It is music to my ears. I have always said that if I were a rich man, I would employ a professional praiser.

Quote by Sir Osbert Sitwell

Topics: Speech Quotes

Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just...

Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just...

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...

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.

When a man is asked to make a speech, the first thing he has to...

When a man is asked to make a speech, the first thing he has to...

So I have talked with Betsey and Betsey has talked with me, And we have...

So I have talked with Betsey and Betsey has talked with me, And we have...

If it were possible to talk to the unborn, one could never explain to them...

If it were possible to talk to the unborn, one could never explain to them...

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...

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...

Three things matter in a speech - who says it, how he says it and...

Three things matter in a speech - who says it, how he says it and...

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...

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...

I cannot sing, dance or act; what else would I be but a talk show...

I cannot sing, dance or act; what else would I be but a talk show...

Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their...

Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their...

The Framers [of the Constitution] knew that free speech is the friend of change and...

The Framers [of the Constitution] knew that free speech is the friend of change and...

A great speech is literature.

A great speech is literature.

I have only to speak for myself; to speak for freedom for myself; to determine...

I have only to speak for myself; to speak for freedom for myself; to determine...

Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in few words

Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in few words

Analogies, it is true, decide nothing, but they can make one feel more at home

Analogies, it is true, decide nothing, but they can make one feel more at home