Quotes About Speech

No man not inspired can make a good speech without preparation.

Speaking is a beautiful folly; with that man dances over all things.

An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.

From a chollerick man withdraw a little; from him that saies nothing, for ever. [From a choleric man withdraw a little; from him that says nothing, for ever.]

It was not the man's brain that was speaking; it was his larynx.

Stay out of the gutter in your conversation. Foul talk defiles the man who speaks it.

Speech is reason's brother, and a kingly prerogative of man.

Stupid speaks loudly; he makes noise like pigs! Wise man speaks calmly; he makes sound like quiet lakes!

In clothes as well as speech, the man of sense Will shun all these extremes that give offense, Dress unaffectedly, and, without haste, Follow the changes in the current taste.

No man weighs his words who has but a moment to live.

The subject is said to have the property of making dull men eloquent.

A man is entitled to say whatever he wants to say. It's America, freedom of speech.

A man may think an untruth as well as speak one.

Speak but little and well, if you would be esteemed as a man of merit.

I'll speak for the man, or against him, whichever will do him the most good.

The wise man thinks once before he speaks twice.

A man of rare common sense and directness of speech, as of action; a transcendentalist above all, a man of ideas and principles,Mthat was what distinguished him.

What are men celebrating? They are all on a committee of arrangements, and hourly expect a speech from somebody. God is only the president of the day, and Webster is his orator.

I beseech you to correct one fault - severe speech of others; never speak evil of any man, no matter what the facts may be.

Man's chiefest treasure is a sparing tongue.

Of themselves diseases come upon men continually by day and by night, bringing mischief to mortals silently; for wise Zeus took away speech from them. So is there no way to escape the will of Zeus

Man makes up his mind he will preach, and he preaches.

When I was child, I never spoke. Teacher used to write remarks on my note book. My mom sent me to a trainer. I started talking, and it gave me confidence.

The more money the louder it talks.