Quotes about Speeches

Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour. Votes: 5

Speeches pass away, but acts remain. Votes: 4

Speeches are like babies-easy to conceive but hard to deliver. Votes: 4

Speeches easy to young speakers are generally very difficult to old listeners. Votes: 4

Speeches in our culture are the vacuum that fills a vacuum. Votes: 3

Speeches are not magic and there is no great speech without great policy. Votes: 3

Speeches made to the people are essential to the arousing of enthusiasm for a war. Votes: 3

Speeches and me don't get along sometimes. It is kind of like putting a tie too tight on my neck. I'm going to do whatever feels right. Votes: 3

If for a while the harder you try, the harder it gets, take heart. So it has been with the best people who ever lived. (The Inconvenient Messiah, BYU Speeches, Feb 15, 1982) Votes: 3

If for a while the harder you try, the harder it gets, take heart. So it has been with the best people who ever lived. (The Inconvenient Messiah, BYU Speeches, Feb 15, 1982)" Votes: 3

I'm very open and never write what I'm going to say. Speeches bore everybody else. I have to freestyle. Every time, from one program to another, everything changes and I improvise. Votes: 3

Amplification is the vice of modern oratory. It is an insult to an assembly of reasonable men, disgusting and revolting instead ofpersuading. Speeches measured by the hour, die by the hour. Votes: 3

Speeches are for the younger men who are going places. And I'm not going anyplace except six feet under the floor of that little chapel adjoining the museum and library at Abilene. Votes: 3

Commencement oratory must eschew anything that smacks of partisan politics, political preference, sex, religion or unduly firm opinion. Nonetheless, there must be a speech: Speeches in our culture are the vacuum that fills a vacuum. Votes: 3

If you believe in making change from the bottom up, if you believe the measure of change is how many people's lives are better, you know it's hard and some people think it's boring. Speeches like this are fun, actually doing the work is hard. Votes: 3

I love English. I learned it from the speeches of Winston Churchill. Votes: 2

The very best impromptu speeches are the ones written well in advance. Votes: 2

Speeches are more important in politics than talking points, as a rule, and are better remembered. Votes: 2

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes. Votes: 2

We live in an image society. Speeches are not what anybody cares about; what they care about is the picture. Votes: 2

One child must never be set above another, even in casual conversation, not to mention in speeches that circle the globe. Votes: 2

The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood. Votes: 2

During the presidential primaries of 1940, I received a request from the Democratic National Committee to sing God Bless America before the speeches. Votes: 2

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either. Votes: 2

As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be wise or foolish. Votes: 2

When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human mind has not achieved anything greater than the ability to share feelings and thoughts through language. Votes: 2

I've found that festivals are a relatively painless way to meet people and make a few points that need making, without having to hit them over the head with too many speeches. Votes: 2

It is unacceptable that disabled veterans in Illinois rank at the bottom of the list when it comes to disability pay. We owe our disabled veterans more than speeches, parades and monuments. Votes: 2

When you make as many speeches and you talk as much as I do and you get away from the text, it's always a possibility to get a few words tangled here and there. Votes: 2

My philosophy is that you don't motivate players with speeches; you have motivated players that you draft. That's where they come in, and those are the guys that are competitive. You can not teach competitiveness. Votes: 2

Giving back, doing motivational speeches and stuff like that, that's always made me feel good. If you repeatedly go out there, and you are the change that you want to see, then that's what you are. Votes: 2

I bear solemn witness to the fact that NATO heads of state and of government meet only to go through the tedious motions of reading speeches, drafted by others, with the principal objective of not rocking the boat. Votes: 2

That has always seemed to me one of the stranger aspects of literary fame: you prove your competence as a writer and an inventor of stories, and then people clamour for you to make speeches and tell them what you think about the world. Votes: 2

Each party steals so many articles of faith from the other, and the candidates spend so much time making each other's speeches, that by the time election day is past there is nothing much to do save turn the sitting rascals out and let a new gang in. Votes: 2

The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or addresses, which amount only to compliment. The lighter beauties are in their place when there is nothing more solid to say; but the flowery style ought to be banished from a pleading, a sermon, or a didactic work. Votes: 2

A mountain is composed of tiny grains of earth. The ocean is made up of tiny drops of water. Even so, life is but an endless series of little details, actions, speeches, and thoughts. And the consequences whether good or bad of even the least of them are far-reaching. Votes: 2

