Quotes about Speaker

Give Obama a script he has made his own, and he is the motivational speaker to end all speakers. Tony Robbins cloned with Honest Abe. Votes: 6

I'm a motivational speaker. Votes: 4

I'm a horrible public speaker. Votes: 4

I am not a public speaker and never will be. Votes: 4

As a Welsh speaker, I'm very conscious of how activism can effect real change. Votes: 4

Simon Russell Beale is an incomparable speaker of Shakespeare and a superb all-round actor. Votes: 4

In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker. Votes: 4

Being a comfortable public speaker, which involves easily being able to go off-script, strongly signals competence. Votes: 4

A career public speaker is not what I'm called to be. I'm called to be a critic. Votes: 4

Earl Nightingale has inspired more people toward success and fortune than any other motivational speaker on the planet. Votes: 4

If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of object in creation? Votes: 4

Being the first woman speaker and breaking the marble ceiling is pretty important. Now it's time to move on. Votes: 4

Free speech has a very small constituency on the modern campus, particularly if the speaker under attack is conservative. Votes: 4

When the Grateful Dead needed a quality sound system to deliver our sonic payload, I learned electronics and speaker design. Votes: 4

I love a finished speaker, I really, truly do I don't mean one who's polished, I just mean one who's through. Votes: 4

I have been in America only once since Mr. Clinton became your president - as a speaker at the United Nations. Votes: 4

Ignorant free speech often works against the speaker. That is one of several reasons why it must be given rein instead of suppressed. Votes: 4

A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that 'individuality' is the key to success. Votes: 4

I'd make a better U.S. president than George W. Bush. Bush is an idiot. I'm a better public speaker than him. It makes you wonder about the voters. Votes: 4

As long as I'm not selling out the people that ride or die with me, I'm glad I'm not an MC. I'm a motivational speaker. I'm not that rapper dude. Votes: 4

I never lecture, not because I am shy or a bad speaker, but simply because I detest the sort of people who go to lectures and don't want to meet them. Votes: 4

In some South Pacific cultures, a speaker holds a conch shell as a symbol of temporary position of authority. Leaders must understand who holds the conch that is, who should be listened to and when. Votes: 4

As any speaker will tell you, when you address a large number of people from a stage, you try to make eye contact with people in the audience to communicate that you're accessible and interested in them. Votes: 4

I didn't need to be speaker because I needed a fancy title or a big office. I wanted to be speaker so I could lead an effort to deal with the serious issues that are facing our country. Votes: 4

I believe that any type of education can be great, but an education about ourselves can create something wonderful. I am a comedian, but people have called me a motivational speaker. I don't really consider myself that at all. Votes: 4

I realized I love motivating and I love empowering and I love inspiring people. I did that as an athlete for 18 years, and I am able to do that as a motivational speaker now as well as doing work on television. Votes: 4

I realized how Latina I was, and then also, at the same time, how not Latina enough I was, because I'm born and raised in Los Angeles. I speak Spanish, but I don't speak perfect Spanish, not like a native speaker. Votes: 4

We worry about appearing awkward in a presentation. But up to a point, most people seem to feel more comfortable with less-than-perfect speaking abilities. It makes the speaker more human - and more vulnerable, meaning he is less likely to attack our decisions or beliefs. Votes: 4

One of the things that I did before I ran for president is I was a professional speaker. Not a motivational speaker - an inspirational speaker. Motivation comes from within. You have to be inspired. That's what I do. I inspire people, I inspire the public, I inspire my staff. I inspired the organizations I took over to want to succeed. Votes: 4

Self-congratulation pleases only the speaker. Votes: 3

A good speaker does not stutter. Votes: 3

I built all the speaker cabinets myself. Votes: 3

Listening is seeking synchronicity with the speaker. Votes: 3

Only the prepared speaker deserves to be confident. Votes: 3

I never wanted to be a public speaker. Votes: 3

What bores the listener bores the speaker too. Votes: 3

Blasphemous words betray the vain foolishness of the speaker. Votes: 3

Listening is harvesting what is in the speaker's mind. Votes: 3

Sorrow spoken lends a little courage to the speaker. Votes: 3

Sorrow spoken lends a little courage to the speaker. Votes: 3

He was the keynote speaker for our better angels. Votes: 3

The unprepared speaker has a right to be afraid. Votes: 3

A good listener truly wants to know the speaker. Votes: 3

A sensible speaker is a slave to making sense. Votes: 3

Andy Andrews is the best speaker I have ever seen. Votes: 3

The higher the moral tone, the more suspect the speaker. Votes: 3

Listening is the process of creating meaning in the speaker. Votes: 3

Lenin could listen so intently that he exhausted the speaker. Votes: 3

Be both a speaker of words and a doer of deeds. Votes: 3

Order and disorder', said the speaker, 'they each have their beauty. Votes: 3

I escaped from slavery and became a leading abolitionist and speaker. Votes: 3

I get speaker's fees from time to time, but not very much. Votes: 3

A speech belongs half to the speaker and half to the listener. Votes: 3

An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity. Votes: 3

A speaker who does not strike oil in ten minutes should stop boring. Votes: 3

When both a speaker and an audience are confused, the speech is profound. Votes: 3

I went from MC to being MS, this microphone controller is the motivational speaker. Votes: 3

The path of things is silent. Will they suffer a speaker to go with them? Votes: 3

Your brother doesn't have to be speaker for your voice to be heard in Congress Votes: 3

Lincoln was the greatest speaker and he was ridiculed for how he looked, you know? Votes: 3

The present indicative asserts something which is occuring while the speaker is making the statement. Votes: 3

While you're writing, you can't concentrate nearly as well on what the speaker is saying. Votes: 3

No writer or speaker who ignores the roots of Latin derivatives is secure from egregious error. Votes: 3

John Boehner will be the new speaker unless, out of habit, he blocks his own confirmation. Votes: 3

Typographical design should perform optically what the speaker creates through voice and gesture of his thoughts. Votes: 3

Radio affects most intimately, person-to-perso n, offering a world of unspoken communication between writer-speaker and the listener Votes: 3

An important fact about verbal behavior is that speaker and listener may reside within the same skin. Votes: 3

