Subject: Communication » Speech (Page 3)

The German asparagus are fabulous.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

Oh, if I could piss the way he speaks!

(1841 – 1929) French statesman, physician & journalist

Generally speaking, my wife is generally speaking.

(1906 – 1998) English-born American comedian

I believe in talking behind peoples’ backs; that way, they hear it more than once.

(1950 – ) writer & humorist

People with narrow minds usually have broad tongues.

The first coherent line ever spoken was ‘I have no idea what you’re talking about.’

(1962 – ) English stand-up comedian & actor

In a closed mouth, flies do not enter.

I wish people were like Internet videos and you could tap them lightly to see a clock of how much longer they’re going to be talking.

Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn't mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar.

(1908 – 1965) American broadcast journalist & newscaster

My first words were ‘Seconds, please.’

(1953 – ) American comedian & television host

Some say our national pastime is baseball. Not me… it's gossip.

(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist

Public speaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary.

(1899 – 1995) humorist

On the TV screen, pure drivel tends to drive off ordinary drivel.

Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us worthy evidence of the fact.

Mary Anne Evans (1819 – 1880) English novelist, journalist & translator

In no time, it will be a forgotten memory.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

We did not conceive it possible that even Mr. Lincoln would produce a paper so slipshod, so loose-joined, so puerile, not alone in literary construction, but in its ideas, its sentiments, its grasp.

My fellow astronauts…

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

Never say “Oops” always say “Ah, interesting!”

The only time he opens his mouth is to change feet.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

The freedom of the press works in such a way that there is not much freedom from it.

(1929 – 1982) American actress & princess of Monaco

Once you overcome your fear of public speaking, you’ll never be asked to speak again.