There's, you know, there's an ideology behind Ultron that makes him more unique that just a bad guy. He doesn't wanna just kill the Avengers. He doesn't wanna just destroy the world. He has these monologues and these beautiful speeches that kind of embody a certain mentality about what's wrong with humanity. Votes: 2

In Ireland, novels and plays still have a strange force. The writing of fiction and the creation of theatrical images can affect life there more powerfully and stealthily than speeches, or even legislation. Imagined worlds can lodge deeply in the private sphere, dislodging much else, especially when the public sphere is fragile. Votes: 2

The problem with State of the Union speeches is that they are, by their nature and design, alphabet soup. It's hard to know what a president really cares about when they run down a laundry list and check every issue box under the sun for fear they will offend some constituency if they don't. Votes: 2

The guy keeps making speeches about redistribution and maybe we ought to do something to businesses that don't invest, their holding too much money. We haven't heard that kind of talk except from pure socialists. Everybody's afraid of the government and there's no need soft peddling it, it's the truth. It is the truth. Votes: 2

Public hangings are teaching moments. Every company has to do it. A teaching moment is worth a thousand CEO speeches. CEOs can talk and blab each day about culture, but the employees all know who the jerks are. They could name the jerks for you. It's just cultural. People just don't want to do it. Votes: 2

I don't want to spend the rest of my life giving speeches. Votes: 1

Nature doesn't make long speeches. Votes: 0

I find doing speeches nerve wrecking. Votes: 0

They classify my motivational speeches as rants! Votes: 0

Political leaders normally act by making convincing speeches. Votes: 0

With God there is no need for long speeches. Votes: 0

I think speeches and fruit should always be fresh. Votes: 0

I give them experiments and they respond with speeches. Votes: 0

I don't attach importance to great speeches or philosophy. Votes: 0

In my speeches, I always condemned communism, national-socialism and fascism. Votes: 0

Since 1972, I've been going around making speeches on the Everglades. Votes: 0

I've spent too much time giving speeches, traveling the world. Votes: 0

Rappers should be forced to rhyme in their acceptance speeches. Votes: 0

It's hard to make speeches with your hair in your face! Votes: 0

Songs won't save the planet, but neither will books or speeches. Votes: 0

Democracy is not about making speeches. It is about making committees work. Votes: 0

Believe me, those great death bed speeches are written ahead of time. Votes: 0

I don't want to spend the rest of my life giving speeches Votes: 0

I've never thought my speeches were too long; I've rather enjoyed them. Votes: 0

A great many political speeches are literary parricides; they kill their fathers. Votes: 0

I love interviews, meeting fans, teaching workshops, giving speeches... all of it. Votes: 0

Anybody who makes speeches written by someone else is just a robot. Votes: 0

If you are not good at speeches, be good at your actions. Votes: 0

All the most powerful speeches ever made point to a better future. Votes: 0

Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches. Votes: 0

One word of love is worth more than a thousand clever speeches. Votes: 0

I don't like giving speeches - I enjoy sitting on my rump. Votes: 0

I did not make any big speeches but acted upon working against corruption. Votes: 0

Doing motivational speeches and stuff like that, that's always made me feel good. Votes: 0

Making clever speeches takes a lot of work and a lot of time. Votes: 0

I'm no expert standing at a podium giving speeches. I share heartbeats. Compassion. Votes: 0

During an election campaign the air is full of speeches and vice versa. Votes: 0

Hey, I'm not a politician. I'm a ham. I love to give speeches. Votes: 0

I don't write the books. God writes the books and delivers the speeches. Votes: 0

I travel all over the country making speeches for people I believe in. Votes: 0

It is not set speeches at the moment of battle that render soldiers brave. Votes: 0

It is dressed into speeches about patriotism, love of country...but the profits...skyrocket... Votes: 0

Leaders console the world with their speeches, heroes console the world with their actions. Votes: 0

No more lies and speeches of delusions out of the reality of our existence Votes: 0

Some members of Congress ought to have their mouths taped instead of their speeches. Votes: 0

When you make speeches you elicit expectations against which you will be held accountable. Votes: 0

The only place you see a free market is in the speeches of politicians. Votes: 0

I know they are all environmentalists. I heard a lot of my speeches recycled. Votes: 0

I have reached the conclusion, a bit late perhaps, that speeches should be short. Votes: 0

I love graduation speeches. I have always loved them; I will always love them. Votes: 0

