Quotes About Speech

Thank you for inviting me to speak at the Chang-Ch'un

Dragostea e infinitul aflat la îndemâna javrelor care se c???lesc, iar eu am demnitatea mea! Cel care vorbeÅŸte de viitor e un netrebnic, doar clipa de fa?? conteaz?. A-Å£i invoca posteritatea, înseamn? s? Å£ii un discurs viermilor.

Invocar la posteridad es hacer un discurso a los gusanos.

The words were terrible, but they didn't have any power.

Há alguma exageração nisto; mas o discurso humano é assim mesmo, um composto de partes excessivas e partes diminutas, que se compensam, ajustando-se.

a língua humana há de ser sempre impotente para exprimir certos afetos da alma (...). Estou condenado a não dizer nada ou a dizer mal. (A mulher de preto)

Words are life. They can tear down or build up, so use them wisely.

Freedom of Speech doesn't justify online bullying. Words have power, be careful how you use them.

Write like you speak with the 'rhythms of human speech, ' as William Zinsser said, and in as few words as possible. Use action verbs to carry water.

Sow the right words! Think the good thought.

It can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.

For they, the philosophers, were considered teachers of right living, which is far more excellent, since to speak well belongs only to a few, but to live well belongs to all.

What she had liked better still was his drowsy demeanour and slow manner of speech; he had seemed inoffensive, the kind of man who would go about his work without causing trouble, not the least desirable of qualities in a husband.

Al fin y al cabo, hay momentos en la vida de un individuo y de un pueblo en los que el silencio es una utilización abominable del lenguaje. No

While it is good to speak well, it is better to speak the truth.

I wanted to capture what language ability tests could never reveal: her intent, her passion, her imagery, the rhythms of her speech and the nature of her thoughts.

Auntie had a tongue like hungry scissors eating silk cloth.

Better to be silent and thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.

Il faut de l'esprit pour bien parler, de l'intelligence suffit pour bien écouter.

The appeals judge said that pornography did all the harm we claimed--it promoted insult and injury, rape and assault, even caused women to have lower wages--and that these effects proved its power as speech; therefore, it had to be protected.

Then he read the first sentence from the introduction: Without question this modern American dictionary is one of the most surprisingly complex and profound documents ever to be created, for it embodies unparalleled etymological detail, reflecting not only superb lexicographic scholarship, but also the dreams and speech and imaginative talents of millions of people over thousands of years—for every person who has ever spoken or written in English has had a hand in its making.

Speech is such definite thing ... Maybe it's a matter if sincerity. I'm never that certain of anything I feel about a person, and talking about it simplifies it all so brutally. It's easier to keep quiet. To act what you feel. Actions are softer. They can be interpreted in lots of different ways, and emotions should be interpreted in lots of different ways.

You're going to the wedding, apparently. - I'm reading a poem at the wedding [of his to be ex husband]

the fibrous tongue is actually the strongest muscle per inch in the body; if it were the size of a biceps, you could pick up a car with it.