Speeches Quotes

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

In an easy cause any man may be eloquent.

If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.

Blessed is the man who having nothing to say abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact.

I never understood what it meant to be a Democrat or Republican. I'm fully American and agree on some issues presented by both - but not all of them. So why do I have to pick a side? Nobody can say they agree with every single issue proposed by any team unless they lack the ability to think for themselves. To me, both parties are the same. A method to distract and divide a nation from using common sense and logic. I would want a leader to represent every fraction of the country as one united SUM. To make the country stronger, not weaker. One thing I know for certain, is to never choose a leader who needs their speeches written for them. If they cannot communicate to the public directly with their own heart, then they are not a true leader.

Statements of ordinary people are ignored like poor freebies, statements of great people are accepted like profound philosophy.

We should not forget that it will be just as important to our descendants to be prosperous in their time as it is to us to be prosperous in our time.

He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument.

There wasn't even enough meat to make proper fun of [....] I keep waiting for somebody else to come on TV, maybe a cabinet member, to read the real speech, the one that tells us ... I dunno ... stuff. Seriously, sorority girls have done the Walk of Shame home from frat parties feeling more satisfied.

I've never thought my speeches were too long I've rather enjoyed them.

None love to speak so much when the mood of speaking comes as they who are naturally taciturn.

The glittering generalities of the speaker have left an impression more delightful than permanent.

Would you persuade speak of interest not of reason.

Speech is the small change of silence.

Oratory: the art of making deep noises from the chest sound like important messages from the brain.