Haven't you learned yet that I put something more than whisky into my speeches. Votes: 0

I don't make speeches. I just let my bat speak for me in the summertime. Votes: 0

Graduation speeches force you to reflect. They are about consciousness. Nothing is better than consciousness. Votes: 0

I used to practice my speeches on my tractor while I plowed my daddy's field. Votes: 0

I think J.D. Salinger is correct in granting no interviews, and in making no speeches Votes: 0

I think J.D. Salinger is correct in granting no interviews, and in making no speeches. Votes: 0

The peers just fill the air with their speeches.""And from what I've seen, vice versa. Votes: 0

If you go back and look at President Reagan's speeches, they bring you to tears almost. Votes: 0

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes." Votes: 0

[That] my body be buried as cheaply as possible and no speeches be permitted at my funeral. Votes: 0

It is a difficult task, O citizens, to make speeches to the belly, which has no ears. Votes: 0

My job in the Senate is not just to give speeches and do interviews, it's to solve problems. Votes: 0

[Beowolf] is considered an epic because of its long speeches, its digressions, its repetition, and its being required. Votes: 0

It would be desirable if every Government, when it comes to power, should have its old speeches burnt. Votes: 0

I actually think agendas are more often found in State of the Union speeches than in inaugural speeches. Votes: 0

Phocion compared the speeches of Leosthenes to cypress-trees. "They are tall," said he, "and comely, but bear no fruit. Votes: 0

The leader teaches more through being than through doing. The quality of one's silence conveys more than long speeches. Votes: 0

Lifting whole passages from someone else's speeches is not change you can believe in. It's change you can Xerox. Votes: 0

While you make pretty speeches I'm being cut to shreds You feed me to the lions A delicate balance Votes: 0

Some of the most powerful speeches I have given have been delivered in the dedicated silence of my actions. Votes: 0

They (teenage boys)don't really listen to speeches or talks. They absorb incrementally, through hours and hours of observation. Votes: 0

For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages. Votes: 0

The proof of battle is action, proof of words, debate. No time for speeches now, it's time to fight. Votes: 0

The speeches to be wary of are those that begin with I'm just going to say a few words. Votes: 0

It is planned speeches that contain lies or dissimulations, not what you blurt out so spontaneously in one instant. Votes: 0

Few speeches which have produced an electrical effect on an audience can bear the colourless photography of a printed record. Votes: 0

This policy cannot succeed through speeches, and shooting-matches, and songs; it can only be carried out through blood and iron. Votes: 0

Early American speeches, from Washington's to Patrick Henry's, have been detheologized in history textbooks. No one has called it censorship. Votes: 0

I forgot Dumbledore trashed Hogwarts, refused to resign and ran off to the forest to make speeches to angry trolls. Votes: 0

Ward has no heart, they say, but I deny it: He has a heart, and gets his speeches by it. Votes: 0

I would have been better than Adolf Hitler. I could have delivered his speeches a lot better... that's for certain. Votes: 0

Southern women can say more with a cut of their eyes than a whole debate club’s worth of speeches. Votes: 0

Hon Editor Cale Fluhart was a power politically fer years, but he never got prominent enough t' have his speeches garbled. Votes: 0

Ideas matter. Legislative proposals matter. Slick campaigns and dazzling speeches can work for a while, but the magic always wears off. Votes: 0

Banquet: a plate of cold, hairy chicken and artificially coloured green peas completely surrounded by dreary speeches and appeals for donations. Votes: 0

At the end of the day after a few speeches and a lot of campaign stops, I'm more energized than drained. Votes: 0

In talking to you I feel very much more at ease than my colleagues who gave the speeches during the banquet. Votes: 0

I have made speeches urging women to adopt methods of rebellion such as have been adopted by men in every revolution. Votes: 0

the great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood Votes: 0

[...] [E]very citizen has to avoid any activities and speeches that harm the image of the country and interests of the people. Votes: 0

Never write down your speeches beforehand; if you do, you may perhaps be a good declaimer, but will never be a debater. Votes: 0

Like many of my friends and colleagues, I can't get enough of Obama news; latest polling, speeches, visits, reaction of world leaders. Votes: 0

Peace depends upon compromise among peoples who must live together long after our speeches are over, and our votes have been counted. Votes: 0

His forward voice now is to speak well of his friend. His backward voice is to utter foul speeches and to detract. Votes: 0

