Quotes About Speech

Gregory Lee Johnson was an idiot.

I want to crack jokes about people. That is my right.

I did the commencement speech at UNH in 2006, and one of the biggest jokes was a 'Guts' joke.

He that hath knowledge spareth his words.

Nor do apophthegms only serve for ornament and delight, but also for action and civil use, as being the edge-tools of speech which cut and penetrate the knots of business and affairs: for occasions have their revolutions, and what has once been advantageously used may be so again, either as an old thing or a new one.

Discretion in speech is more than eloquence.

Silence is the virtue of fools.

Cititul îl face pe om deplin, vorbirea îl face prompt, iar scrisul îl face exact.

Kebijaksanaan dalam berbicara lebih berharga daripada kefasihan.

It was an high speech of Seneca (after the manner of the Stoics), that the good things, which belong to prosperity, are to be wished; but the good things, that belong to adversity, are to be admired. Bona rerum secundarum optabilia; adversarum mirabilia.

that the speaking in a perpetual hyperbole, is comely in nothing but in love.

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.

His speech . . . well, she couldn't be quite so sure of that. It certainly wasn't the kind of speech to which she was accustomed} the vowels were either slightly foreign or slightly cockney. It was better, on the whole, to decide that they were foreign.

The moment that a child can walk, like that in which it first can talk, is a precious start of exploration into landscapes of creation. Walking, walking, walking, walking, walking on the earth. By sense of touch the feet assess the nature of the wilderness of earth beneath; yet human speech cannot express what feet can teach. Walking, walking, walking, walking, walking on the earth.

Ath a MAN Writeth, So He Speaketh!

Give not thy tongue too great a liberty, lest it take thee prisoner. A word unspoken is like thy sword in thy scabbard; if vented, the sword is in another?s hand.* If thou desire to be held wise, be so wise as to hold thy tongue.

Right now I think censorship is necessary the things they're doing and saying in films right now just shouldn't be allowed. There's no dignity anymore and I think that's very important.

Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't you think?

habit of speaking in paragraphs.

The difference between a smart man and a wise man is that a smart man knows what to say, a wise man knows whether or not to say it.

Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion all have a double aspect - freedom of thought and freedom of action.

Someday we'll learn the whole story of why George W. Bush brushed off that intelligence briefing of Aug. 6 2001, 'Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.' But surely a big distraction was the major speech he was readying for delivery on Aug. 9, his first prime-time address to the nation.

Betreffs des Mauls, da solltet Ihr das Eure vielleicht halten.

Aber sie tun es doch, sie sprechen von der Ohnmacht und praktizieren Macht, sie bekennen Demut und demütigen andere!