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Our history is a material history, not just a succession of thoughts or speech acts. — Andrew Shryock

It seemed that freedom of expression had run amuck, or had run as far as the Government would allow it to go. — Kenneth Eade

Never make a speech at a country dance or a football game. — Lyndon B. Johnson

It usually takes me two or three days to prepare an impromptu speech. — Mark Twain

Mission is the practical demonstration, whether by speech or by action, of the glorious lordship of Jesus. — Alan Hirsch

It's ridiculous to accept on a blog or in a forum speech what would be seen as hooliganism or delinquency if practiced in a public space."37 — Danielle Keats Citron

A similar sound, especially light, tremulous speech or laughter." This is it, he thought. "Agitation or excitement; flutter." A verb. Twitter. — Nick Bilton

Anyway, I have long had a very definite tendency to tune out the moment I come anywhere near either a pulpit or a soapbox. — James Baldwin

His captivating speech came not from his grammar or vocabulary but from the joy he took in wielding them well. — Robert Lane Greene

It occurred to me that my speech or my silence, indeed any action of mine, would be a mere futility. — Joseph Conrad

Whatever is unlike Christ in conduct, speech, or disposition grieves the Spirit of grace. — Billy Graham

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

The more flowery a person's speech ... the more suspect the feelings, or lack of feelings, it concealed. — Gustave Flaubert

The threat or fear of violence should not become an excuse or justification for restricting freedom of speech. — Alan Dershowitz

The attitude of the Pakistani people is very good. Whenever I release any statement or deliver any kind of speech, they respond favourably. — Abdul Sattar Edhi

EQUAL RIGHTS and FREE DISCUSSION will be fearlessly advocated and maintained. Sectarian dogmas or tenets will be investigated and compared. — Abner Cole

Not enough people know or understand just how little freedom we have left. — Korban Blake

No audience ever complained about a presentation or speech being too short — Stephen Keague

Don't confuse pressure with pleasure. For some people it"s not sure if they are having a seizure or ceasure — Ana Claudia Antunes

In a good play every speech should be as fully flavored as a nut or apple. — John Millington Synge

You like my quotes..., because of what???
You know me??
You think that you understand me... or why?? — Deyth Banger

Our freedom of speech is freedom or death,
We got to fight the powers that be! — Chuck D

We hold that no person or set of persons can properly establish a standard of expression for others. — William Randolph Hearst

Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order. — Francis Bacon

The child begins to perceive the world not only through his [or her] eyes but also through his [or her] speech — Lev S. Vygotsky

Listen should be on 60-70% and talking or speaking on from 40 up to 30%. — Deyth Banger

It's better to say nothing than spend 1,000 words or an hour speech saying nothing. Get to the point. — Richard Branson

An educated man is thoroughly inoculated against humbug, thinks for himself and tries to give his thoughts, in speech or on paper, some style. — Alan K. Simpson

I love her attitude, but as much as I'd like to bring my medals to a speech or appearance, I never do. — Mary Lou Retton

Let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action. — Anonymous

You don't need speech or hearing to feel [friendship] — Mitch Albom

You think about every piece of idiomatic speech adopted by white men over the past ten or twenty years; virtually all of it comes from hip-hop. — Jess Row

Before sight, before sound, before smell or speech or feeling - was Addie. — Kat Zhang

All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer. — Robert Louis Stevenson

It's a blessing as an artist to express myself - whether that be via dance, via song or via speech - in so many different ways. — Bebe Neuwirth

I've never made a film using dialogue or speech. — Kenneth Anger

The inner speech, your thoughts, can cause you to be rich or poor, loved or unloved, happy or unhappy, attractive or unattractive, powerful or weak. — Ralph Charell

The true call of the desert, of the mountains, or the sea, is their silence - free of the networks of dead speech. — Freya Stark

The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust. — Josh Billings

It's freedom of speech, not freedom from consequences and/or ridicule. — A.E. Samaan

You are addressed by the way you dress. Your attire reflects your sense of value or taste and of course, your speech either makes or mars you. — Jaachynma N.E. Agu

You don't have to give way to careless speech or complaining. You don't have to let your feelings get in the way of what God wants to do in your life. — Joyce Meyer

Perhaps it is possible to discover more in silence than in speech. Or perhaps it is only that those who are silent among us learn to listen. — Alice Hoffman

I forget, is freedom of speech when it's legal to say what you want or is it when it has no consequences for some reason? — Eugene Mirman

A speaker who is attempting to move people to thought or action must concern himself with Pathos. — Aristotle.

