Subject: Communication » Speech (Page 20)

A lot of people think kids say the darnedest things, but so would you if you had no education.

(1974 – ) Russian-born American comedian, writer & filmmaker
Children Communication Education Family Speech

No man is truly married until he understands every word his wife is NOT saying.

Communication Marriage Speech Wives

Oratory: The art of making deep noises from the chest sound like important messages from the brain.

Communication Definitions Speech

I used to be a mime…. but now I can talk about it…

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer
Communication Entertainment Occupations Speech Work

So, where’s the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?

(1980 – ) popular singer
Communication Misspokements Speech

I never give the public hell; I just tell the truth and they think it is hell.

(1884 – 1972) 33rd U.S. president
Characteristics Communication Speech

Hearsay: What toddlers do when anyone mutters a dirty word.

Communication Definitions Speech

Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.

(427 BC – 347 BC) Greek author & philosopher
Communication Fools Intelligence Speech Wisdom

Never say “Oops” always say “Ah, interesting!”

Communication Mistakes Problems Speech

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.

(1925 – 2012) author, playwright, essayist & screenwriter
Communication Reading/Writing Speech Success

You speak it the same way you speak English, you just use different words.

(1895 – 1964) comedian (wife & partner of George Burns)
Communication Language People Speech

A sophisticated rhetorician, inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity.

(1804 – 1881) British prime minister, politician & author
Communication Insults Speech

I will be so brief I have already finished.

(1904 – 1989) Spanish surrealist painter
Communication Speech

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’, but ‘That’s funny…’

(1920 – 1992) American science and science fiction author & professor
Communication Science/Weather Speech

Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.

(1926 – ) newspaper columnist
Communication Intelligence Speech Wisdom

A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician
Communication Elections/Voting Government Misspokements Speech

I wasn’t allowed to speak while my husband was alive, and since he’s gone no one has been able to shut me up.

(1885 – 1966) American actress & gossip columnist
Communication Speech

I have often repented speaking, but never of holding my tongue.

(396 – 314 BC) Greek philosopher & mathematician
Communication Speech

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

(1937 – ) comedian & television actor
Communication People Speech Women

Those who know the least will always know it the loudest.

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws Speech

Gossip is just news running ahead of itself in a red satin dress.

(1923 – ) American journalist & gossip columnist
Communication Speech