Shame brings no advantage in misfortunes, for silence (of the accused) is the ally of the speaker. Votes: 3

Wilson stopped and stood silent. Inattention dies a quick and sure death when a speaker does that. Votes: 3

A speaker who is attempting to move people to thought or action must concern himself with Pathos. Votes: 3

Micing it from two different angles in front of the speaker sounds huge, and it's so simple. Votes: 3

Micing it from two different angles in front of the speaker sounds huge, and it's so simple. Votes: 3

The speaker must choose a comprehensible [verstandlich] expression so that speaker and hearer can understand one another. Votes: 3

An actor is an expert at being someone else. A speaker is an expert at being themselves. Votes: 3

If you had the opportunity to cast your vote for speaker, would you vote for Nancy Pelosi? Votes: 3

A talk is a voyage. It must be charted. The speaker who starts nowhere, usually gets there. Votes: 3

The pure work implies the disappearance of the poet as speaker, who hands over to the words. Votes: 3

Of course I talk to myself. I like a good speaker, and I appreciate an intelligent audience. Votes: 3

...the problem with words is that once spoken, they cannot find their way back to the speaker alone. Votes: 3

I read that my lifelong dream is to serve as speaker with Hillary Clinton as president. So what? Votes: 3

Families, like countries, take their prophets unkindly, but a verse-speaker in the house is dishonor to be hooted. Votes: 3

To remain silent is the most useful service that a mediocre speaker can render to the public good. Votes: 3

Nowadays, when a speaker tells the graduates that the future is theirs--is that a promise or a threat? Votes: 3

As words have an effective power of their own, curses reported against someone might turn against the speaker. Votes: 3

The sermon of your life in tough times ministers to people more powerfully than the most eloquent speaker. Votes: 3

Teaching...can be likened to a conversation in which you listen to the speaker carefully before you reply. Votes: 3

Every speaker has a mouth; An arrangement rather neat. Sometimes it's filled with wisdom. Sometimes it's filled with feet. Votes: 3

When speech is divorced from speaker and word from meaning, what is left is just ritual, language as ritual. Votes: 3

The empirical usability of the sacred ceremonial words makes both the speaker and listener believe in their corporeal presence. Votes: 3

In Hollywood, as I've often said, if you don't sing or dance, you end up as an after-dinner speaker. Votes: 3

it makes a great difference to a speaker whether he has something to say, or has to say something. Votes: 3

In all sincere speech there is power, not necessarily great power, but as much as the speaker is capable of. Votes: 3

Those who choose, conduct, present, and accompany the music may influence the spirit of reverence ... more than a speaker does. Votes: 3

Some days you exist like the last speaker of an extinct language. These are the silences that litter the heart. Votes: 3

I ain't a rapper; I'm a motivational speaker. I don't do shows; I do seminars. I really talk to people. Votes: 3

Just recognize that you are not going to become a comfortable public speaker overnight. It can take a long time. Votes: 3

The great improvement of the radio over the telephone is that it may be turned off without offending the speaker. Votes: 3

I expect if you're a professional public speaker, you probably wouldn't want to go onstage and sing and play drums. Votes: 3

I was a member of the Florida legislature for nine years, the speaker of the house, majority leader, majority whip. Votes: 3

Why tell me that a man is a fine speaker, if it is not the truth that he is speaking? Votes: 3

Beware of "the real world". A speaker's apeal to it is always an invitation not to challenge his tacit assumptions. Votes: 3

I am the most spontaneous speaker in the world because every word, every gesture, and every retort has been carefully rehearsed. Votes: 3

Shirley Chisholm is another one [political hero]. She was a dynamic speaker, and the first black woman to run for President. Votes: 3

I don't want to become a rhetorical speaker. My effectiveness is mastering all of the data and being able to respond. Votes: 3

When you look at the results that Newt Gingrich got when he was speaker, he got results for the American people. Votes: 3

The eloquent man is he who is no beautiful speaker, but who is inwardly and desperately drunk with a certain belief. Votes: 3

I was not called to be a preacher. I am a speaker who is a Christian. I'm not a Christian speaker. Votes: 3

A speaker is like a lousy auto mechanic: Every time he fixes something in the language, he screws up something else. Votes: 3

Try to be as good a listener as you are a speaker. Don't just put the emphasis on saying things. Listen. Votes: 3

A native speaker of English who has never read a word of the King James Bible is verging on the barbarian. Votes: 3

There is at least as much eloquence in the voice, eyes, and air of a speaker as in his choice of words. Votes: 3

For a season, a gifted speaker can inspire with his words, but for a lifetime John McCain has inspired with his deeds. Votes: 3

To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker. Votes: 3

In good speaking, should not the mind of the speaker know the truth of the matter about which he is to speak. Votes: 3

Speech belongs half to the speaker, half to the listener. The latter must prepare to receive it according to the motion it takes. Votes: 3

I used my talent as a speaker giving lectures to young people at schools in Hungary and I speak against hatred and anti-Semitism. Votes: 3

There is only one excuse for a speaker's asking the attention of his audience: he must have either truth or entertainment for them. Votes: 3

Deep listening is miraculous for both listener and speaker. When someone receives us with open- hearted, non-judging, intensely interested listening, our spirits expand. Votes: 3

No speech is ever considered, but only the speaker. It's so much easier to pass judgement on a man than on an idea. Votes: 3

Jim Rohn has been my favorite speaker for many years. He has changed my life for the better and can change yours too. Votes: 3

Tap into people's emotions. We've all been put to sleep by a speaker who just gives the facts. You must tap into people's feelings. Votes: 3

Conservative activists want [Stephen] Bannon, somebody who has spent much of the past two years trying to destroy speaker of the House, Paul Ryan. Votes: 3

An effective speaker can do more damage or more good in a well-stated minute than an angry klutz could do in half an hour. Votes: 3

Accustom yourself not to be disregarding of what someone else has to say: as far as possible enter into the mind of the speaker. Votes: 3

Kind words are benedictions. The are not only instruments of power, but of benevolence and courtesy; blessings both to the speaker and hearer of them. Votes: 3

The attribution of a speaker is in fact a part of the quotation. Some statements simply are better if a certain famous person said them. Votes: 3