Anybody who talks about the future is a bastard, it's the present that counts. Invoking posterity is like making speeches to worms. Votes: 0

My dad is my everything. He always had the craziest speeches for Kylie [Kendall]and me growing up, good words to live by. Votes: 0

One of the most difficult speeches to prepare is an address to a graduation class, which is why I don't often do them. Votes: 0

Obama has become too dependent on formal speeches and set town halls. His idea of mixing it up is taking off his jacket. Votes: 0

They (fables) teach us that human beings learn and absorb ideas and concepts through narrative, through stories, not through lessons or theoretical speeches. Votes: 0

If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these acceptance speeches there wouldn't be any inducement to go to heaven. Votes: 0

You have to save the vision speeches for when the company is winning. When you're not winning, you just have to get momentum back... Votes: 0

He was one of the few political leaders I have ever met whose public speeches revealed more than his private conversations. [On Ronald Reagan] Votes: 0

We can look forward to four more years of wonderful, inspirational speeches full of wit, poetry, music, love and affection, plus more goddamn nonsense. Votes: 0

The blight of futility that lies in wait for men's speeches had fallen upon our conversation and made it a thing of empty sounds. Votes: 0

The best discussion of trouble in boardroom and business office is found in newspapers' own financial pages and speeches by journalists in management jobs. Votes: 0

There is an interesting resemblance in the speeches of dictators, no matter what country they may hail from or what language they may speak. Votes: 0

I can't say I'm not nervous at all with media and doing speeches, but I'm getting used to it and better at it, hopefully. Votes: 0

I [give] maybe the long-winded speeches that not everybody reads, but I can also do a slow jam on Jimmy Fallon better than most. Votes: 0

Commencement speeches were invented largely in the belief that outgoing college students should never be released into the world until they have been properly sedated. Votes: 0

Using rhetorical questions in speeches is a great way to keep the audience involved. Don't you think those kinds of questions would keep your attention? Votes: 0

Do not save your loving speeches For your friends till they are dead; Do not write them on their tombstones, Speak them rather now instead. Votes: 0

An organization must always remember that its objective is not getting people to listen to speeches by experts, but getting them to speak for themselves. Votes: 0

They said I ignored the drug problem. Well, I gave speeches on drugs, I wrote books on drugs. I did darn near everything on drugs! Votes: 0

A sentence well couched takes both the sense and understanding. I love not those cart-rope speeches that are longer than the memory of man can fathom. Votes: 0

It is easy to love one's enemy when one is making fine speeches; but so difficult to do so in the actual everyday work of life. Votes: 0

Hollywood is right. A good and strong movie can have a more powerful social impact than any and all political speeches or newspaper editorials and columns. Votes: 0

Let eloquence be flung to the dogs rather than souls be lost. What we want is to win souls. They are not won by flowery speeches. Votes: 0

I watched her do speeches, but the only footage we could find of [princess] Margaret was archive footage, which was of her public presentation of herself. Votes: 0

Let eloquence be flung to the dogs rather than souls be lost. What we want is to win souls. They are not won by flowery speeches. Votes: 0

Environmental regulation looked like it was going to be under serious attack, and they were giving all of those speeches about getting government off people's backs. Votes: 0

"I don't want to lose you, I love you, and...and that's all I've got." As speeches went, it wasn't great. As feelings went...different story. Votes: 0

The word is a bouncing ball The ruler throws from his balcony. The word has been a shot of morphine. Rulers calm their people with speeches. Votes: 0

I honestly believe I am the only woman in the United States who ever traveled throughout the country with a nursing baby to make political speeches. Votes: 0

Cobden was the greatest statesman and prophet of the century. His speeches are an inspiration. A man whose disciple I am willing to confess I am. Votes: 0

I'm just going to go to schools and give inspirational speeches about our bodies. I'll just wear flowing dresses and talk way quieter than I can. Votes: 0

When I give speeches at college, I don't tell stories, I talk about what it is to live your dreams and take the path less traveled. Votes: 0

There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave. Votes: 0

Mr. Greer timed all our speeches with an oven timer. Things were nothing at Tribeca Alternative, considered one of Manhattan's finest prep schools, if not high tech. Votes: 0

English humor is hard to appreciate, though, unless you are trained to it. The English papers, in reporting my speeches, always put 'laughter' in the wrong place. Votes: 0

So much of the deep lingering sadness over President Kennedy's assassination is about the unfinished promise: unspoken speeches, unfulfilled hopes, the wondering about what might have been. Votes: 0

