Subject: Communication » Speech (Page 16)

I usually get my stuff from people who promised somebody else that they would keep it a secret.

(1897 – 1972) broadcast journalist & gossip columnist

Why in a country of free speech, are there phone bills?

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Don't talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

I used to have a speech impediment, but we got divorced.

(1926 – 1988) American cartoonist (The Lockhorns)

Do people in Australia, call the rest of the world, "Up Over"?

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Women don't want to hear what you think; women want to hear what they think – in a deeper voice.

(1937 – ) comedian & television actor

Why is it that when anything goes without saying, it never does?

writer

An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.

(1890 – 1969) 34th U.S. president, U.S. Army General

Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk; that will teach you to keep your mouth shut.

(1899 – 1961) author & journalist

If I could drop dead right now, I’d be the happiest man alive.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

(1780 – 1832) English cleric, writer & collector

‘Son, I don’t think you’re cut out to be a mime.’ ‘Was it something I said?’ asks the son. ‘Yes.’

(Daniel Barker) British comedian, voice-artist & actor

It’s time for the human race to enter the solar system.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

If I wanted you to know what I’m thinking, I’d be talking.

(1946 – ) American actor

Some say our national pastime is baseball. Not me… it's gossip.

(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist

If you must keep groaning, please try to do it in a rhythm I can dance to.

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist

You want to know how your girl will treat you after marriage, just listen to her talking to her little brother.

(1911 – 1980) humorist, writer, television host & journalist

The only thing I said to my parents when I was a teenager was “Hang up, I got it!”

comedian, writer, actor & producer

Why is it that when we talk to God we're said to be praying, but when God talks to us we're schizophrenic?

(1939 – ) comedian, actress, writer & producer

President Bush’s speech writer is leaving the administration; his last words were, "Me go now."

(1963 – ) television host & comedian