Anything you put in a play
any speech
has got to do one of two things: either define character or push the action of the play along. — Edward Albee

Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when unfolded such men are seen to be empty. — Sophocles

Delivering a speech or presentation is like cooking a meal; as long as the chef is good the cuisine doesn't matter. — Jack Canfield

I never had a speech from my father 'this is what you must do or shouldn't do' but I just learned to be led by example. My father wasn't perfect. — Adam Sandler

In a perfect world, I would never give another speech, address, talk, lecture or whatever as long as I live. — David Souter

That speech (Daniel Webster's) raised the idea of Union above contract or expediency and enshrined it in the American heart. — Robert A. Caro

Each of us has a tongue and a voice. These instruments of speech can be used destructively or employed constructively. — Billy Graham

Sovereignty cannot be a shield for tyrants to commit wanton murder, or an excuse for the international community to turn a blind eye to slaughter. — Barrack Obama

It is planned speeches that contain lies or dissimulations, not what you blurt out so spontaneously in one instant. — Tennessee Williams

The conscious utterance of thought, by speech or action, to any end, is art. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

There's no excuse for a dull book, a dull museum, or a dull speech. Especially when dealing with history - the most fascinating subject I know. — Richard Norton Smith

Did I really earn this, or did I just wear you all down? — Sandra Bullock

Sign language is the equal of speech, lending itself equally to the rigorous and the poetic, to philosophical analysis or to making love. — Oliver Sacks

We should not have either a blunt knife or a freedom of speech which is ill-managed. — Epictetus

Some things are just too unjust for words, and too ambiguous for either speech or ideas. — Ralph Ellison

Writing an acceptance speech gives you the expectation of winning, and you are therefore devastated or hurt if you didn't win. — William Shatner

The price of freedom of religion or of speech or of the press is that we must put up with, and even pay for, a good deal of rubbish. — Robert H. Jackson

Corporations have free speech, but they can't speak like you and me. They don't have mouths or hands ... — Stephen Colbert

A figure of speech is a shifty thing; it can be twisted or it can be straight. — Salman Rushdie

You can't pick and choose which types of freedom you want to defend. You must defend all of it or be against all of it. — Scott Howard Phillips

Seriousness is no more a guarantee of truth, insight, authenticity or probity, than humour is a guarantee of superficiality and stupidity. — Stephen Fry

If the content of your speech is not authentic, talking or texting on a device doesn't mean you're communicating with another person. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Storytelling, in print or speech, needs vital energy. — Frank Delaney

There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife ... — Homer

I scarce ever heard or saw the introductory words, "Without vanity I may say," etc., but some vain thing immediately followed. — Benjamin Franklin

I was about 13 or 14 when I heard Malcolm X's speech 'Message to the Grass Roots.' — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Does a person have a right to change his or her own religion? This is a fundamental human right, just like a right to freedom of speech. — Miroslav Volf

I have a voice, too, and for good or evil mine is the speech that cannot be silenced — Joseph Conrad

If you can come up with a snappy little slogan, then you have a future in winning tagline competitions or being a political speech writer. — Mark Victor Hansen

A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands of an infantryman. It speaks with authority. — Brendan Behan

The English Language is my bitch. Or I don't speak it very well. Whatever. — Joss Whedon

There is no real teacher who in practice does not believe in the existence of the soul, or in a magic that acts on it through speech. — Allan Bloom

I believe in freedom of speech, but I also believe that we have an obligation to condemn speech that is racist, bigoted, anti-Semitic, or hateful. — John Lewis

The audience are likely to remember only three things from your presentation or speech — Stephen Keague

Eminem's 'Lose Yourself' is my go-to song to pump myself up if I'm having a tough time or if I get really nervous right before a speech. — Sara Blakely

Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent. — Dionysius I Of Syracuse

Freedom of speech does not mean freedom of offending culture, religion or traditions, — Staffan De Mistura

Surely whoever speaks to me in the right voice, him or her shall I follow. — Walt Whitman

One thinking it is right to speak all things, whether the word is fit for speech or unutterable. — Sophocles

There is no ageism or 'youthism' when it comes to freedom of speech. We are all citizens. — Jacques Parizeau

Their silent wounds have speech
More eloquent than men;
Their tones can deeper reach
Than human voice or pen. — William Robert Woodman

We should pass a flex time law that allows employees to take their overtime pay in money or in time off, depending on what's better for their family. — William J. Clinton

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

Nonviolence is not just abstention from war, fighting, or animal flesh. It is abstention from negative thoughts and negative speech. — Nathaniel Altman

The true life is not reducible to words spoken or written, not by anyone, ever. — Don DeLillo

Stannis had never learned to soften his speech, to dissemble or flatter; he said what he thought, and those that did not like it could be damned. — George R R Martin

For if any man thinks that he is alone is wise--that in speech, or in mind, he hath no peer--such a soul, when laid open, is ever found empty. — Sophocles

Yes, but you usually aren't ...
Well, I have to keep them covered or else you lose the power of speech — Deanna Raybourn

Who ever heard a theologian preface his creed, or a politician conclude his speech with an estimate of the probable error of his opinion? — Bertrand Russell

All right, we've heard your liberty speech. Does that include us or doesn't it? — Christopher Isherwood

Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care. — William Safire

Speech was given to the ordinary sort or men, whereby to communicate their mind; but to wise men, whereby to conceal it. — Robert South

I do not understand this man," [Tempi] said. "Is he attempting to buy sex with me? Or does he wish to fight? — Patrick Rothfuss

Often beauty grows dull or common when speech breaks the mask ... — Mary Renault

Song is the licensed medium for bawling in public things too silly or sacred to be uttered in ordinary speech. — Oliver Herford