Being anti-war in Hollywood was an act of bravery on the order of the keynote speaker at a PLO dinner making jokes about Ariel Sharon. Votes: 3

Donald Trump is now said that he wants to have a plan that's more harmonized with what House Republicans under speaker Paul Ryan have proposed. Votes: 3

I've been a speaker. I've been a majority leader. I've been a minority leader. Those are the sort of things I don't need any more. Votes: 3

We decipherers cannot afford to be as picky as the linguist, who can always run back to a native speaker for a few more forms. Votes: 3

I recall that, the first time I met a Geordie speaker, it was some days before I could understand a single word he was saying. Votes: 3

A gentleman does not promote a man on account of what he says; nor does he reject sayings, because the speaker is what he is. Votes: 3

The key for any speaker is to establish his own point of view for the audience, so they can see the game through his eyes. Votes: 3

When the vain speaker has sat down, and the people say 'what a good speech,' it still takes an ounce to balance an ounce. Votes: 3

Lips to lips, mouth to mouth,Comes the speaker of the shrouds,Suck in the spirit, speak the words,Let secrets of the dead be heard. Votes: 3

We know the speaker has received adequate empathy when a. we sense a release of tension, or b. the flow of words comes to a halt. Votes: 3

I think the key attributes for a good speaker are someone that's articulate and someone that puts a fair amount of humour into what they do. Votes: 3

I always think a great speaker convinces us not by force of reasoning, but because he is visibly enjoying the beliefs he wants us to accept. Votes: 3

Like a beautiful flower, full of colour, but without scent, are wise words when spoken, but fruitless these words are when not carried out by the speaker. Votes: 3

I do not dispute with the world, it is the world that disputes with me. A speaker of Dhamma does not dispute with anyone in the world. Votes: 3

Every minister, lecturer and public speaker know the discouragement of pouring himself of herself out to an audience and not receiving a single ripple of appreciative comment. Votes: 3

When a well-packaged web of lies has been sold gradually to the masses over generations, the truth will seem utterly preposterous and its speaker a raving lunatic. Votes: 3

Nothing, however, can be more arrogant, though nothing is commoner than to assume that of Gods there is only one, and of religions none but the speaker's. Votes: 3

A dull speaker, like a plain woman, is credited with all the virtues, for we charitably suppose that a surface so unattractive must be compensated by interior blessings. Votes: 3

That," he whispered, "is unthinkable." In Mosca's experience, such statements generally meant that a thing was perfectly thinkable, but that the speaker did not want to think it. Votes: 3

PLAIN SUPERFICIALITY is the character of a speech, in which any two points being taken, the speaker is found to lie wholly with regard to those two points. Votes: 3

It is one of the worst things of sentiment that the voice grows to be more important than the words, and the speaker than that what is spoken. Votes: 3

Who does not delight in oratory? How we gather to hear even an ordinary speaker! How often is a jury swayed and controlled by the appeals of counsel! Votes: 3

...my little blurb wasn't going to win me any speaker-of-the-year awards, but at least I hadn't tripped and fallen off the stage, crushing and killing three elderly jazz fans. Votes: 3

In my experience when a friend unloaded about a boyfriend or spouse, the listener soaked up the complaint and remembered it long after the speaker had forgiven the offense. Votes: 3

As [House] speaker, I came back, working with President Bill Clinton. We passed a very Reagan-like program: less regulation, lower taxes. Unemployment dropped to 4.2 percent. We created 11 million jobs. Votes: 3

Lincoln was not a good impromptu speaker; he was at his best when he could read from a carefully prepared manuscript, though maybe a teleprompter could have helped that! Votes: 3

Yoga exercises are excellent; the speaker does them every day, for an hour or more; but that is merely physical exercise, to keep the body healthy, and so on. Votes: 3

Let me tell you, Barack Obama is the most down dude in the world, but he's so smart so articulate, such an amazing speaker such a passionate man. He's humble. Votes: 3

Not every President is a great speaker. Not every President is a great thinker. But in the modern era, every single President is a master of one thing: eye contact. Votes: 3

A wide range of quotations are necessary for the repertoire of a well-rounded speaker. Quotations are able to illustrate in a few words what is difficult to explain in many. Votes: 3

It's Keun. He wants to be put on speaker. He's being weird.""Fancy that," said the Duke. "Next you'll tell me that the sun is a mass of incandescent gas. Votes: 3

The speaker does not feel the grammatical rules he is said to apply in composing sentences, and men spoke grammatically for thousands of years before anyone knew there were rules. Votes: 3

There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it. Votes: 3

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: 3

The sound of the words as they're said is always different from the sound they make when they're heard, because the speaker hears some of the sound from the inside Votes: 3

Obama's a great speaker. Because of his speaking ability and his appearance, a lot of guys got on board. Being the first African American, a lot guys got on board. Votes: 3

The problem posed by indirect speech acts is the problem of how it is possible for the speaker to say one thing and mean that but also to mean something else. Votes: 3

Bill Clinton was a very, very good speaker. But like many people who are great speakers and great thinkers and have a lot of energy and ambition, he talked too much. Votes: 3

An effective speaker knows that the success or failure of his talk is not for him to decide - it will be decided in the minds and hearts of his hearers. Votes: 3

And, finally, Lincoln was not a good impromptu speaker; he was at his best when he could read from a carefully prepared manuscript. Though maybe a teleprompter could have helped that! Votes: 3

I cannot write a speech. The pen is an extinguisher upon my mind and a torture to my nerves. I am the most habitual extemporaneous speaker that I have ever known. Votes: 3

Scripture has always been a part of my life. My dad was a pastor. My mother was a speaker, writer, and teacher. I memorized Scripture from the time I was little. Votes: 3

Let me just say as one who has been speaker of the House, I've had to have a very thick skin about every kind of thing that was thrown at me. Votes: 3

Best masters for the young writer and speaker are the fault- finding brothers and sisters at home who will not spare him, but willpick and cavil, and tell the odious truth. Votes: 3

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: 3

When you listen to stereo on your home system, your both ears hear both speakers. Turn on the left speaker sometime and notice you're hearing it also in your right ear. Votes: 3

Dialogue has to show not only something about the speaker that is its own revelation, but also maybe something about the speaker that he doesn't know but the other character does know. Votes: 3

Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good talks. But being considered the best speaker in the computer science department is like being known as the tallest of the Seven Dwarfs. Votes: 3

I was Speaker of the House in Florida, first Republican speaker in 120 years. And I totally dismantled the way this House worked and turned it around to what I believe is right. Votes: 3

It is true that words have power, and one of the things they are able to do is get out of someone's mouth before the speaker has the chance to stop them. Votes: 3

Then as the years went on and my listening became more deliberate, I would climb up on an arm of our big sofa to get my ear closer to the wireless speaker. Votes: 3

The role at the DCCC as well as the role of chief deputy whip - I wouldn't be where I am in those spots if it were not for the speaker's approval. Votes: 3

One of my favorite things is acting like a speaker or a professor or a CEO of a company and addressing the audience like a group of engineers or designers or marketers. Votes: 3

The sanity of the average banquet speaker lasts about two and a half months; at the end of that time he begins to mutter to himself, and calls out in his sleep. Votes: 3

Writing is nothing less than thought transference, the ability to send one's ideas out into the world, beyond time and distance, taken at the value of the words, unbound from the speaker. Votes: 3

First and foremost, I'm a journalist. My business is the truth. Now, I happen to be other things, too - a pop-culture phenomenon, the most in-demand speaker on the campus lecture circuit, whatever. Votes: 3

After President Mutharika was declared a winner, there was life after State House. For those Malawians that know me, I am an international public speaker. So I went back to my speaking engagements. Votes: 3

And we've also had now the speaker of the Parliament in Iraq using blatantly anti-Semitic remarks, saying the Jews and sons of Jews are the problem of all the violence that's in Iraq. Votes: 3

For, if a good speaker, never so eloquent, does not see into the fact, and is not speaking the truth of that - is there a more horrid kind of object in creation? Votes: 3

Words belong to nobody, and in themselves they evaluate nothing. But they can serve any speaker and be used for the most varied and directly contradictory evaluations on the part of the speakers. Votes: 3

Nothing disturbs me more than superficiality and mere sloganizing on matters of public policy, and the suspicion that what the speaker is saying represents the full extent of his knowledge on the subject. Votes: 3

What about little microphones? What if everyone swallowed them, and they played the sounds of our hearts through a little speaker...I wonder if everyone's hearts would start to beat at the same time. Votes: 3

That is not the best sermon which makes the hearers go away talking to one another and praising the speaker, but which makes them go away thoughtful and serious, and hastening to be alone. Votes: 3

In some South Pacific cultures, a speaker holds a conch shell as a symbol of temporary position of authority. Leaders must understand who holds the conch-that is, who should be listened to and when. Votes: 3

Bush is a very poor impromptu speaker. He does fine in small groups but when speaking without a script in front of large groups or answering questions he wasn't prepped for, he has problems. Votes: 3

[John Carlos] has spent much of his life since that time as a dedicated human rights advocate and public speaker, and he is out now with a wonderful new text; a memoir, in fact. Votes: 3

A good saying often runs the risk of being thrown away when quoted as the speaker's own. [Fr., C'est souvent hasarder un bon mot et vouloir le perdre que de le donner pour sien.] Votes: 3

Beware that the one who reads is the same as the book, the same as what is read, the same as the speaker and the same as what is spoken without being the word. Votes: 3

When you want to hear a philosopher, do not say, 'You say nothing to me'; only show yourself worthy or fit to hear, and then you will see how you will move the speaker. Votes: 3

At 25, I was in the audience of my first professional speaker, Bob Bales. His presentation got my attention. I had never seen anyone having so much fun 'at work' and getting paid for it! Votes: 3

I'm not necessarily one to be remembered as a great, great speaker in wrestling, but I want to share my feelings about the people who have influenced me over the course of my career. Votes: 3

I'm not new to the political process; I was making a contribution as the speaker of the third largest and most diverse state in the country well before I even got into the Senate. Votes: 3

The relationship of the toastmaster to speaker should be the same as that of the fan to the fan dancer. It should call attention to the subject without making any particular effort to cover it. Votes: 3

Most of our censure of others is only oblique praise of self, uttered to show the wisdom and superiority of the speaker. It has all the invidiousness of self-praise, and all the ill-desert of falsehood. Votes: 3

I'm tough, and you know what? New Yorkers deserve that. They work head, they fight it out, they slug it out. And they deserve a mayor or a speaker who's going to do the same. Votes: 3

A man may lack everything but tact and conviction and still be a forcible speaker; but without these nothing will avail... Fluency, grace, logical order, and the like, are merely the decorative surface of oratory. Votes: 3

As a reader I don't distinguish between confessional and non-confessional work. After all, how do we even know that certain "I" poems are confessional? It's a tricky business, this correlating of the speaker and the poet. Votes: 3

All women are troublemakers who take the money their husbands need desperately for a new and better speaker, and selfishly squander it on things like shoes for the children, homogenized milk, or perhaps A SECOND DRESS! Votes: 3

Orrin Hatch was the keynote speaker at the last meeting of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. He sought me out because he was a fan. I was thinking he had confused me with someone else. Votes: 3

Perpetual aiming at wit is a very bad part of conversation. It is done to support a character: it generally fails; it is a sort of insult on the company, and a restraint upon the speaker. Votes: 3

Look at almost any passage, and you'll find that a paragraph has five or six metaphors in it. It's not that the speaker is trying to be poetic, it's just that that's the way language works. Votes: 3

Every member of Congress deserves a seat at the table to be involved in the process. I will continue fighting for this to become a reality in Washington, and will be running for speaker of the House. Votes: 3

Donald Trump had a university. Well, the state attorney general decided that the Donald Trump University was an unlicensed sham. And I thought, you know you're at a bad university when your commencement speaker is Whitey Bulger. Votes: 3

I used my mother's radio as a PA system. I'd take the telephone, the speaking part, and take those two leads off and lead them into the radio and the sound would come out of the speaker. Votes: 3

Business is all about focus. But with focus comes myopia and to conquer that, I come in to shake things up. To be invited as a keynote speaker is to have a license to interfere and interrupt. Votes: 3

