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Letter "S" » Speeches
«There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.»
«The problem with speeches isn't so much not knowing when to stop, as knowing when not to begin»
«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.»
Author: Gore Vidal
| About:
Books,
Speech,
Writing
| Keywords:
evidence, figures, figure of speech, public figure, Speeches
«When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human mind has not achieved anything greater than the ability to share feelings and thoughts through language.»
Author: James Earl Jones
| About:
Language,
Literature,
Mind,
Reading
| Keywords:
drama, dramas, human mind, sermons, Speeches
«When a sermon at length comes to an end, people rise and praise God, and they feel the same way after many other speeches»
«The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.»
«The very best impromptu speeches are the ones written well in advance.»
«With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses? / And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and he departed.»
«When you make speeches you elicit expectations against which you will be held accountable.»
Author: Bill Bradley
(Basketball Player, Senator)
| About:
Expectation,
Speech
| Keywords:
elicit, elicited, eliciting, elicits, Speeches
«The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or addresses, which amount only to compliment. The lighter beauties are in their place when there is nothing more solid to say; but the flowery style ought to be banished from a pleading, a sermon, or a didactic work.»
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