Quotes About Speech

Let me say and not mourn: the world lives in the death of speech and sings there.

When it is possible to speak a word, it liberates. We do not always remember that it is precisely a word, a Word articulated in our flesh, which has liberated us.

If we do not believe in freedom of speech for people we despise, we do not believe in it at all.

An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.

Wise men talk because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.

let the speaker speak truly and the judge decide justly.

And Agathon said, It is probable, Socrates, that I knew nothing of what I had said. And yet spoke you beautifully, Agathon, he said.

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools speak because they have to say something

The reason is that they utter these words of theirs not by virtue of a skill, but by a divine power - otherwise, if they knew how to speak well on one topic thanks to a skill, they would know how to speak about every other topic too.

I grow impatient at the length of your exordium.

I do not know, men of Athens, how my accusers affected you; as for me, I was almost carried away in spite of myself, so persuasively did they speak. And yet, hardly anything of what they said is true.

Stranger: 'Are not thought and speech the same, with this exception, that what is called thought is the unuttered conversation of the soul with herself? Theatetus: Quite true. Stranger: But the stream of thought which flows through the lips and is audible is called speech? Theatetus: True. Stranger: And we know that there exists in speech... Theatetus: What exists? Stranger: Affirmation Theatetus: Yes, we know it.

Orang bijak berbicara karena ada sesuatu yang HARUS dikatakan, sedangkan orang bodoh berbicara karena INGIN mengatakan sesuatu.

Never mind the manner, which may or may not be good; but think only of the truth of my words, and give heed to that: let the speaker speak truly and the judge decide justly. (Socrates)

How brave a thing is freedom of speech, which has made the Athenians so far exceed every other state of Hellas in greatness!

wise men talk because they have something to say fools talk because they have to say something

But a man whose actions do not agree with his words is an annoyance to me; and the better he speaks the more I hate him, and then I seem to be a hater of discourse.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

The true test of a man's spirituality is not his ability to speak, as we are apt to think, but rather his ability to bridle his tongue.

Ouch. Cursing—not so dashing.

I said what might have been a bad word meaning excrement, but I hope that I used a polite synonym.

I suspect she must speak without emotion or otherwise entirely lose the self-control that is required to speak to me at all.

His voice had sounded as though he lived entirely on mayonnaise and butter but never quite cleared his throat of them;

There's maybe ten places in the country where free speech still works, but this isn't one of them.