Precisely because our political speeches are meant to be reported, they are not worth reporting. Precisely because they are carefully designed to be read, nobody reads them. Votes: 0

I've been doing these conventions for 20 years, and we used to at least have debates about issues. Nothing is happening basically at this convention, other than speeches. Votes: 0

When every high school graduate can spell the word, 'inauguration,' let's put lampshades on our heads and listen to his speeches until Obama's voice gives out. Votes: 0

There happen to be whole large parts of adult American life that nobody talks about in commencement speeches. One such part involves boredom, routine, and petty frustration. Votes: 0

Writing is a lonely job. Having someone who believes in you makes a lot if difference. They don't have to makes speeches. Just believing is usually enough. Votes: 0

Neil Kinnock's speeches go on for so long because he has nothing to say and so he has no way of knowing when he's finished saying it. Votes: 0

I don't like jokes in speeches. I do like wit and humor. A joke is to humor what pornography is to erotic language in a good novel. Votes: 0

A lot of people have said to me, 'That's a great idea, running for president. You'll get booked for more speeches. You can write a book.' Votes: 0

I find weddings really boring. They give speeches, your aunt kisses you on the cheek, and you're at a boring table. But it's different when it's your own. Votes: 0

Perfect health, sincerity, honesty, straightforwardness, courage, disinterestedness, unselfishness, patience, endurance, perseverance, peace, calm, self control are all things that are taught infinitely better by example than by beautiful speeches. Votes: 0

Socrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, "Let him beat me too when I am absent. Votes: 0

Malcolm X never renounced and never stepped away from a strong commitment to black nationalism and black self-determination. That's absolutely clear if you do any analysis of his speeches. Votes: 0

Humans have changed little over time. We think we've invented the modern world but they were making better speeches 2,000 years ago and grappling with issues of empire and terrorism. Votes: 0

I thought making speeches for money was a much better thing than getting connected with any one group or company, as so many people who leave public life do. Votes: 0

Most of the classical citations you shall hear or read in the current journals or speeches were not drawn from the originals, but from previous quotations in English books... Votes: 0

Convention speeches are powerful tools to bend the curve of public opinion. George H. W. Bush's 1988 convention speech is a great example. His son's speech was also quite powerful. Votes: 0

The key is to become aware of how you are signaling your presence in meetings, conversations, speeches - everywhere you show up. Then you can take charge of them. Votes: 0

I've been turning it over in after-dinner speeches, but it looks awkward-it's not what people are used to-it wants a good deal of Latin to make it go down. Votes: 0

I get terrified the first day I'm on a film set. I get nervous walking down a red carpet. I find making speeches the most terrifying thing in the world. Votes: 0

Congress-these, for the most part, illiterate hacks whose fancy vests are spotted with gravy, and whose speeches, hypocritical, unctuous, and slovenly, are spotted also with the gravy of political patronage. Votes: 0

To understand Hitler's power as a speaker, we must consider that he was not just the bellowing tavern demagogue we always picture, but in fact constructed his speeches very deliberately. Votes: 0

Indeed, one modern President abjured God altogether, ending speeches with a chaste 'Thank you very much.' This was Jimmy Carter, the most genuinely devout President of the postwar period. Votes: 0

Your patience would fail you if I should continue to relate all the disrespectful speeches and treatment which your servants have been obliged to listen to and patiently to bear. Votes: 0

Sarah Palin uses me as a laugh line in her stump speeches. If you're willing to turn me into a joke, you should also be willing to talk to me. Votes: 0

Carli Fiorina is really annoying. Hell, they're all annoying. But Fiorina doesn't even pretend to offer up policy answers. She just gives mini stump speeches about how bad everything is. Votes: 0

In Japan, you get on the bullet train or the airplane, and I loved the little speeches the stewardesses would do. They even do little speeches before you play gigs. Votes: 0

When I give a lot of speeches, they're always on the fly. I mean, I know what I'm going to say roughly, but I do not - will not read. Votes: 0

Hillary Clinton trashes the banks every time she opens her mouth, and yet she made $21 million in two years making speeches to those very banks that she trashes every day. Votes: 0

I didn't feel good about cutting out parts of very famous speeches, ... You think you somehow need all of it or you get none of it, but that's not true. Votes: 0

