Subject: Communication » Speech (Page 4)

The trouble with telling a good story is that it invariably reminds the other fellow of a dull one.

(1922 – 2014) American comic actor & writer
Communication Speech

Talk is cheap – except when Congress does it.

(1923 – ) American quote & quip writer
Communication Congress Frugal Government Money Speech

The opposite of talking isn't listening; the opposite of talking is waiting.

(1950 – ) writer & humorist
Communication Conversation Speech

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

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

Talking with you is sort of the conversational equivalent of an out of body experience.

(1955 – ) cartoonist (Calvin and Hobbes)
Communication Conversation Speech

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

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter
Communication Self Speech

I was single for a long time, and I just got so sick of finishing my own sentences.

comedian
Communication Marriage Speech

Women should be obscene and not heard.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host
Language Speech Women

When you win, say nothing; when you lose, say less.

professional football coach
Communication Speech Sports

You know, you haven't stopped talking since I came here; you must have been vaccinated with a phonograph needle.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host
Communication Speech

The most powerful force in the universe is gossip.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist
Communication Speech

Did you ever say something and wish you could take it back?… something like, 'Yeah, I'm a Jew, what are you skinheads going to do about it?'

comedian
Communication Speech

In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French; I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their language.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist
Communication Language Speech Success

The speaker with the most monotonous voice speaks after the big meal.

Communication Food/Drink Murphy’s Laws Speech

Public speaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary.

(1899 – 1995) humorist
Communication Speech

A funeral eulogy is a belated plea for the defense delivered after the evidence is all in.

(1876 – 1944) American author, humorist & columnist
Communication Death Speech

Gossip: Hearing something you like about someone you don’t.

(1907 – 1987) journalist & columnist
Communication Speech

If I wasn’t talking, I wouldn’t know what to say.

(1958 – ) Canadian hockey player & announcer
Communication Misspokements Speech

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

writer
Communication Speech

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Anger Characteristics Communication Speech

The only time he opens his mouth is to change feet.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator
Insults Speech