Power Of Speech Quotes

Power Of Speech Quotes by May Sarton, Martin Farquhar Tupper, William Shakespeare, Charlie Chaplin, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Fulton J. Sheen and many others.

This suspension of one's own reality, this being entire

This suspension of one’s own reality, this being entirely alone in a strange city (at times I wondered if I had lost the power of speech) is an enriching state for a writer. Then the written word … takes on an intensity of its own. Nothing gets exteriorized or dissipated; all is concentrated within.
May Sarton
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
Martin Farquhar Tupper
For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech, To stir men’s blood: I only speak right on; I tell you that which you yourselves do know.
William Shakespeare
You the people have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure.
Charlie Chaplin
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people and so long as men die, liberty will never perish.
Charlie Chaplin
We are all born with the power of speech, but we need grammar. Conscience, too, needs Revelation.
Fulton J. Sheen
Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring another out of his bad sense into your good sense.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.
George Bernard Shaw
My power of speech, unimpeachable. Only 19 but my mind is older.
Lin-Manuel Miranda
It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
Mark Twain
The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Particularly the broad masses of the people can be moved only by the power of speech.
Adolf Hitler
Don’t fight for slavery! Fight for liberty! […] You, the people, have the power, the power to create machines, the power to create happiness! You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure.
Charlie Chaplin
Bore: one who has the power of speech but not the capacity for conversation.
Benjamin Disraeli
There are only two types of speakers in the world. 1. The nervous and 2. Liars.
Mark Twain
The cold, increased by the tremendous speed, deprived them of the power of speech.
Jules Verne