Subject: Communication » Speech (Page 5)

A dying man enjoys free speech.

(1431 – 1463) French rogue, vagabond, outlaw, bohemian & poet

When a person says that, in the interest of saving time, he will summarize his prepared statement, he will talk only three times as long as if he had read the statement in the first place.

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

A bore is one who has the power of speech but not the capacity for conversation.

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

Sex is better than talk… talk is what you suffer through so you can get to sex.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

Wouldn't let 'em get in a word wedgewise.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

When I give a lecture, I accept that people look at their watches, but what I do not tolerate is when they look at it and raise it to their ear to find out if it stopped.

(1899 – 1974) French screenwriter, teacher & journalist

If [the weather] didn’t change once in a while, nine out of ten people couldn’t start a conversation.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

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

writer

Why's God always got such wacky shit to say?… when's the last time you heard somebody say, 'God told me to get a muffin and a cup of tea and cool out, man.'

American comedian & actor

He who trains his tongue to quote the learned sages will be known far and wide as a smart-ass.

Democracy means government by discussion but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.

(1883 – 1967) British prime minister & politician

You break into my house… my wife will shoot you, and then spend thirty minutes telling you why she shot you.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

Before I start speaking, I'd like to say something.

A speaker who does not strike oil in ten minutes should stop boring.

(1902 – 1994) British-born American trial lawyer & author

When I was 10, my pa told me never to talk to strangers; we haven’t spoken since.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

It is wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago.

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

Interesting: A word a man uses to describe a woman who lets him do all the talking.

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

In school I wanted to join the debating team… but someone talked me out of it.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

They stayed away in droves.

(1879 – 1974) film producer