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Speech On Quotes

In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement of the various parts of the speech.
- Aristotle

Poetry is one of the destinies of speech... One would say that the poetic image, in its newness, opens a future to language.
- Gaston Bachelard

In speech after speech on his health care plan, the President has tried to convince us that what he is proposing will be good for America. But, how can it be good for America if it raises taxes by a half trillion dollars and costs a trillion dollars or more to implement?
- Scott Brown

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
- Voltaire

The poetic does not misrepresent the speech one half so much as the speech misrepresents the soul.
- Gilbert K Chesterton

Did you ever think that making a speech on economics is a lot like pissing down your leg? It seems hot to you, but it never does to anyone else.
- Lyndon B Johnson

Geraldo has been in Lebanon. He has done some excellent reporting out of there, and of course, we now know by virtue of the president's speech on Tuesday night that the terrorist organizations that operate in that area are now on the list.
- Brit Hume

Why only one song, one speech, one text at a time?" - "When Our Lips Speak Together
- Luce Irigaray

I indeed had only one scene, one speech, one little speech, but it was with Robin Williams.
- Charles Keating

IN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION: WHAT SCENES ONE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE FILMED
Shakespeare in the part of the King's Ghost.
The beheading of Louis the Sixteenth, the drums drowning his speech on the scaffold.
Herman Melville at breakfast, feeling a sardine to his cat.
Poe's wedding.
Lewis Carroll's picnics.
The Russians leaving Alaska, delighted with the deal.
Shot of a seal applauding.
- Vladimir Nabokov

She realises that if she is to save the show she is going to have to improvise a rousing speech, one of the many Henry V moments that make up her working life.
- David Nicholls

The court has said you are entitled to robust speech on public sidewalks, even insulting speech.
- Jay Alan Sekulow

Nixon is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump for a speech on conservation.
- Adlai E Stevenson

Right. And our first job is to teach her to give a speech on the Grand Balcony in three days."
"That does not sound too difficult. Has she done much public speaking?"
Amilia forced a smile. "A week ago she said the word no.
- Michael J Sullivan

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