If you think you're too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito.

Quote by Betty Reese

Topics: Speech Quotes

Speech is human nature itself, with none of the artificiality of written language

Speech is human nature itself, with none of the artificiality of written language

Speech is the twin of my vision, it is unequal to measure itself, it provokes...

Speech is the twin of my vision, it is unequal to measure itself, it provokes...

The problem with speeches isn't so much not knowing when to stop, as knowing when...

The problem with speeches isn't so much not knowing when to stop, as knowing when...

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...

I do not believe in Communism any more than you do but there is nothing...

I do not believe in Communism any more than you do but there is nothing...

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is...

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is...

It has to have a payroll tax that's dedicated to Social Security. The Social Security...

It has to have a payroll tax that's dedicated to Social Security. The Social Security...

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part...

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part...

A speech is like a love affair. Any fool can start it, but to end...

A speech is like a love affair. Any fool can start it, but to end...

Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives

Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel

Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so is he.

Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so is he.

Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience...

Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience...

Sometimes a concept is baffling not because it is profound but because it is wrong

Sometimes a concept is baffling not because it is profound but because it is wrong

Before I begin speaking, there is something I would like to say.

Before I begin speaking, there is something I would like to say.

A sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use.

A sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use.

No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks...

No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks...