If nobody speaks of remarkable things, how can they be called remarkable?

Quote by Jon McGregor

Topics: Remarkable Quotes, Speech Quotes

Whenever I found out anything remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down...

Whenever I found out anything remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down...

We should pass a flex time law that allows employees to take their overtime pay...

We should pass a flex time law that allows employees to take their overtime pay...

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

All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and...

All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and...

Speech is for the convenience of those who are hard of hearing; but there are...

Speech is for the convenience of those who are hard of hearing; but there are...

Human speech is like a cracked cauldron on which we bang out tunes that make...

Human speech is like a cracked cauldron on which we bang out tunes that make...

Finally, in conclusion, let me say just this.

Finally, in conclusion, let me say just this.

A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions.

A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions.

The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through...

The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through...

The substance of the eminent Socialist gentleman's speech is that making a profit is a...

The substance of the eminent Socialist gentleman's speech is that making a profit is a...

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...

I have no more pleasure in hearing a man attempting wit and failing, than in...

I have no more pleasure in hearing a man attempting wit and failing, than in...

Brothers don't necessarily have to say anything to each other-they can sit in a room...

Brothers don't necessarily have to say anything to each other-they can sit in a room...

Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all the others were making...

Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all the others were making...

Speak in such a way that others love to listen to you. Listen in such...

Speak in such a way that others love to listen to you. Listen in such...

A great speech is literature.

A great speech is literature.

Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begged his bread

Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begged his bread

Make sure you have finished speaking before your audience has finished listening

Make sure you have finished speaking before your audience has finished listening

The longer I live, the larger allowances I make for human infirmities

The longer I live, the larger allowances I make for human infirmities