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You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart. John Ford Speeches 1,176
If you have nothing to say, say nothing. Mark Twain Speeches 270
Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable and to give an appearance of solidarity to pure wind. George Orwell Speeches 262
Speak when you are spoken to. Proverbs Speeches 224
The less people think the more they talk. Proverbs Speeches 173
First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak. Epictetus Speeches 157
Only the prepared speaker deserves to be confident. Dale Carnegie Speeches 145
He that speaks much, is much mistaken. Benjamin Franklin Speeches 142
Say not always what you know, but always know what you say. Claudius Speeches 142
When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people. Marcus Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Elder)Speeches 132
Half wits talk much, but say little. Benjamin Franklin Speeches 125
Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words. Baruch (_Benedict de) Spinoza Speeches 114
The words of tongue should have three gate keepers. Arabic Proverbs Speeches 111
All the great speakers were bad speakers at first. Ralph Waldo Emerson Speeches 108
A smart person knows what to say, a wise person knows whether or not to say it. Source Unknown Speeches 108
Grasp the subject, the words will follow. Cato The Elder Speeches 108
A good speaker makes a good liar. Proverbs Speeches 105
Talking without thinking is like shooting without taking aim. Proverbs Speeches 103
Rhetoric paints with a broad brush. George Carlin Speeches 101
The secret of successful speakers? Passion and compassion with a purpose. Lily Walters Speeches 100
Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners. Dale Carnegie Speeches 97
The business of obscuring language is a mask behind which stands the much bigger business of plunder. Frantz Fanon Speeches 93
Look wise say nothing and grunt, speech was given to conceal thought. William Osler Speeches 92
Before you speak ask yourself if what you are going to say is true, is kind, is necessary, is helpful. If the answer is no, maybe what you are about to say should be left unsaid. Bernard Meltzer Speeches 92
Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak. Marcus Tullius Cicero Speeches 92
A good speaker is a good listener who hears what lesser speakers fail to. Somers White Speeches 91
To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks. Ben Jonson Speeches 91
Speaking comes by nature, silence by understanding. Proverbs Speeches 90
To climb a tree to catch a fish is talking much and doing nothing. Chinese Proverbs Speeches 88
Most of the time in married life is taken up by talk. Friedrich Nietzsche Speeches 88
If it requires great tact to speak to the purpose, it requires no less to know when to be silent. Francois de la Rochefoucauld Speeches 86
One way of looking at speech is to say it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness. Harold Pinter Speeches 84
Never rise to speak till you have something to say; and when you have said it, cease. Witherspoon Speeches 84
The more you are talked about the less powerful you are. Benjamin Disraeli Speeches 82
Too many of us speak twice before we think Source Unknown Speeches 81
Be ever on your guard what you say of anybody and to whom. Horace Speeches 80
Say what you have to say and first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending; sit down. Sir Winston Churchill Speeches 80
What we say is important... for in most cases the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. Jim Beggs Speeches 77
Some people approach every problem with an open mouth. Adlai Stevenson Speeches 74
One good anecdote is worth a volume of biography. William Ellery Channing Speeches 74
They talk most who have the least to say. Matthew Prior Speeches 72
Unconsciousness is one of the most important conditions of good style in speaking and writing. R. S. White Speeches 72
Most speakers speak ten minutes too long. James C. Humes Speeches 72
Once I have heard the story or joke used twice by other speakers or entertainer, I avoid it. Tom Ogden Speeches 71
He who comes from afar may lie without fear of contradiction as he is sure to be listened to with the utmost attention. Proverbs Speeches 71
He who knows little knows enough if he knows how to hold is tongue. Italian Proverbs Speeches 71
The relationship of the toastmaster to the speaker should be the same as that of the fan to the fan dancer. It should call attention to the subject without making any particular effort to cover it. Adlai Stevenson Speeches 71
I know you will guess all I leave unsaid. Comte De Mirabeau Speeches 70
What is uttered is finished and done with. Thomas Mann Speeches 69
Condense some daily experience into a glowing symbol and an audience is electrified. Ralph Waldo Emerson Speeches 68

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