Subject: Communication » Speech (Page 4)

I would love to speak a foreign language but I can't; so I grew hair under my arms instead.

stand-up comedian

If you don't say it, they can't repeat it.

It is wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

Everybody had some antidotes to tell.

Misquotations are the only quotations that are never misquoted.

(1887 – 1964) British actor, writer & theater director

If most people said what’s on their minds, they’d be speechless.

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

I wasn’t allowed to speak while my husband was alive, and since he’s gone no one has been able to shut me up.

(1885 – 1966) American actress & gossip columnist

He strains his conversation through a cigar.

(1846–1916) American essayist, editor, critic & lecturer

A bore is one who has the power of speech but not the capacity for conversation.

(1804 – 1881) British prime minister, politician & author

When a person says that, in the interest of saving time, he will summarize his prepared statement, he will talk only three times as long as if he had read the statement in the first place.

Graduation speeches were invented largely in the belief that college students should never be released into the world until they have been properly sedated.

(1948 – ) American cartoonist (Doonesbury)

Life is fraught with opportunities to keep your mouth shut.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator

The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them.

It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you're talking about.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

Ninety-two percent of the stuff told you in confidence you couldn't get anyone else to listen to.

(1881 – 1960) American columnist

I wish my first spoken word was 'Quote' so I could make my last word 'Unquote'.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.

(1853 – 1937) journalist, writer & editor

Don’t make a long story short just so you can tell another one.

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

(1884 – 1962) diplomat & reformer & first lady

When all is said and done, more is said than done.

Intelligent conversationalist: One who nods his head in agreement while you’re talking.