#speech

Verse, singing, and speech have a common origin. ↗

— Jean Philippe Rameau

#origin #singing #speech #verse

When society gives censors wide and vague powers they never confine themselves to deserving targets. They are not snipers, but machine-gunners. Allow them to fire at will, and they will hit anything that moves. ↗

— Nick Cohen

#free-speech #age

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#angry #best #ever #make #regret

Baseball is to our everyday experience what poetry often is to common speech — a slightly elevated and concentrated form. ↗

— Thomas Boswell

#concentration #life #poetry #speech #experience

Sometimes the silence of your friends is worse than your enemy's words. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#silence #speechless #support #friendship

In Vietnam we have no political prisoners. No one is arrested or jailed for his or her speech or point of view. They are put in jail because they violated the law. ↗

— Nong Duc Manh

#because #her #his #jail #jailed

Russian is such a tough and complex language that I am happy enough to understand everything and read most things pretty well, but, without constant practice, my speech is not what I wish it was, and I would sooner write in crayon than write a letter in Russian. ↗

— David Remnick

#complex #constant #enough #everything #happy

I love her attitude, but as much as I'd like to bring my medals to a speech or appearance, I never do. ↗

— Mary Lou Retton

#attitude #bring #her #i #i love

No man owns me. All man can do is practice the timeless, criminal art of threatening to separate my soul from her physical host. ↗

— Tiffany Madison

#criminal #eternal-life #freedom #freedom-of-speech-dissent #freedom-of-thought

Words to intrigue, inspire, examine, question, praise; Words to help us appreciate our world, our selves, our games; Words to dance our true soul fires gracefully free. ↗

— Jay Woodman

#dance #free #free-thought #freedom-of-expression #freedom-of-speech