Quotes About Speech

They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.

Do not be deceived by a man's eloquence; rather whoever fulfils trusts and refrains from impugning people's honour is a real man.

As the grace of man is in the mind, so the beauty of the mind is eloquence.

A man's behavior is the index of the man, and his discourse is the index of his understanding.

Freedom of press and freedom of speech: What a blessing for a country while in the hands of honest, patriotic men; what a curse if in the hands of designing demagogues.

I reckon silence more profitable than speech, for? in the words of the Preacher, 'The words of wise men are heard in quiet' (Eccles. 9:17).

Yet, sadly, accidental rudeness occurs alarmingly often. Best to say nothing at all, my dear man.

To speak well of a base man is much the same as speaking ill of a good man.

As long as men are free to speak, a small, rational minority will always prevail over an irrational majority.

When the voices of democracy are silenced, freedom becomes a hollow concept. No man or woman should be sentenced to the shadows of silence for something he or she has said or written.

The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Speech has been given to man to disguise his thoughts.

Mr. President, I wish to speak today, not as a Massachusetts man, nor as a Northern man, but as an American. I speak for the preservation of the Union. Hear me for my cause.

If you sincerely believed in God, how could you form one thought, speak one sentence, without mentioning Him?

A speech with magical force. Nowadays, people don't believe in these kinds of things. Except in the Metaverse, that is, where magic is possible. The Metaverse is a fictional structure made out of code. And code is just a form of speech—the form that computers understand. The Metaverse in its entirety could be considered a single vast nam-shub, enacting itself on L. Bob Rife's fiber-optic network.

and he had a Boston accent that could scrape the rust from a manhole cover.

What about all those hieroglyphic inscriptions?" "Bumper stickers, Lagos called them. Corrupt political speech.

She didn't really know the speech of Beedles and so she made it as simple as she could: "I am Death," she said. "Now, which one of us is going to open the gate?

Men of the other type—the ones who use speech as a tool of their work, who are confident and fluent—aren't necessarily more intelligent, or even more educated. It took Shaftoe a long time to figure that out.

into a fake argument. The other side, facing the user, was a list of little reminders as to what was really going on: Speech is aggression Every utterance has a winner and a loser Curiosity is feigned Lying is performative Stupidity is power

he had a Boston accent that could scrape the rust from a manhole cover.

That which you think of, but thereafter never speak of, creates at one level. That which you think of and speak of creates at another level. That which you think, speak, and do becomes made manifest in your reality.

Every tounge bit had another word to say.

You see how the words work? They betray your mouth and walk away.