I realized, "Oh my god, this is an enormous play [ "All the Way" ]. And it's almost all me. Big. big chunks of speeches, speeches, speeches." And I started to panic. Votes: 0

Hitler's oratory moved people and appealed to their hopes and dreams. But his speeches malevolently twisted hope into some gnarled ghastly entities, and appealed to the latent, darkest prejudices of Germans. Votes: 0

Churchill wrote his own speeches. When a leader does that, he becomes emotionally invested with his utterances...If Churchill had had a speech write in 1940, Britain would be speaking German today. Votes: 0

Every man should study conciseness in speaking; it is a sign of ignorance not to know that long speeches, though they may please the speaker, are the torture of the hearer. Votes: 0

I think my speeches are hilarious. I think I'm a natural comedian, but I like denying people the chance to laugh. I want to deny you the relief of the punchline. Votes: 0

I like that kind of stuff. I like doing speeches. I've been lucky because I've had a lot of characters, over the years, who will have three or four page speeches. Votes: 0

There are two kinds of speeches: the Mother Hubbard speech, which, like the garment, covers everything but touches nothing, and the French bathing suit speech, which covers only the essential points. Votes: 0

You can make a lot of speeches, but the real thing is when you dig a hole, plant a tree, give it water, and make it survive. That's what makes the difference Votes: 0

When you consider what Tony Blair was saying about liberty, human rights and that sort of thing, it would be terribly revolutionary to sell the speeches he and Jack Straw made in 1994. Votes: 0

What I like about graduation speeches is that they're an opportunity for someone to make sense of their life and to impart that wisdom to someone else. It's like a sanctioned self-help moment. Votes: 0

I read all the speeches of the pope, his commentaries, and if the pope continues this way, I will go back to praying and go back to the church, and I'm not joking, Votes: 0

One of my life goals is to be a best man. It's a baller position. You get drunk, you make speeches, and you make love to the prettiest bridesmaid. Usually standing from behind. Votes: 0

Between speeches and awards, you can find something to do every other week. It's hard to write. Your focus gets splintered. Once you put one thing in your calendar, that month is gone. Votes: 0

The long version of the play is actually an easier version to follow. In all of the cut versions the intense speeches are cut too close together for the audience and the actors. Votes: 0

There were speeches made in Congress in the very last session before the outbreak of the Rebellion, so ferocious as to show that their authors were under the influence of a real frenzy. Votes: 0

I'd usually read the Bible a lot. Read little short Bible stories. And today, whenever I give speeches, I bring up a few of those Bible stories, because those are inspirations to me. Votes: 0

When faced with the inevitable fatigue that comes with the recycling of speeches and the recycling of thoughts in a rather small stream of vortex, I am urged to not be ashamed of recycling. Votes: 0

I have said consistently both in my papers and in my speeches - which you heard in the primary campaign - that I will continue to phase out the Capital Stock and Franchise tax. Votes: 0

I got four volumes of the letters and speeches of Oliver Cromwell. He is prominent among the great unread, and treated so oddly by history that I wanted to hear his side of things. Votes: 0

My philosophy is that you can't motivate players with speeches, you have motivated players that you draft. That's where they come in and those are the guys that are competitive. You cannot teach competitiveness. Votes: 0

Everything brought forward in favor of Socialism during the last hundred years, in thousands of writings and speeches, all the blood which has been spilt by the supporters of Socialism, cannot make socialism workable. Votes: 0

We had a national tragedy this week, and the President of the United States and Sarah Palin both made speeches on the same day. Obama came out against lunatics with guns, she gave the rebuttal. Votes: 0

But all the long speeches, all the interminable days and hours that people had spent talking about my soul, had left me with the impression of a colorless swirling river that was making me dizzy. Votes: 0

When I was 6 I became the poster child for my hospital and would go to banquets and make speeches. I did not get stage fright and I actually enjoyed talking to people of all ages. Votes: 0

In 2007, early in the improbable presidential candidacy of Barack Obama, the young first-term senator began a series of foreign-policy speeches that seemed too general to provide a guide to what he might do if elected. Votes: 0

As for Hitler, his professed religion unhesitatingly juxtaposed the God-Providence and Valhalla. Actually his god was an argument at a political meeting and a manner of reaching an impressive climax at the end of speeches. Votes: 0

Several speeches were made by the chiefs during the council, all expressive in the highest degree of their friendly disposition towards our government, and their conduct in every particular manifested the sincerity of their declarations. Votes: 0