Speakers and Speaking Quotes

104 quotations about Speakers and Speaking
Our public men are speaking every day on something, but they ain't saying anything.
Will Rogers · Speakers and Speaking
Be sincere, be brief; be seated.
Franklin D. Roosevelt · Speakers and Speaking
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
Jean Jacques Rousseau · Speakers and Speaking
Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care.
William Safire · Speakers and Speaking
He suffered from a rush of words to the head.
Herbert Samuel · Speakers and Speaking
Most people have to talk so they won't hear.
May Sarton · Speakers and Speaking
It always takes a person much longer to tell you what he thinks than what he knows.
Saying · Speakers and Speaking
When ever the speech is corrupted so is the mind.
Seneca · Speakers and Speaking
When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people.
Seneca · Speakers and Speaking
It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
Sophocles · Speakers and Speaking
I sometimes marvel at the extraordinary docility with which Americans submit to speeches.
Adlai E. Stevenson · Speakers and Speaking
Some people approach every problem with an open mouth.
Adlai E. Stevenson · Speakers and Speaking
I would rather be guilty of talking over a person's head than behind his back.
Adlai E. Stevenson · Speakers and Speaking
The trouble with me is that I like to talk too much.
William Howard Taft · Speakers and Speaking
If you have nothing to say, say nothing.
Mark Twain · Speakers and Speaking
There is nothing in the world like a persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus.
Mark Twain · Speakers and Speaking
There are two kinds of people who don't say much, those who are quiet and those who talk a lot.
Source Unknown · Speakers and Speaking
He who does not say too much has too much to say.
Source Unknown · Speakers and Speaking
Too many of us speak twice before we think
Source Unknown · Speakers and Speaking
What you are doing rings so loudly in my ears that I can't hear what you're saying.
Source Unknown · Speakers and Speaking
Don't talk unless you can improve the silence
Source Unknown · Speakers and Speaking
A smart person knows what to say, a wise person knows whether or not to say it.
Source Unknown · Speakers and Speaking
An orator who is disposed to evil subverts the law.
Source Unknown · Speakers and Speaking
The secret of successful speakers? Passion and compassion with a purpose.
Lily Walters · Speakers and Speaking
Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much.
John Wayne · Speakers and Speaking

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Arabian Proverb Ralph Archbold Jack Benny Yogi Berra Bible Josh Billings Dianna Booher Thomas Carlyle Dale Carnegie Cato The Elder William Ellery Channing Gilbert K. Chesterton Chinese Proverb Charles Churchill Winston Churchill Marcus T. Cicero Claudius Sir Edward Coke Benjamin Disraeli Ralph Waldo Emerson