Quotes About Speaking

Playing drums is how I communicate. It's how I speak to people. That's my God-given gift.

Try to be as good a listener as you are a speaker. Don't just put the emphasis on saying things. Listen.

The long history of conversations that family members share contributes not only to how listeners interpret words but also to how speakers choose them.

Luckily, my father and my mother liked us to talk, so they encouraged us to talk, so that the girls in my house, they're all very powerful speakers and powerful agents of their own will, as is my brother.

When there is oppression and dictatorship, by not speaking out, we lose our dignity.

When you're fighting for social justice, one of my biggest pet peeves is speaking out of ignorance.

I find that as an athlete, we don't get to speak our mind often or share our hearts. So I chose motivational speaking to help make a difference.

Public speaking, for me, or speaking even in front of a handful of people is my greatest fear.

Since I finished my football career, I've had the opportunity to do a lot of public speaking engagements.

People think actresses find public speaking easy, and it's not easy at all; we're used to hiding behind masks.

Psychoanalysis wants to heal with words and speaking, but sometimes with speaking, you realize nothing.

My singing voice isn't like my speaking voice.

I love presentations more than fashion shows. I love speaking to people and walking them through the collection.

When I accept an invitation for a public speaking engagement, my purpose is to share the TOMS story and our giving mission. In no way do I believe this means I endorse every single aspect of that organization. That may be naive, and you may disagree, but it is my sincere belief.

I've had the honor of speaking at many commencements.

When a person in a Russian prison decides to start speaking, to start speaking the truth - they start to reject oppression.

Crime and legal stories, broadly speaking, are just where my interest happens to lie.

An Englishman's way of speaking absolutely classifies him.

I'm always honored to be speaking alongside Deepak Chopra.

Within the black community, roughly 60 percent of children are born to single moms. Moms don't have the emotional wherewithal to deal with their children. Their English is atrocious. Their speaking is atrocious. The dropout rate is horrendous.

I want God to be speaking louder than the music.

Participation in and of itself is an act against hopelessness. Speaking up is a gesture against hopelessness.

I do some broadcasting and speaking as well.

Nature hath given not only to the highest, but also to the inferior, classes of the people of this nation, a boldness and confidence in speaking and answering, even in the presence of their princes and chieftains.