Quotes About Speech

Sometimes, to remain silent is to lie, since silence can be interpreted as assent.

Puheesi on kuin kärpäsen surinaa korvissani.

Feminists often pretend to be angry and offended in order to win debates or, I should say, prevent debates from ever happening. If you can act angry and offended, especially on a college campus, you can shut down the other side using a speech code.

In other words, they were unwilling to tolerate conservative speech, which they were intolerant of conservative speech.

You can create any change you want with your mouth.

One word can sometimes be sharper than a thousand swords

Pero cuando se habla, no se mira. Los charlatanes nunca ven nada.

The Bible said that a wise person must rein in his tongue. Not everything you wanted to say should be said.

The rantings of mad people do not yield greater freedom.

Se sueltan las ataduras, la timidez, y articulo un discurso fluido y seguro. El tiempo vuela y ni me entero. Solo al final me doy cuenta de que estoy totalmente agotado por la enorme descarga de adrenalina que necesita mi tímido niño interior para soltarse.

A man's mouth can save him. His speech makes one forgive him.

Speech falls on the heart like fire, One cannot endure the word of mouth.

Lo, all maidservants are rude in their speech, When the mistress speaks it irks the servants.

Good nature is a man's heaven, The cursing of the [furious] is painful. If you are skilled in speech, you will win, The tongue is [a king's] sword; Speaking is stronger than all fighting, The skillful is not overcome.

Freedom. Freedom of religion. Freedom to speak their mind. Freedom to build a life. And yes, freedom to build a business. With their own hands. This is the essence of the American experience.

Lord, give us the wisdom to utter words that are gentle and tender, for tomorrow we may have to eat them.

Je gardais le silence ou grognais n'importe quoi ; – les mots ne me sortaient plus. Forcément, mon gosier n'était plus apte à former des sons mais exclusivement des pierres. Elles me harcelaient toutes cependant, comme elles harcelaient les autres hommes, ne sachant pas à quoi elles s'exposaient : j'étais prêt à vomir un torrent de pierres. »

Freedom of expression comes with responsibilities, especially when it comes with serious implications for peace.

El candidato presidencial revela un extraordinario talento para «leer» a su audiencia y dar un discurso a la medida de las esperanzas y los miedos de quienes le escuchan.

No hay quien supere al héroe del pueblo en su don de palabra, en su carisma.

Gran parte de la clase media y hasta gente de la más alta alcurnia también simpatizan con el discurso regenerador de la moral pública que el líder disemina por todos los medios de comunicación.

C'est un parleur étrange, et qui trouve toujours L'art de ne vous rien dire avec de grands discours.

Quand on sait entendre, on parle toujours bien.

MADAME PERNELLE. For slanderers abound in calumnies . . . ORGON. Mother, you'd make me damn my soul. I tell you I saw with my own eyes his shamelessness. MADAME PERNELLE. Their tongues for spitting venom never lack, There's nothing here below they'll not attack. ORGON. Your speech has not a single grain of sense. I saw it, harkee, saw it, with these eyes I saw—d'ye know what saw means?—must I say it A hundred times, and din it in your ears?