Sayings about Speeches
The sober man’s secret is the drunkard’s speeches. ~ Russian Proverbs
Speech is often repented, silence never. ~ Danish Proverbs
We must have reasons for speech but we need none for silence. ~ French Proverb
Proverbs are the lamp of speech. ~ Arabian Proverb
A kind speech and forgiveness is better than alms followed by injury. ~ Islamic Proverb
Silence is also speech. ~ West African Proverb
Not speech, but facts, convince. ~ Greek Proverbs
In the young, silence is better than speech. ~ Greek Proverb
The public improves the speaker’s speech. ~ Iranian Proverbs
Speech is silver; silence is golden. ~ Swiss Proverbs
They will be hushed by a good deed who laugh at a wise speech. ~ French Proverb
Speech both conceals and reveals the thoughts of men. ~ Latin Proverbs
Even a soft speech has its own poison. ~ Syrian Proverbs
Be modest in speech, but excel in action. ~ Chinese Proverb
To quarrel with a man of good speech is better than to converse with a man who does not speak well. ~ Sanskrit Proverb
A foolish man may be known by six things: Anger without cause, speech without profit, change without progress, inquiry without object, putting trust in a stranger, and mistaking foes for friends. ~ Saudi Arabian Proverb
Quotations about Speeches
Persuasive speech, and more persuasive sighs, Silence that spoke and eloquence of eyes. ~ Homer
Consider in silence whatever any one says: speech both conceals and reveals the inner soul of man. ~ Marcus Porcius Cato
We rarely repent of speaking little, but often of speaking too much. ~ Jean de la Bruyere
When a thing has been said and well said, have no scruple; take it and copy it. ~ Jacques Anatole Thibault
Speech was given to the ordinary sort or men, whereby to communicate their mind; but to wise men, whereby to conceal it. ~ Bishop Robert South
Speech is the small change of silence. ~ George Meredith
Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches. ~ Otto Von Bismarck
Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Speech is as a pump, by which we raise and pour out the water from the great lake of Thought,–whither it flows back again. ~ John Sterling
It’s better to keep your mouth shut and give the impression that you’re stupid than to open it and remove all doubt. ~ Rami Belson
Men use thought only to justify their wrong doings, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts. ~ Voltaire
Speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again. ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved. ~ Voltaire
Language is legislation, speech is its code. We do not see the power which is in speech because we forget that all speech is a classification, and that all classifications are oppressive. ~ Roland Barthes
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of the wise man is in his heart. ~ Benjamin Franklin
Speech has been given to man to disguise his thoughts. ~ Charles Maurice De Talleyrand
Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent. ~ Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Nobody has a right to speak more clearly than he thinks. ~ Alfred North Whitehead
Be swift to hear, slow to speak. ~ Cleobulus of Lindos
In speaking, it is best to be clear and say just enough to convey the meaning. ~ Confucius
God giveth speech to all, song to the few. ~ Walter Chalmers Smith
It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman hate or despise him. ~ George Bernard Shaw
Speech is a mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so is he. ~ Publilius Syrus
Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud. ~ Hermann Hesse
Speech is the mirror of action. ~ Solon
First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak. ~ Epictetus
Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour. ~ Thomas Jefferson
God has given us speech in order that we may say pleasant things to our friends, and tell bitter truths to our enemies. ~ Heinrich Heine
Speeches are not magic and there is no great speech without great policy. ~ Peggy Noonan
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. ~ Demosthenes
Keep the golden mean between saying too much and too little. ~ Publilius Syrus
Speech is better than silence; silence is better than speech. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action. ~ Confucius
Nothing is said nowadays that has not been said before. ~ Terence
The heart seldom feels what the mouth expresses. ~ Jean Galbert de Campistron,
Speech is always bolder than action. ~ Johann Friedrich Von Schiller
And let him be sure to leave other men their turns to speak. ~ Francis Bacon
Speak briefly and to the point. ~ Marcus Porcius Cato
People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid. ~ Soren A. Kierkegaard
No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous. ~ Henry Brooks Adams
A knavish speech sleeps in a foolish ear. ~ William Shakespeare
The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them. ~ Oliver Goldsmith
Speak but little and well, if you would be esteemed as a man of merit. ~ Archbishop Richard Chenevix Trench
In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible. ~ George Orwell
I have often regretted having spoken, never having kept silent. ~ Publilius Syrus
Speech is the index of the mind. ~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca
He gave man speech, and speech created thought, which is the measure of the universe. ~ Percy Bysshe Shelley
All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared listener. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson
What this country needs is more free speech worth listening to. ~ Hansell B. Duckett
She had lost the art of conversation, but not, unfortunately, the power of speech. ~ George Bernard Shaw
Speech is but the incorporation of thought. ~ Joseph Joubert
Speak boldly, and speak truly, shame the devil. ~ Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher
Man does not speak because he thinks; he thinks because he speaks. Or rather, speaking is no different than thinking: to speak is to think. ~ Octavio Paz
Most men make little use of their speech than to give evidence against their own understanding. ~ George Savile
All have the gift of speech, but few are possessed of wisdom. ~ Marcus Porcius Cato
Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech. ~ Antoine Rivarol
It is never so difficult to speak as when we are ashamed of our silence. ~ Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld
Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. ~ William Shakespeare
A speech should not just be a sharing of information, but a sharing of yourself. ~ Ralph Archbold
A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions. ~ Confucius
Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn both arts. ~ Thomas Carlyle
When we are understood, we always speak well, and then all your fine diction serves no purpose. ~ Moliere
The speech of the tongue is best known to men; God best understands the language of the heart. ~ Arthur Warwick
Man is born with the faculty of speech. Who gives it to him? He who gives the bird its song. ~ Joseph Joubert
Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you’ve got to say, and say it hot. ~ D. H. Lawrence
Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so he is. ~ Publilius Syrus
Speech of yourself ought to be seldom and well chosen. ~ Francis Bacon
Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. ~ Hannah Arendt
Speech and silence. We feel safer with a madman who talks than with one who cannot open his mouth. ~ E. M. Cioran
Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring another out of his bad sense into your good sense. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Conversation is the image of the mind; as the man, so is his speech. ~ Publilius Syrus
Speech is reason’s brother, and a kingly prerogative of man. ~ Martin Farquhar Tupper
Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few. ~ Cato The Elder
Speech is the vocalized form of communication used by humans, which is based upon the syntactic combination of items drawn from the lexicon. Each spoken word is created out of the phonetic combination of a limited set of vowel and consonant speech sound units (phonemes). These vocabularies, the syntax that structures them, and their sets of speech sound units differ, creating many thousands of different, and mutually unintelligible, human languages. The vocal abilities that enable humans to produce speech also enable them to sing. ~ An excerpt from Wikipedia