Subject: Communication » Speech (Page 20)

Ya better keep a civilian tongue in your head.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
Communication Malaprops Speech

Most of the time he sounds like he has a mouth full of wet toilet paper.

(1938 – ) film critic & former television co-host
Reviews/Criticism Speech

Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? … I don't know and I don't care.

(1929 – 2009) American author, columnist & journalist
Communication Conversation Speech

If I could drop dead right now, I’d be the happiest man alive.

(1879 – 1974) film producer
Death Happiness Misspokements Speech

You speak it the same way you speak English, you just use different words.

(1895 – 1964) comedian (wife & partner of George Burns)
Communication Language People Speech

President Bush’s speech writer is leaving the administration; his last words were, "Me go now."

(1963 – ) television host & comedian
Communication Speech

If I wanted you to know what I’m thinking, I’d be talking.

(1946 – ) American actor
Communication Speech TV/Movie Quotes

A good time to keep your mouth shut is when you’re in deep water.

Communication Problems Speech

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

(1884 – 1962) diplomat & reformer & first lady
Communication Speech

I do not object to people looking at their watches when I am speaking; but I strongly object when they start shaking them to make certain they are still going.

(1883 – 1962) British barrister, judge, politician & preacher
Communication Speech Time

My English is a mixture between Arnold Schwarzenegger and Archbishop Tutu.

(1906 – 2002) Austrian journalist, filmmaker, screenwriter & producer
Communication Speech

My mom was a ventriloquist and she always was throwing her voice; for ten years I thought the dog was telling me to kill my father.

(1961 – ) American stand-up comedian
Communication Family Fathers Killing Mothers Speech

Outspoken? By whom?

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet
Communication Speech

I don’t talk during sex ‘cause it’s embarrassing and it might wake her up.

stand-up comedian & writer
Communication Sex Speech

Blessed is he who talks in circles, for he shall become a big wheel.

(1902 – 1963) Danish actor
Communication Speech Success

My job is to talk to you, and your job is to listen; if you finish first, please let me know.

(1885 –1974) American cartoonist, humor writer & radio personality
Communication Speech

You have the right to remain silent; anything you say will be misquoted then used against you.

Communication Law Speech

He who trains his tongue to quote the learned sages will be known far and wide as a smart-ass.

Communication Murphy’s Laws Speech

Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.

(1926 – ) film director, screenwriter, composer, comedian, actor & producer
Characteristics Communication Speech

When I ask what time it is – I don't need to know how the watch is built.

Communication Expressions Speech

Say what you want about the deaf…

(1972 – ) Anglo-Irish comedian, writer & actor
Communication People Speech