As a speaker, business leader or marketer of any type, the onus is now on each of us to become equally capable of communicating very personally with a seemingly endless number of people connected by social technologies. Votes: 3

In the British embassy in Afghanistan in 2008, an embassy of 350 people, there were only three people who could speak Dari, the main language of Afghanistan, at a decent level. And there was not a single Pashto speaker. Votes: 3

It always takes two. There's the speaker and the listener, you and the audience. You've worked long hours and it comes down to that moment, that performance. The goal isn't just to improve yourself, but to transport people. Votes: 3

The teachings of Osho, in fact, encompass many religions, but he is not defined by any of them. He is an illuminating speaker on Zen, Taoism, Tibetan Buddhism, Christianity and ancient Greek philosophy... and also a prolific author. Votes: 3

A popular speaker, however unpopular and insignificant, has only to wind up his speech with half-a-dozen lines of Shakespeare (and to make it clearly understood that they are Shakespeare's) and he will sit down amid thunders of applause. Votes: 3

There are often multiple sources for some famous statements by King; as a professional speaker and minister he used some significant phrases with only slight variation many times in his essays, books, and his speeches to different audiences. Votes: 3

The arrow belongs not to the archer when it has once left the bow; the word no longer belongs to the speaker when it has once passed his lips, especially when it has been multiplied by the press. Votes: 3

The kindness I have longest remembered has been of this sort, the sort unsaid; so far behind the speaker's lips that almost it already lay in my heart. It did not have far to go to be communicated. Votes: 3

I admired Hitler, for instance, because he came from being a little man with almost no formal education, up to power. I admire him for being such a good public speaker and for what he did with it. Votes: 3

In the realm of culture in America, white European culture has held the floor for centuries; just as with any one-sided conversation, a balance can only be achieved if the speaker who has dominated speaks less and listens more. Votes: 3

Hey," said Jace. who was sitting on an overturned speaker, looking at his cellphone, "do you want to see a photo of Alec and Magnus in Berlin?" "Not really," said Simon. "Magnus is wearing lederhosen." "And yet, still no. Votes: 3

With the computer and programming languages, mathematics has newly-acquired tools, and its notation should be reviewed in the light of them. The computer may, in effect, be used as a patient, precise, and knowledgeable "native speaker" of mathematical notation. Votes: 3

Speech is highly elliptical. It would scarcely be endurable otherwise. Ellipsis is indispensable to the writer or speaker who wants to be brief and pithy, but it can easily cause confusion and obscurity and must be used with skill. Votes: 3

You're not going to become a great manager overnight. You're not going to become a great public speaker or figure out how to raise money. These are the things you want to start the clock on as early as possible. Votes: 3

Authoritative interpretations of the First Amendment guarantees have consistently refused to recognize an exception for any test of truth whether administered by judges, juries, or administrative officials and especially one that puts the burden of proving truth on the speaker. Votes: 3

Perhaps the habit which distinguishes civilized people from others is that of discussion, exchange of opinion and ideas, the ability to differ without quarrelling, to say what you have to say civilly and then to listen civilly to another speaker. Votes: 3

If I go away, I take a little picture of my son. It's in a frame with a speaker, and he recorded a birthday message for me when he was nine or 10. I can't listen to it without filling up. Votes: 3

Chin held high, Miss Ohio beamed at an imagined crowd. "I want to be a motivational speaker." "What are you going to motivate people to do?" Smile still in place, she cut her eyes at Adina. "You know. Motivational ... stuff. Votes: 3

Fill your mouth with marbles and make a speech. Every day reduce the number of marbles in your mouth and make a speech. You will soon become an accredited public speaker -- as soon as you have lost all your marbles. Votes: 3

Mankind are tolerant of the praises of others as long as each hearer thinks that he can do as well or nearly as well himself, but, when the speaker rises above him, jealousy is aroused and he begins to be incredulous. Votes: 3

The composer must bear in mind that the radio listener does not hear music directly. He hears it only after the sound has passed through a microphone, amplifiers, transmission lines, radio transmitter, receiving set, and, finally, the loud speaker apparatus itself. Votes: 3

I sit on the Drug Policy Subcommittee of the United States Congress. I'm on the speaker's task force. This is something people would rather turn away from and not face, but in fact it is possibly the greatest threat we face. Votes: 3

I think that we see Steve Jobs as the genius speaker in the mock black turtleneck with the round glasses, sort of beautifully delivering his new product, and I think that for people to understand that he started in a garage. Votes: 3

For I must not measure the speech of a statesman to his people by the impression which it leaves in a university professor, but by the effect it exerts on the people. And this alone gives the standard for the speaker's genius. Votes: 3

That single thought is enough. The impulse increases to a wish, the wish to a desire, the desire to an uncontrollable longing, and the longing (to the deep regret and mortification of the speaker, and in defiance of all consequences,) is indulged. Votes: 3

When I was 14 years old, I had the opportunity to meet Buddy Holly. I asked him how he got that big, powerful sound out of his guitar amp. He said, 'I blew a speaker and decided not to get it fixed.' Votes: 3

It's interesting what former presidents do when they leave office. Bush is now working as a motivational speaker. And if you want to be motivated, who better to turn to than the guy who invaded the wrong country and started a depression. Votes: 3

For it is not true, as some treatise-mongers lay down in their systems, of the probity of the speaker, that it contributes nothing to persuasion; but moral character nearly, I may say, carries with it the most sovereign efficacy in making credible. Votes: 3

The way you walk, that's me The way you talk, that's me The way you got your hair up, did you forget that's me? & the voice in the speaker right now, that's me, that's me & the voice in your ear, that's me Votes: 3

The longer I live, the more I have come to value the gift of eloquence. Every American youth, if he desires for any purpose to get influence over his countrymen in an honorable way, will seek to become a good public speaker. Votes: 3

And in cases where profound conviction has been wrought, the eloquent man is he who is no beautiful speaker, but who is inwardly drunk with a certain belief. It agitates and tears him, and perhaps almost bereaves him of the power of articulation. Votes: 3

Talk passionately and act compassionately. The only thing you can do in your life to win the world is to be a kind speaker and a kind listener. That's what makes the humankind. Kind listening and kind speaking. Passionately talk and compassionately act. Votes: 3

