Quotes by Speech Flip-flopping is kind of an easy thing to identify. During a recent convention, we heard an irate Senator make an angry speech declaring that it is not what you say but, rather, what you do that counts. You flip-flop when you make promises and fail to fulfill them. Frank Lautenberg flipspeechpromise The speeches to be wary of are those that begin with I'm just going to say a few words. Frank Muir few-wordsspeech Liberty of speech invites and provokes liberty to be used again, and so bringeth much to a man's knowledge. Francis Bacon speechlibertymen Someday we'll learn the whole story of why George W. Bush brushed off that intelligence briefing of Aug. 6, 2001, 'Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.' But surely a big distraction was the major speech he was readying for delivery on Aug. 9, his first prime-time address to the nation. Frank Rich addressesspeechstories Today it is becoming harder to speak out, with the inception of the Patriot Act, the president has legislated free speech to be a crime. Frank Serpico speaks-outspeechpresident It was a high speech of Seneca that "The good things which belong to prosperity are to be wished, but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired." Francis Bacon prosperityadversityspeech Discretion in speech is more than eloquence. Francis Bacon tactspeechinspiration Swear words and profanities are mere abbreviations of speech, similar to the abbreviations in writing. Franz Grillparzer abbreviationsspeechwriting I hate to do anything that is going to stop or suppress free speech. Donald Trump i-hatespeechhate If lyrics make people do things, how come we don't love each other? Frank Zappa speechlovepeople I'm a free speech bigot. I don't like censorship; I just don't think it's a good thing. Fred Wilson censorshipspeechthinking Speech of yourself ought to be seldom and well chosen. Francis Bacon chosenwellsspeech A great man left a watchword that we can well repeat: "There is no indispensable man" Franklin D. Roosevelt indispensablespeechmen One day I heard a speech of Hitler. In this speech he said that the German factory worker and the German labourer must make common cause with the German intellectual worker. Fritz Sauckel speechone-dayintellectual What is the short meaning of the long speech? Friedrich Schiller long-speechesspeechlong Speech is always bolder than action. Friedrich Schiller speechaction Man is said to be a rational creature; but should it not rather be said, that man is a creature capable of being rational, as we say a parrot is a creature capable of speech? Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke parrotsspeechmen We are all born with the power of speech, but we need grammar. Conscience, too, needs Revelation. Fulton J. Sheen revelationsspeechneeds Speech is our second possession, after the soul-and perhaps we have no other possession in this world. Gabriela Mistral speechsoulworld It is most difficult to speak when we are ashamed of being silent. Francois de La Rochefoucauld silentspeechspeak«910111213141516171819»
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