Speech Quotes

• Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in a few words.

• Speak when you are angry--and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret.

• The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

• Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.

• Speech is a mirror of the soul: as a man speaks, so is he.

• Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.

• Thought is the fountain of speech.

• Tears at times have all the weight of speech.

• All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.

• In a free state there should be freedom of speech and thought.

• The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency.

• Do not fight verbosity with words: speech is given to all, intelligence to few.

• The First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that is besides the point. Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation to tolerate speech.

• Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn both arts.

• Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.

• Brevity is the soul of wit.

• Ill deeds are doubled with an evil word.

• It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.

• I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.

• I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.

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