Thus, the "memories" that people reported contained little information about the event they were trying to recall (the speaker's tone of voice) but were greatly influenced by the properties of the retrieval cue that we gave them (the positive or negative facial expression). Votes: 3

I realized how Latina I was, and then also, at the same time, how not Latina enough I was, because I’m born and raised in Los Angeles. I speak Spanish, but I don’t speak perfect Spanish, not like a native speaker Votes: 3

The most attractive sentences are, perhaps, not the wisest, but the surest and roundest. They are spoken firmly and conclusively,as if the speaker had a right to know what he says, and if not wise, they have at least been well learned. Votes: 3

Occasionally, once a speaker is on his feet, it is difficult to get him to sit down. ... If and when he returns to earth, he notices half of the room is paging the other half and a few are playing with the melted candles. Votes: 3

Sometimes it's the mistakes that end up leading you into new territory .. like the guitar solo on 'Peelin' Taters' - I had some speaker problems, but the tone ended up sounding better than if I had new speakers .. it's a 60's Nashville, 'uptown' thing Votes: 3

I never got formal training in music. I would just sit with my ear to the speaker and my hand on the needle. I'd listen to Wanda Jackson and think, 'How did she do that?,' and lift the needle and try it myself. Votes: 3

Conversationis like the table of contents of a dull book.... All the greatest subjects of human thought are proudly displayedin it. Listen to it for three minutes, and you ask yourself which is more striking, the emphasis of the speaker or his shocking ignorance. Votes: 3

Love was like notches on a speaker that could be cranked up and down, the decibels of desire, the frequencies of feeling. Sometimes she thought that she might have cranked it all the way up and broken the dial before the music had even started. Votes: 3

When I kicked in the first TV – a nineteen-inch Magnavox with wicker speaker panels – it felt like the most perfect thing I had done in a long time. And there's nothing like the feeling of perfection that will inspire repeated behavior. Votes: 3

To preach the Gospel requires that the preacher should believe that he is sent to those whom he is addressing at the moment, because God has among them those whom He is at the moment calling; it requires that the speaker should expect a response. Votes: 3

The most striking aspect of linguistic competence is what we may call the 'creativity of language,' that is, the speaker's ability to produce new sentences, sentences that are immediately UNDERSTOOD by other speakers although they bear no physical resemblance to sentences which are 'familiar. Votes: 3

I believe the president wants this bill, and I know he's taken some steps to bring it about, ... The reality is that with a majority of the members of the House ready to vote for this bill, the speaker refused to call a roll call. Votes: 3

The best meeting I ever went to was a meeting in France where the talk slots were 60 minutes long, but you were told to prepare a five-minute talk. It was absolutely great because the entire talk was a conversation between the speaker and the audience. Votes: 3

I do not separate Christ from God more than a voice from the speaker or a beam from the sun. Christ is the voice of the speaker. He and the Father are the same thing, as the beam and the light, are the same light. Votes: 3

This speaker reminds me of my childhood in Budapest. There were gypsy magicians who came to town to entertain us children. But as I recollect, there was one important difference: the gypsy only seemed to violate the laws of nature, he never really violated them! Votes: 3

Forget all the conventional 'rules' but one. There is one golden rule: Stick to topics you deeply care about and don't keep your passion buttoned inside your vest. An audience's biggest turn-on is the speaker's obvious enthusiasm. If you are lukewarm about the issue, forget it! Votes: 3

Of means of persuading by speaking there are three species: some consist in the character of the speaker; others in the disposing the hearer a certain way; others in the thing itself which is said, by reason of its proving, or appearing to prove the point. Votes: 3

There is a certain manner of self-absorption in speaking that always renders the speaker disagreeable. For it is as great a folly to listen only to ourselves while we are carrying on a conversation with others as it is to talk to ourselves while we are alone. Votes: 3

If you want to catch the right mental attitude, go where that attitude exists. Start by going to the people who have the right mental attitude. If the right people aren't always available, then go the right book, or to the right recording of a dynamic speaker. Votes: 3

When I'm listening to stuff on the computer or through a horrible little speaker on my phone, and then I hear the real version with the bass and everything, I sometimes don't like it as much. I definitely believe that any medium is viable in that respect. Votes: 3

Let the mouth also fast from disgraceful speeches and railings. For what does it profit if we abstain from fish and fowl and yet bite and devour our brothers and sisters? The evil speaker eats the flesh of his brother and bites the body of his neighbor. Votes: 3

Oh, I would love to be a motivational speaker. I have pulled myself out of a million potholes, and I can see the potholes ahead of me. That doesn't mean that I could always do that so perfectly for my own life. I totally fall in potholes. Votes: 3

George Bernard Shaw of England stopped over just long enough to make one speech in Bombay, India, started a war and 100 Indians killed each other. That's what I call good speech-making. The only enthusiasm any of our speakers can rouse is a demand to kill the speaker. Votes: 3

The first picture of his I ever saw was during a lecture at the Rhyl camera club. I was 16 and the speaker was Emrys Jones. He projected the picture upside down. Deliberately, to disregard the subject matter to reveal the composition. It's a lesson I've never forgotten. Votes: 3

I'm trying to talk to my kids in Japanese, because I'm not a pro English speaker. My wife speaks to them in English. That's her first language. I don't want my kids to feel the same as me when I was studying English. It was so frustrating. Votes: 3

It's like in politics: You can have great intentions for the world, but if you're not a good speaker and if you're not the sort of person that people can intimately link with, then it makes it very easy to say, "Well, they're not a nice person." Votes: 3

An essential part of true listening is the discipline of bracketing, the temporary giving up or setting aside of one's own prejudices, frames of reference and desires so as to experience as far as possible the speaker's world from the inside, step in inside his or her shoes. Votes: 3

I started to listen to music and began collecting records around 1948. And it was fairly soon after that that hi-fi came about, so that it was possible to have really good sound - LPs and tapes and speaker systems. The whole thing came more or less at once. Votes: 3

The decision for me was whether to have 'The Father' be a book that told a story - from the point of view of this speaker, the daughter - without, as in the earlier books, then having a section on something else and a section on something else. Votes: 3

