#speaking

But generally speaking, I felt to engage in the political process was to sully oneself to such a degree that whatever came out wasn't worth the trouble put in. ↗

— John Perry Barlow

#degree #engage #felt #generally #i

So now is the time, more than ever, for those who truly value all the principles of democracy, especially including dissent, to be the most forceful in speaking up, standing up and speaking out. ↗

— Jim Hightower

#dissent #especially #ever #forceful #including

In speaking, for convenience, of devices and expedients, I did not intend to imply that Shakespeare always deliberately aimed at the effects which he produced. ↗

— Andrew Coyle Bradley

#always #convenience #deliberately #devices #did

When I went to Los Angeles right after high school, I got some acting jobs, and I never, ever wanted to be an actress! Public speaking and acting make me want to vomit. But I have never been nervous singing. When it comes to public speaking, I stumble on my words, sweat, and pull at my clothes. ↗

— Kelly Clarkson

#actress #after #angeles #been #clothes

Namely, we have no right to believe a thing true because everybody says so unless there are good grounds for believing that some one person at least has the means of knowing what is true, and is speaking the truth so far as he knows it. ↗

— William Kingdon Clifford

#believe #believing #everybody #far #good

When you hear someone from the very north of Scotland speaking, I think its nice, very musical and harmonious. ↗

— Sean Connery

#hear #i #i think #musical #nice

Of course it can be said of jails, too, that they try - by punishing the troublesome - to deter others. No doubt, in certain instances this deterrence actually works. But generally speaking it fails conspicuously. ↗

— Barbara Deming

#certain #conspicuously #course #deter #deterrence

When I came back from Bolivia, my Spanish was in some ways as good as my English. I am rusty today. But I am comfortable talking in Spanish. I am not flawless or fluent, but I am comfortable. It takes me a day or two speaking a lot of Spanish to get back into a rhythm. ↗

— David Dewhurst

#back #bolivia #came #comfortable #comfortable talking

I think the more you do this and the more comfortable you become on stage, you start speaking more and becoming more of a character in yourself. ↗

— Carrot Top

#becoming #character #comfortable #i #i think

I'm speaking for all of us. I'm the spokesman for a generation. ↗

— Bob Dylan

#i #speaking #spokesman #us