Speech Quotes

When we were five, they asked us what we wanted to be when we grew up... Our answers were things like astronaut, president... Or in my case, a princess. When we were ten, they asked again. and we answered, rock star, cowboy, or in my case, a gold medalist.
But now that we've grown up, they want a serious answer.
Well, how about this... ...who the hell knows? This isn't the time to make hard and fast decisions, this is the time to make mistakes. Take the wrong train and get stuck somewhere. Fall in love, a lot. Major in philosophy, because there's no way to make a career out of that.
Change your mind, and change it again, because nothing is permanent.
So, make as many mistakes as you can.
That way, someday, when they ask what we wanna be... ...we won't have to guess. We'll know.

Explanation:

Jessica Stanley's graduation speech.

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Jessica Stanley

It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.

Mark Twain

Ironic Quotes

You know the rules, the longer you listened, the sweeter the pitch.

Revolver (2005)

Jake Green

Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the silence of the heart.

Political language — and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists — is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

George Orwell

Language

Politics

O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

It's harder to lie when you speak faster.

My formerly silent tongue waxed voluble with the easy grace of a Chesterfield or the godless cynicism of a Rochester.

Un pêcheur qui pêchait sous un pêcher, le pêcher empêcher le pêcheur de pêcher

French proverbs and sayings

— The huge losses on the British Stock Exchange will bite into our economy for the foreseeable future. I therefore must ask the trade unions to possess understanding. The need for their flexibility and cooperation is paramount in the coming months as we attempt to rebuild this great nation.
— Mr Thomas Shelby.
— Thank you, Mr Speaker. My right honourable friend, the member for Epping, asks that following the crash, trade union members be more flexible when carrying out their duties. What he's really asking is that the working man carry the can. The grand casino in Monte Carlo is a small and timid affair when compared to the wild games of chance being played in London and New York by gamblers in silk gloves and beaver hats, who, when their lose their bets, turn around and ask the shoe-shine to pay for it. Well, on behalf of the shoe-shines and can carriers of South Birmingham and all across Great Britain, I would suggest that those who so recklessly lost their fortunes on the capitalist lottery learn to shine their own shoes... carry their own can and pay their own bills.

The most precious things in speech are pauses.

Ralph Richardson

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