Quotes About Speech

Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words

The mind will quote whether the tongue does or not.

Reality must be always real. It is not with forms and names. That which underlies all these is the reality. It underlies limitations, being itself limitless. It is not bound. It underlies unrealities, itself being real. Reality is that which is. It is as it is. It transcends speech. It is beyond the expressions 'existence', 'non-existence' etc.

The Duke of Devonshire had recently made an important speech in favour of Free Trade at Rawtenstall. Churchill went on in his letter: 'Fancy The Times boycotting the old Duke's speech. What blackguards the Protectionist Press are.' He was a little naïve at this time about the habits of the Press from The Times downwards.

I find that there is no speech that is not soliloquy. And yet, always, I sense an audience.

Words were something, and it was a lie from the enemy to say words were nothing. Words were something, because words led to actions. As a man thinks, so he is. As he speaks, so he becomes.

We need to balance between two important values, freedom of expression, and social responsibility.

You talk too damn much and too damn much of it is about you.

Even the wordiest of men know there's a time to button it.

You have to be careful what you say in front of comedy writers because they will absolutely make fun of it in the next episode.

You have to be so careful with your voice, especially when you're using it every day.

I learned that you have to be careful about how you say things but not what you say.

I don't want the government to be censoring people, I don't think there should be censoring boards, but I think that means that we the artists need to be very careful about what we're putting out and what were saying and how we're saying it. And I don't think we're being as careful as we should be.

Let me be clear: I am not an advocate of censorship.

There should be no censorship of mail.

I mean, believe me, I'm not for censorship.

We can't let censorship take over.

There shouldn't be any censorship on making a film.

I hate censorship, man. I really do.

I'm not for censorship without reason.

I remember my parents being really on me about speaking in a certain way when I was young, I think because they came from a class that aspired to talk like that.

I give lectures for money, but all the money goes to charity. So, I make no money from it.

When I came to England, the first director I met was Charles Sturridge, who told me, 'You speak like somebody out of the 1950s.'

I could use a Chris Matthews-level speech writer to script everything I say. That would be good.