Quotes about Speech

“A witty saying proves nothing.”

“Speech is the mirror of action.”

“Speech is always bolder than action.”

“Speech is the small change of silence.”

“Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches.”

“There are remarks that sow and remarks that reap.”

“Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.”

“Talk is over-rated as a means of settling disputes.”

“Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.”

“Speech of yourself ought to be seldom and well chosen.”

“Speech has been given to man to disguise his thoughts.”

“Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.”

“I don't want to talk grammar. I want to talk like a lady.”

“Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so he is.”

“Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour.”

“What this country needs is more free speech worth listening to.”

“People resent articulacy, as if articulacy were a form of vice.”

“Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.”

“Speeches are not magic and there is no great speech without great policy.”

“It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.”

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

“Speech is human nature itself, with none of the artificiality of written language.”

“When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken you reign over it.”

“Speech is civilization itself. The word... preserves contact -- it is silence which isolates.”

“All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer.”

“Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn both arts.”

“Speech and silence. We feel safer with a madman who talks than with one who cannot open his mouth.”

“Why doesn't the fellow who says, ''I'm no speechmaker'' let it go at that instead of giving a demonstration?”

“Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot.”

“It's better to keep your mouth shut and give the impression that you're stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.”