in every particular manifested the sincerity of their declarations.
Death threatens our speech with futility because death is not just a biological event - it is a reality we fear may rob our living of any significance.
I can imagine Iceland becoming a good place to run a controversial Web site. But... Iceland may find itself forced to defend controversial speech.
Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.
Hollywood is right. A good and strong movie can have a more powerful social impact than any and all political speeches or newspaper editorials and columns.
Being a good listener is more than just being quiet. It's reflecting back on what you're hearing. It's processing the information to formulate a question, a comment or a speech.
The First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that is beside the point. Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation to tolerate speech.
During the presidential primaries of 1940, I received a request from the Democratic National Committee to sing God Bless America before the speeches.
But I will say that living in Ireland has changed the cadence and fullness of speech, since the Irish love words and use as many of them in a sentence as possible.
You're an old-timer if you can remember when setting the world on fire was a figure of speech.
Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.
As a matter of fact, I didn't make a political speech outside of my state for 20 years.
There is great worth in holding universal truths and timelessly beautiful words in your heart, which will stay there forever, infusing your thoughts and speech…
I've discovered this new electronic technique that creates new speech out of stuff that's already there.
It's a blessing as an artist to express myself - whether that be via dance, via song or via speech - in so many different ways.
Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either.
