Quotes About Speech

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Supporters were heartened when hawkish Democrat Tom McIntyre of New Hampshire decided to deliver an impassioned speech attacking "the bully boys of the radical Right." He told his wife as he left for the floor, "Come and watch me lose my seat.

The written word has its limits and its challenges, for the primal sound in the whole world is that made by the human voice, and the likeness of this human voice must be rendered in dots and strokes...Yet I never forget that the voice, too, is important...Don't mumble or hesitate. Speak...in a loud voice, clearly, and without fear.

but his mouth was that of the just, which bringeth forth wisdom, and whose lips dispense knowledge.

What is new today is the premise that students are fragile. Even those who are not fragile themselves often believe that others are in danger and therefore need protection. There is no expectation that students will grow stronger from their encounters with speech or texts they label "triggering." (This is the Untruth of Fragility: What doesn't kill you makes you weaker.)

What is new today is the premise that students are fragile. Even those who are not fragile themselves often believe that others are in danger and therefore need protection. There is no expectation that students will grow stronger from their encounters with speech or texts they label "triggering.

We had the whole 'when you assume you make an ass out of you and me' speech in school.

A flapping tongue puts out the light of wisdom."~Polly Shine

A flapping tongue puts out the light of wisdom.

A very dangerous principle is now being established as a social right: Thou shalt not hurt others with words.

One of the more surprising things about lashon hara, evil speech, in Judaism, is that it refers to speech that is true. False speech, libel, or slander, are something else and fall under a different prohibition.

Evil speech kills three people: the one who says it, the one who listens to it, and the one about whom it is said.

That is because speech is much more than the conveying of information. It is the substance of relationship, and when this is poisoned, trust and the social bond are undermined. We use the phrase "character assassination" precisely because some form of violence is being committed, even if it is verbal rather than physical.

They were hot, itchy, and hard to see out of, plus the wool covered our mouths and made it difficult to speak. Aside from that, it was a joy to wear them.

A good speech is like a woman's skirt: short enough to hold your attention, long enough to cover the subject

There is little you can do about the annoying speech mannerisms of others, but there is a lot you can do about your own.

I have the right to remain violente. Everything I say can and will be used against you.

fuck money, I don't rap for dead presidents, I'd rather see the president dead, it's never been said, but I said precedents.

Although the spoken word is over six million years old

Todos los hombres que no tienen nada importante que decir hablan a gritos

First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.

Speaking activates a different part of the brain. If you're trying to understand something, or increase your chance of remembering it later, say it out loud. Better

God had the ability to say whatever He desired, but He chose to speak life! Why? Because the words He spoke are the essence of who He is: Life!

A glib tongue that goes on chattering sings to its own harm,