#speech

Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care. ↗

— William Safire

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Within speech, words are subject to a kind of relation that is independent of the first and based on their linkage: these are syntagmatic relations, of which I have spoken. ↗

— Ferdinand de Saussure

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You can't have a university without having free speech, even though at times it makes us terribly uncomfortable. If students are not going to hear controversial ideas on college campuses, they're not going to hear them in America. I believe it's part of their education. ↗

— Donna Shalala

#believe #campuses #college #college campuses #controversial

Speech is the small change of silence. ↗

— George Meredith

#silence #small #speech

Speech is the mirror of action. ↗

— Solon

#mirror #speech

If you're dealing with a musical in which you're trying to tell a story, it's got to sound like speech. At the same time it's got to be a song. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#got #like #musical #same #song

Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another. ↗

— Sophocles

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Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when unfolded such men are seen to be empty. ↗

— Sophocles

#alone #empty #men #mind #others

I know they are all environmentalists. I heard a lot of my speeches recycled. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

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I don't think Michael Bloomberg would say that his greatest skill is delivering the speech. He would say he's more of a nuts-and-bolts mayor-picking up the trash, dealing with the school system. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#delivering #greatest #his #i #michael