“An educated man is thoroughly inoculated against humbug, thinks for himself and tries to give his thoughts, in speech or on paper, some style.”
Alan K. Simpson
“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.”
Dale Carnegie
“Free speech means the right to shout 'theatre' in a crowded fire.”
Abbie Hoffman
“Some people's idea of [free speech] is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone says anything back, that is an outrage.”
Winston Churchill
“Haven't you learned yet that I put something more than whisky into my speeches.”
“A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.”
Confucius
“Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speech by something outside himself-like, for instance, he can't find any clean socks”
Jean Kerr