Quotes About Speech

In the old man's face there was nothing very special - save that the chin was so greatly projected that whenever he spoke he was forced to wipe it with a handkerchief to avoid dribbling.

A good basic guideline for our speech (in relation to Ethical Conduct) is to reflect whether what we are saying is both true and useful. There may be times when we are honest in what we say, but our words are too brutal or harsh. And there may be other times when we are deliberately being kind with the words we choose, but what we are saying is not totally true.

A good basic guideline for our speech is to reflect on whether what we are saying is both true and useful. There may be times when we are honest in what we say, but our words are too brutal or harsh. And there may be other times when we are deliberately being kind with the words we choose, but what we are saying is not totally true.

The government of Israel doesn't like the kinds of things I say, which puts them into the same category as every other government in the world.

In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in any other country. It is also a very free society.

To sum up, the human interest in language seems to be an innate interest in coding and decoding, and this seems to be as nearly specifically human as any interest can be. Speech is the greatest interest and most distinctive achievement o man.

It is quite clear that if left alone, babies will make attempts at speech. These attempts, however, show their own inclinations to utter something, and do not follow any existing form of language. It is almost equally clear that if a community of children were left out of contact with the language of their seniors through the critical speech-forming years, they would emerge with something, which crude as it might be, would be unmistakably a language.

Tallal's research showed that children with language disabilities have auditory processing problems with common consonant-vowel combinations that are spoken quickly and are called "the fast parts of speech." The children have trouble hearing them accurately and, as a result, reproducing them accurately.

When it comes to curbing speech, experience thus confirms the general rule in human affairs: humility is to be preferred over arrogance.

Freedom is poetry, taking liberties with words, breaking the rules of normal speech, violating common sense. Freedom is violence.

Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.

Bütün hayat? boyunca konu?tu. Sonunda tutunamayanlar diye bir söz ç?kabildi ortaya: bir tek kelime. Ço?ul bir kelime. Unutamad??? baz? insanlar? birle?tiren bir kelime.

Man does not speak because he thinks; he thinks because he speaks. Or rather, speaking is no different than thinking: to speak is to think.

Remember this: a story that must be told never forgives silence. Speech is the mouth's debt to a story.

Shatov stared at me and said, 'Old boy, you don't understand. A member of the Politburo who can speak for forty minutes without notes — he must be a genius!

Ten, kto nie nauczy? si? mówi?, zostanie na zawsze uwi?ziony w pu?apce.

He [Oliver Cromwell] in a furious manner, bid the Speaker leave his chair; told the house That they had sat long enough, unless they had done more good; and that it was not fit they should sit as a parliament any longer, and desired them to go away.

The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them.

We speak not only to tell other people what we think, but to tell ourselves what we think. Speech is a part of thought.

We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe.

Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.

Carve every word before you let it fall.

Your words have the power of life and death. Choose them wisely.

Big mouths and small brains make the strangest noises.