A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands of an infantryman. It speaks with authority.
And so Adam, in that his speech to Eve, uttered his faith in the promise made to her of her seed, and so in that respect Adam himself came in under her covenant.
Ignorant free speech often works against the speaker. That is one of several reasons why it must be given rein instead of suppressed.
Well, I'm half Australian, half English and I live in London. That is the only reason I came upon this story. My Australian mother, Meredith Hooper, was invited in late 2007 by some Australian friends to make up a token Australian audience in a tiny fringe theater play reading of an unproduced, unrehearsed play called 'The King's Speech.'
Trust me, I have never written a speech in my life, and if I have my way, I never will.
The freedom to make a fortune on the stock exchange has been made to sound more alluring than freedom of speech.
Not being able to read and write music is not the same as being illiterate in speech and writing.
I've never made a film using dialogue or speech.
Whether it's people walking off 'The View' when Bill O'Reilly makes a statement about radical Islam or Juan Williams being fired for expressing his opinion, over-reaching political correctness is chipping away at the fundamental American freedoms of speech and expression.
As a journalist, I interviewed people, and you begin to feel different rhythms in speech, and you can use those things to help carve out a character.
Most profoundly deaf people have speech that is very difficult to understand.
I feel it is my first duty to make an unprecedented compact with my countrymen. Not an inaugural address, not a fireside chat, not a campaign speech - just a little straight talk among friends.
It is the children between five and seven who are the word-lovers. It is they who show a predisposition toward such study. Their undeveloped minds can not yet grasp a complete idea with distinctness. They do, however, understand words. And they may be entirely carried away by their ecstatic, their tireless interest in the parts of speech.
Individual rights always go along with the interests of the society. I want to add that 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.
Into this, for good or ill, is woven every belief of every man who has speech of his fellows. A awful privilege, and an awful responsibility, that we should help to create the world in which posterity will live.
Experience has shown us that attempts to control the Internet will invariably fail. We should be instructed by the failed efforts of China to regulate political content, the efforts of America to regulate Internet gambling, or the efforts of Australia to regulate certain speech. By its very nature, the Internet will always resist such controls.
The commencement speech is not, I think, a wholly satisfactory manifestation of our culture.
Speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again.
In 'The King's Speech,' patriotism is utterly contained within a historical moment, the third of September, 1939, where the aggressor is clear, the fight is clear, it hasn't become complicated over time.
As I've been acting since I was young it's taught me to give a good speech, and, though I say so myself, I did it pretty well.
Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
The people of Iran have had to endure repressive laws that have stifled their freedom of speech and religion for too long.
One of the areas I have a little less confidence in is giving any kind of a speech.
One way of looking at speech is to say it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness.
All Americans value the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press, and I believe this is essential for our continued way of life. But with this freedom comes responsibility.
Free speech may be a right, but only by using it as a force for good in the world do we make it a virtue.
Condoleezza Rice, the national security adviser, is right there... she's in town because her father was at Johnson Smith College... and she was delivering a speech there.
Growing up in a family of actors, what's great about it is that they're very supportive and they understand what it's like to be an actor - the rejections, the highs and lows... and having a common language with them is great because you have shorthand speech.
American democracy is greater with free speech and open dialogue.
The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.
I was always a clown. In the eighth grade I won a city speech contest by doing an Eddie Murphy routine. I'm no good at public speaking, but if I can assume a role and speak as that person, then I'm fine. When I had to give a book report, I always did it in character.
I can't emphasize how important free speech is to a liberal and free democracy.
I remember when I was young, there was an older boy who was physically and mentally disabled. He had a speech impediment and walked with difficulty. The boys used to make fun of him. They teased and taunted him until sometimes he would cry.
The first things I remember drawing were battles - big sheets of paper covered in terrible scenes of carnage - though when you looked closely, there were little jokes and speech bubbles and odd things going on in the background.
If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
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.