The whole body reacts to color. If you were to walk into an all-neon-pink room, it would be difficult not to react. I think it is a unified, human thing to feel color with everything. It is like standing next to a bass speaker plugged into your eyeballs. Votes: 3

Of the modes of persuasion furnished by the spoken word there are three kinds. The first kind depends on the personal character ofthe speaker; the second on putting the audience into a certain frame of mind; the third on the proof, provided by the words of the speech itself. Votes: 3

The spirit listens only when the speaker speaks in gestures. And gestures do not mean signs or body movements, but acts of true abandon, acts of largesse, of humor. As a gesture to the spirit, warriors bring out the best of themselves and silently offer it to the abstract. Votes: 3

A thought is truly sought only if it has got, in latent or potent form, the strength of 'WE' which sounds as 'V' that stands for 'VICTORY', and so it reflects the power of a true leader who as writer or speaker involves everyone alike at the same level. Votes: 3

In dialogue, make sure that your attributives do not awkwardly interrupt a spoken sentence. Place them where the breath would come naturally in speech-that is, where the speaker would pause for emphasis, or take a breath. The best test for locating an attributive is to speak the sentence aloud. Votes: 3

He did it (listened) as the world's most charming and magnetic people do, always asking the right question at the right time, never fidgeting or taking his eyes from the speaker's face, making the other guy feel like the most knowledgeable, brilliant, and intellectually savvy person on the planet. Votes: 3

The progress in Iraq is still fragile. And it could still be reversed. Iraq still faces innumerable challenges, and they will be evident during what will likely be a difficult process as the newly elected Council of Representatives selects the next prime minister, president, and speaker of the council. Votes: 3

The middles cleave to euphemisms not just because they're an aid in avoiding facts. They like them also because they assist their social yearnings towards pomposity. This is possible because most euphemisms permit the speaker to multiply syllables, and the middle class confuses sheer numerousness with weight and value. Votes: 3

Being Speaker of the House is a really tough spot. Votes: 2

Speaker Pelosi says unemployment benefits are economic stimulus. Those are bare-bones benefits. Votes: 2

My persona is less miserable than a lot of contemporary poetry speakers are. Votes: 2

If you asked me if I'd rather be Speaker or a very senior minister, I'd say Speaker. Votes: 2

I have speakers all over my house because music is such a huge, huge part of who I am. Votes: 2

We, Norton I, do hereby decree that the offices of President, Vice President, and Speaker of the House of Representatives are, from and after this date, abolished. Votes: 2

Mr. Speaker, less than 10 percent of our Nation's children walk or ride their bicycles to school, and too many schools continue to invite fast-food vendors into their cafeterias. Votes: 2

Mr. Speaker, our Nation must no longer be complacent about underage drinking and its alarming consequences. We must bring this national public health crisis out of the shadow and into the bright light of a national priority. Votes: 2

No graduation speaker will ever tell you that the future is anything but uncertain. It never is. But graduations need not only be obsessed with looking ahead; a graduation can be a day on which we turn back and trace our steps to see how we ended up where we are. Votes: 2

Persuasion is achieved by the speaker's personal character when the speech is so spoken as to make us think him credible. We believe good men more fully and more readily than others: this is true generally whatever the question is, and absolutely true where exact certainty is impossible and opinions are divided. Votes: 2

It's kind of interesting, because hacking is a skill that could be used for criminal purposes or legitimate purposes, and so even though in the past I was hacking for the curiosity, and the thrill, to get a bite of the forbidden fruit of knowledge, I'm now working in the security field as a public speaker. Votes: 2

If a university official's letter accusing a speaker of having a proclivity to commit speech crimes before she's given the speech - which then leads to Facebook postings demanding that Ann Coulter be hurt, a massive riot and a police-ordered cancellation of the speech - is not hate speech, then there is no such thing as hate speech. Votes: 2

Whether you're president or speaker, if you're wrong, we need to stand up and point it out. That's what Martin Luther King had talked about: being judged by the content of our character and not the color of our skin. So some of us pounded away on some of the ridiculous policies of Pelosi - and lo and behold, over time, the public began to see. Votes: 2

If you put a baseball and other toys in front of a baby, he'll pick up a baseball in preference to the others. Votes: 2

The Babe was a great ballplayer, sure, but Cobb was even greater. Babe could knock your brains out, but Cobb would drive you crazy. Votes: 2

What is our recourse, Mr. Speaker? What is our remedy? Votes: 0

Mr. Speaker, Delaware River's regional ports handle approximately 58 million tons of cargo yearly. Votes: 0

Mr. Speaker, democracy works best when the American electorate is engaged and informed. Votes: 0

Mr. Speaker, Delaware River's regional ports handle approximately 58 million tons of cargo yearly. Votes: 0

President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner played golf this weekend. Obama's handicap is Joe Biden. Votes: 0

I think the record shows that as Speaker, I have taken the lead in cleaning up politics. Votes: 0

Having five children in six years is the best training in the world for Speaker of the House. Votes: 0

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Peace Corps as it reached its 45th anniversary on March 1, 2006. Votes: 0

In his first speech as Speaker, Boehner thanked his loved ones - tobacco lobbyists, the oil companies, the CEOs. Votes: 0

Mr Speaker, I withdraw my statement that half the cabinet are asses - half the cabinet are not asses. Votes: 0

In Washington, we've seen enough tax hikes, government takeovers, bailouts, and other big government solutions under Speaker Pelosi's control. Votes: 0

Mr. Speaker, the time for an increase in the minimum wage has not just arrived; it is long overdue. Votes: 0

Historically, the coupling of president and Speaker has been a tricky one that encourages a choreography both quick-footed and wary Votes: 0

Speaker says psychology has commandeered "everything hard" and partitioned it from Scripture with the assumption that its causes are biological Votes: 0

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the definition of a marriage as between one man and one woman. Votes: 0

So in our shared mission to make America great again, I support and endorse our Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan. Votes: 0

Mr. Speaker, our Nation depends on immigrants' labor, and I hope we can create an immigration system as dependable as they are. Votes: 0

Speaker Newt Gingrich says that what is wrong with the present system is not that people abuse welfare but that welfare abuses people. Votes: 0

Mr. Speaker, as a grateful recovering alcoholic of 24 years myself, I am living proof that treatment does work and that recovery is real. Votes: 0

