#speaker

The sheer magnitude of Speaker Pelosi's spending spree is mind boggling. Most of us do not use the number 1,000,000,000,000 in our daily lives, so it is difficult to attach tangible value to the figure. ↗

— Geoff Davis

#daily #daily lives #difficult #figure #lives

One of the terrific aspects of MIT in those days was the enormous variety of experimental work that either took place there or was talked about in seminars by outside speakers aggressively recruited by the faculty. ↗

— Robert B. Laughlin

#aggressively #aspects #days #either #enormous

And some poets are far better read off the page because they're very bad speakers. I'm thinking of one in particular whom I won't name, a good poet, and he reads in such a dry, boring way, your eyes start drooping. ↗

— Norman MacCaig

#because #better #boring #drooping #dry

For a season, a gifted speaker can inspire with his words, but for a lifetime John McCain has inspired with his deeds. ↗

— Sarah Palin

#gifted #his #inspire #inspired #john

Being the first woman speaker and breaking the marble ceiling is pretty important. Now it's time to move on. ↗

— Nancy Pelosi

#breaking #ceiling #first #important #marble

The progress in Iraq is still fragile. And it could still be reversed. Iraq still faces innumerable challenges, and they will be evident during what will likely be a difficult process as the newly elected Council of Representatives selects the next prime minister, president, and speaker of the council. ↗

— David Petraeus

#could #council #difficult #during #elected

A good listener truly wants to know the speaker. ↗

— John Powell

#know #listener #speaker #truly #wants

Madam Speaker, I have spent more than half my life as a member of the Resources Committee. In that time I have supported numerous wilderness designations. In fact, I cannot recall ever opposing a wilderness bill. ↗

— Nick Rahall

#cannot #committee #ever #fact #half

Orrin Hatch was the keynote speaker at the last meeting of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. He sought me out because he was a fan. I was thinking he had confused me with someone else. ↗

— Ted Rall

#association #because #cartoonists #confused #editorial

Many after-dinner speakers remind us that to err is human. ↗

— Frances Rodman

#err #human #many #remind #speakers