Long Speeches Quotes

Better than a long speech is a single quietening word.

I'm going to make a long speech because I've not had the time to prepare a short one.

Nature doesn't make long speeches.

What is the short meaning of the long speech?

The leader teaches more through being than through doing. The quality of one's silence conveys more than long speeches.

With God there is no need for long speeches.

Every man should study conciseness in speaking; it is a sign of ignorance not to know that long speeches, though they may please the speaker, are the torture of the hearer.

[Beowolf] is considered an epic because of its long speeches, its digressions, its repetition, and its being required.

If you're a comic, you don't have a rehearsal room; you rehearse on stage. My main concern is remembering everything. I've written lots of material, but how do you memorise 90 minutes? That's one hell of a long speech. I've always had problems with that.

But all the long speeches, all the interminable days and hours that people had spent talking about my soul, had left me with the impression of a colorless swirling river that was making me dizzy.

A political movement must keep in touch with reality and the prevailing conditions. Long speeches, the shaking of fists, the banging of tables, and strongly worded resolutions out of touch with the objective conditions do not bring about mass action and can do a great deal of harm to the organization and the struggle we serve.

I am sorry to have made such a long speech, but I did not have time to write a shorter one.