There is only one group to blame for the continued suffering of these innocent victims: the House majority and their Speaker, John Boehner. Votes: 0

I supported my friend Congressman Shuler over former Speaker Nancy Pelosi during our party's leadership elections in November citing a need for new leadership. Votes: 0

With all due respect to Speaker Hastert, trying to eliminate the IRS by adopting a national retail sales tax is a very dumb idea. Votes: 0

Mr. Speaker, I once again find myself compelled to vote against the annual budget resolution for a very simple reason: it makes government bigger. Votes: 0

Madam Speaker, before being elected to Congress, I ran a manufacturing business that did a significant percentage of our sales outside the United States. Votes: 0

Speaker [Paul] Ryan made clear that the Republican congress agrees with [Donald Trump], and [building a wall] that`s something that should be done. Votes: 0

Mr Speaker, I smell a rat; I see him forming in the air and darkening the sky; but I will nip him in the bud. Votes: 0

After hearing from my colleagues, I have decided to run for Speaker of the House. Let's work together to make a difference for our country. Votes: 0

Between 1994 and the year 2000, when the Republican majority was in control of the House of Representatives, President Clinton played House Speaker Newt Gringrich like a violin! Votes: 0

I never aspired to be Speaker simply so I could say, 'I am the Speaker of the House of Commons,' and tell my children that. Votes: 0

We, Norton I, do hereby decree that the offices of President, Vice President, and Speaker of the House of Representatives are, from and after this date, abolished. Votes: 0

Mr. Speaker, I am sure the picture of the hon. member of the NDP [Svend Robinson] is posted in much more wonderful places than just police stations. Votes: 0

Between [Speaker of the House] Paul Ryan, [Senate Majority Leader] Mitch McConnell, and Donald Trump's team, I don't see a lot of openings for making real progress. Votes: 0

well with me now is Geoffrey Robinson. He was once voted 'After-dinner Speaker of the Year', so if you've had your tea, you're in for a treat Votes: 0

.......the truth is, while the FBI is hiding behind the 5th Amendment, the Unabomer is qualifying for Social Security as a terrorist. Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. Votes: 0

It's really beneath the office of a member of Congress to say something that outrageous. The fact that she was once the Speaker is mind-numbing, honestly... mind-numbingly stupid. Votes: 0

House Speaker John Boehner says President Obama should have clearly outlined his exact plans before bombing Libya. Apparently it's only Iraq where you don't have to do that. Votes: 0

This is the Speaker for the Dead? Judging someone by appearances?" "Maybe I've fallen in love with Grego." "You've always been a sucker for people who pee on you. Votes: 0

as I became Speaker in 1986, I made a point of setting up a public information office to respond to requests and provide information about Parliament and how it functions. Votes: 0

Mr. Speaker. I said the honorable member was a liar it is true and I am sorry for it. The honorable member may place the punctuation where he pleases. Votes: 0

Mr. Speaker, high natural gas prices and the summer spike in gasoline prices serve as a stark reminder that the path to energy independence is a long and arduous one. Votes: 0

Mr. Speaker, we have reached a point in history where some have forgotten that it is the family, not the government, that is the fundamental building block of our society. Votes: 0

Mr. Speaker, from hurricanes and floods in Latin America to earthquakes in Asia, natural disasters are increasingly becoming a regular feature of life for large numbers of people around the globe. Votes: 0

Mr. Speaker, there are some in this Chamber who believe that Christians, like well-behaved children, should be seen and not heard... Christians will not remain silent. We are here to stay. Votes: 0

Mr. Speaker, on September 11, 2001, the United States was attacked, and Britain stood with us. This was not only an attack against America, but against the civilized world; and Britain understood this. Votes: 0

Mr. Speaker, genocide is the most potent of all crimes against humanity because it is an effort to systematically wipe out a people and a culture as well as individual lives. Votes: 0

House Speaker John Boehner said the Republican Party will no longer stand in the way of gay marriage. Then Boehner said, 'Now can I go to Elton John's Oscar party?' Votes: 0

Mr. Speaker, the scientific evidence is overwhelming that embryonic stem cells have great potential to regenerate specific types of human tissues, offering hope for millions of Americans suffering from debilitating diseases. Votes: 0

Mr. Speaker, in seeking to return to the United Nations, the Republic of China on Taiwan will once again ask diplomatic allies to present its case before the United Nations this fall. Votes: 0

I am committed to working with Speaker Hastert and the other members of the Illinois congressional delegation to do all that I can to ensure that Illinois' funding needs are adequately met. Votes: 0

I can tell you this. It is not going to be evenly constituted and when she was Speaker Pelosi, she certainly showed no interests in having an equal number of Republicans and Democrats. Votes: 0

Mr. Speaker, for the last 5 years I have been working with a bipartisan group of my colleagues to make it illegal to continue the barbaric practice of game bird and illegal dog fighting. Votes: 0

Mr. Speaker, I agree with those who say that the Global War on Terrorism is actually a Global War of Ideas and that terrorism is one of the tactics used in that War. Votes: 0

Mr. Speaker, the goal of stem cell research should be to help our fellow human beings. The debate on this issue has, unfortunately, moved into dangerous unethical territory when perfectly moral alternatives exist. Votes: 0

Mr. Speaker, Americans want, need, and rightfully expect Congress to protect them from the prying eyes of identity thieves and give them back control of their Social Security numbers and personal health information. Votes: 0

In his first 100 days, Mr. Obama has put the fate of his presidency in the hands of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. He may come to regret that decision. Votes: 0

The sheer magnitude of Speaker Pelosis spending spree is mind boggling. Most of us do not use the number 1,000,000,000,000 in our daily lives, so it is difficult to attach tangible value to the figure. Votes: 0

My grandfather on my mother's side was a professor of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; my other grandfather was a lawyer, and one time Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives. Votes: 0

And, Mr. Speaker, if the Governor and Council don't see fit to fall in with us, I say let the general duty law, and all, go to the devil, sir, and go about our business. Votes: 0

I think a lot of the most interesting immigrant writing involves stepping outside of that old, dreary binary. Chang-rae Lee's Native Speaker is a great example. Same goes for Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior. Votes: 0