Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel

Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.

Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.

Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speech by something outside himself-like, read more

Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speech by something outside himself-like, for instance, he can't find any clean socks

That which is repeated too often becomes insipid and tedious.
[Fr., Tout ce qu'on dit de trop est fade read more

That which is repeated too often becomes insipid and tedious.
[Fr., Tout ce qu'on dit de trop est fade et rebutant.]

When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken you reign over it.

When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken you reign over it.

According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does read more

According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.

I have but nine-pence in ready money, but I can draw for a
thousand pounds.

I have but nine-pence in ready money, but I can draw for a
thousand pounds.

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for read more

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.

The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them.

The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them.