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Speech Quotes - Page 38

Speech is too often not the art of concealing thought, but of quite stifling and suspending thought, so that there is none to conceal.

Thomas Carlyle (2015). “Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdrockh”, p.196, The Floating Press

Comics definitely embody the importance of practicing free speech.

"Laughing at something is a form of accepting it, or at least making peace with it". Interview with Chris Cobb, logger.believermag.com. September 19, 2014.

Comedy clubs are arguably one of the last bastions of uncensored, public free speech.

"Laughing at something is a form of accepting it, or at least making peace with it". Interview with Chris Cobb, logger.believermag.com. September 19, 2014.

The prohibition of L'shon Hara is the Jewish equivalent of the Buddhist practice of Right Speech.

"Buddhist Teacher Meditates on Return to Judaism" by Rebecca Radner, www.sfgate.com. February 13, 1997.

I've never given a speech without being terrified first.

"The Power of Introverts: A Manifesto for Quiet Brilliance". Interview with Gareth Cook, www.scientificamerican.com. January 24, 2012.

I wonder what my speech would be.

Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.159, Simon and Schuster

Dialogue, contrary to popular view, is not a recording of actual speech; it is a semblance of speech, an invented language of exchanges that build in tempo or content toward climaxes.

Sol Stein (2014). “Stein On Writing: A Master Editor of Some of the Most Successful Writers of Our Century Shares His Craft Techniques and Strategies”, p.110, St. Martin's Press