Subject: Communication » Speech (Page 5)

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

(1937 – ) comedian & television actor

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

(1884 – 1972) 33rd U.S. president

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

Too often, people who want to offer sound advice give more sound than advice!

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

They stayed away in droves.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

Election: When the air is full of speeches and vice versa

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

The U.N. is a place where governments opposed to free speech demand to be heard!

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

My English is a mixture between Arnold Schwarzenegger and Archbishop Tutu.

(1906 – 2002) Austrian journalist, filmmaker, screenwriter & producer

I will be brief… not nearly so brief as Salvador Dali, who gave the world's shortest speech; he said 'I will be so brief I have already finished,' and he sat down."

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

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.

(1874 – 1965) English dramatist & novelist

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

(1899 – 1961) author & journalist

It isn’t pollution that’s harming the environment; it’s the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.

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

Outspoken? By whom?

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet

Everything has been said but not everyone has said it.

(1922 – 1998) U.S. Representative (Arizona) & politician

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

(1874 – 1965) English dramatist & novelist

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

(1958 – ) Canadian hockey player & announcer

If love means never having to say you're sorry, then marriage means always having to say everything twice.

(1924 – 2008) American actress

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

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

I like to do all the talking myself; it saves time, and prevents arguments.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet