Speeches

Mrs. Ransom wants him to go with her to hear the speeches this evening -- the _speeches_, you understand? ❋ Edith Wharton (1899)

The reason he doesn't do well in speeches is because it's not from the heart and you can plainly see he lies continuously and then gets stumped. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I do certainly think that much of the animation in some of the speeches is the general animation of the Nation, and that if they were spoken to an audience they would be felt. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It seems the most the cable networks will ever show of his speeches is about 3-5 minutes whereas they will show Palin's 17th rendition of the same speech for like 10 minutes sgwhiteinfla ❋ Unknown (2008)

Nothing could be more ragged than these utterances which they called speeches; so patched, and darned; and yet, somehow or other -- though dull and heavy as all which seemed to inspire them -- they had a kind of force. ❋ Nathaniel Hawthorne (1834)

Gibbs, who makes a living giving speeches is disparaging someone else for doing the same thing. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But across the country, Pelosi was vilified as a dangerous liberal, on television and in speeches - by Republicans, sure, but also by some moderate Democrats who for purposes of their own survival ran away from her. ❋ Philip Rucker (2010)

As time passed, Vargas Llosa became convinced that socialism and liberty were impossible bedfellows and, by the 1980s, he was saying so unequivocally, in speeches and essays that left no doubt that he had strong political aspirations. ❋ Marie Arana (2010)

HOUSTON, TEXAS — Today Bill White called on Governor Rick Perry to stop using false statistics and to stop misleading the public about border crime in speeches and on websites. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The claim has been quoted in speeches by Rajendra Pachauri, the IPCC chairman, and by Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general. ❋ Unknown (2010)

No more propaganda speeches from the USED CAR SALESMAN. ❋ Unknown (2009)

You found all kinds of quotes in speeches made by O (implicitly) condemning the Insurance industry, but, well, at the end of the day the one feature in HCR that would actually rationalize health care delivery by removing parasitic intermediaries, was opposed by the parasitic insurance industry; and O heard and dutifully followed! ❋ Unknown (2010)

And the surest applause line in Flores's campaign speeches is his declaration that he would never vote for Pelosi as speaker - though he's not willing to commit to supporting House Republican leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) either. ❋ Karen Tumulty (2010)

If the One tries the Zelaya move, he would most likely end up trying to give speeches from the protection of an foreign embassy or a jail cell. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Obama's reading of his speeches from the teleprompter? ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Creigh Deeds is proud of his spending, and he brags about it in speeches," says the narrator in the radio ad. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Giving speeches is the one thing he does well, reading from a teleprompter. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The reason the filibuster no longer requires actual speeches is supposedly because it prevent the Senate from getting anything done. ❋ Unknown (2010)

War was a frequent topic of discussion in speeches to Congress. ❋ Unknown (2009)