Speaker Quotes

It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.

Success depends on three things: who says it, what he says, how he says it; and of these three things, what he says is the least important.

No speech is ever considered, but only the speaker. It's so much easier to pass judgement on a man than on an idea.

It is not worthy of the speaker of truth to curse people.

I never lecture, not because I am shy or a bad speaker, but simply because I detest the sort of people who go to lectures and don't want to meet them.

It is the man determines what is said, not the words.

I think the record shows that as Speaker, I have taken the lead in cleaning up politics.

A speech belongs half to the speaker and half to the listener.

I still believe the momentum is there to accomplish comprehensive immigration reform, and I think there is a bipartisan coalition that would pass right now, a pathway to citizenship if Speaker Boehner lets it come to the floor.

You have to make some hard decisions when you're speaker.

Eloquence and wisdom are by no means the same thing. They are sometimes united, but not necessarily ; perhaps never when eloquence is the mere gift of nature rather than the slow result of nature and art conjoined. A ready supply of glittering language and an ardent conception, i. e. a fertile imagination, and quick feelings, united to a retentive memory—these are together quite sufficient to make an orator, but by no means to make a wise man; to make a speaker or even a leader in a popular assembly, but not necessarily a statesman.

If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of object in creation?

A man says something. Sometimes it turns out to be the truth, but this has nothing to do with the man who says it.

Forget all the conventional 'rules' but one. There is one golden rule: Stick to topics you deeply care about and don't keep your passion buttoned inside your vest. An audience's biggest turn-on is the speaker's obvious enthusiasm. If you are lukewarm about the issue, forget it!

Paul Ryan needs to step down as Speaker of the House.

In 1977, when I became Speaker, I started meeting with TV reporters each morning when I arrived at work. Later in the morning, I would hold a news conference before the House opened. I always told the truth and almost never answered with 'no comment.'

Now Speaker Gingrich says interesting and insightful things. He can explain them well. On many occasions he also says outrageous things that come from nowhere and he has a tendency to say them at exactly the time when they most undermine the conservative agenda.

As a former minority leader who became the first Republican Speaker of the House in Florida since Reconstruction, I know that leadership is not an easy task.

I didn't plan on running for speaker, but I don't see anyone else stepping up. I know I'm the underdog.

My audience is going to die before I do.

I'm a motivational speaker.

Shame brings no advantage in misfortunes, for silence (of the accused) is the ally of the speaker.

Earl Nightingale has inspired more people toward success and fortune than any other motivational speaker on the planet.

An important fact about verbal behavior is that speaker and listener may reside within the same skin.

Yes, I feel I've got something to say. If people want to listen, that's great, and if they don't, that's their choice.