Speakers Quotes - Page 3

• The show is coming from the music. I get on the stage with the band, and I communicate with my musicians, and the music that we create and all that is coming out of us. The music is making the show and the music is creating the atmosphere, so if you close your eyes and listen and feel what it is that's coming out of the speakers, that's the whole point.

  D'Angelo

  Eye, Atmosphere, Musician

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• Éramos tontos y ahora nos dirigíamos a la muerte en un coche de alquiler. Janet Jackson sonaba por los altavoces, preguntando qué habíamos hecho por ella últimamente.

  Dave Eggers

  Car, Asking, Done

  Dave Eggers (2009). “You Shall Know Our Velocity”, p.57, Vintage

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• Chin held high, Miss Ohio beamed at an imagined crowd. "I want to be a motivational speaker." "What are you going to motivate people to do?" Smile still in place, she cut her eyes at Adina. "You know. Motivational ... stuff.

  Libba Bray

  Eye, Cutting, Ohio

  Libba Bray (2011). “Beauty Queens”, p.55, Scholastic Inc.

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• Nuestra lengua es el reflejo de nosotros mismos. Una lengua es un reflejo exacto del carácter y el crecimiento de sus hablantes.

  Cesar Chavez

  Character, Reflection, Growth

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• Una buena anécdota vale más que un volumen de biografía.

  William Ellery Channing

  Anecdotes, Biographies, Volume

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• La fanfarronería también tiene la ventaja de que el orador expresa inconscientemente su propio ideal. Síguele la corriente, sácalo todo y haz que lo cumpla.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Mean, Benefits, Literature

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• Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said.

  Dale Carnegie

  Public Speaking, Said, Audience

  Dale Carnegie (2017). “How to enjoy your life and your job”, p.117, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• Está muy por debajo del cargo de un miembro del Congreso decir algo tan escandaloso. El hecho de que ella fue una vez el Presidente es mind-numbing, honestamente ... mind-numbingly estúpido.

  Trey Gowdy

  Stupid, Bad Ass, Office

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• What is our recourse, Mr. Speaker? What is our remedy?

  Trey Gowdy

  Bad Ass, Recourse, Remedy

  "Boom: Trey Gowdy Just Roasted Obama To A Crisp On The House Floor And Earned A Standing Ovation". Speech at the House of Representatives, www.westernjournalism.com. August 8, 2014.

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• Los niños de ahora están tan acostumbrados al sonido envolvente y a la potencia de los altavoces de los cines, que la sala de conciertos es una decepción para ellos.

  David Ogden Stiers

  Disappointment, Kids, Surround Sound

  Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. June 21, 2002.

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• Atrapado en un mal romance. Whoaaa-oh-ooooh!". Nellie gimió al ritmo de la radio XM que sonaba en los enormes altavoces. "¿Ya puedo destaparme los oídos?" Dan llamó desde atrás, donde estaba reclinado en el asiento de cuero. "¿Ha dejado Nellie de imitar a Lady Gag Me?

  Rick Riordan

  Romance, Ears, Radio

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• ...the problem with words is that once spoken, they cannot find their way back to the speaker alone.

  Arturo Pérez-Reverte

  Way, Problem

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• A desire for privacy does not imply shameful secrets; Moglen argues, again and again, that without anonymity in discourse, free speech is impossible, and hence also democracy. The right to speak the truth to power does not shield the speaker from the consequences of doing so; only comparable power or anonymity can do that.

  Nick Harkaway

  Secret, Desire, Democracy

  Nick Harkaway (2012). “The Blind Giant: Being Human in a Digital World”, p.145, Vintage

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• It is true that words have power, and one of the things they are able to do is get out of someone’s mouth before the speaker has the chance to stop them.

  Terry Pratchett

  Mouths, Able, Chance

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• ¿Deseas que la gente piense bien de ti? No hables bien de ti mismo.

  Blaise Pascal

  Humilde, Humildad, Pensamiento

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• Being the first woman speaker and breaking the marble ceiling is pretty important. Now it's time to move on.

  Nancy Pelosi

  Beauty, Moving, Important

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• Look at almost any passage, and you'll find that a paragraph has five or six metaphors in it. It's not that the speaker is trying to be poetic, it's just that that's the way language works.

  Steven Pinker

  Trying, Looks, Way

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• ¿Hay algo en el mundo mejor que las palabras en la página? Signos mágicos, las voces de los muertos, bloques de construcción para crear mundos maravillosos mejores que éste, consoladores, compañeros en la soledad. Guardianas de secretos, portavoces de la verdad... todas esas gloriosas palabras.

  Cornelia Funke

  Block, Loneliness, Voice

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• WARNING: The following is a transcript of a digital recording. In certain places, the audio quality was poor, so some words and phrases represent the author's best guesses. Where possible, illustrations of important symbols mentioned in the recording have been added. Background noises such as scuffling, hitting, and cursing by the two speakers have not been transcribed The author makes no claims for the authenticity of the recording. It seems impossible that the two young narrators are telling the truth, but you, the reader, must decide for yourself.

  Rick Riordan

  Illustration, Background Noise, Two

  Rick Riordan (2010). “The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid”, Hyperion

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• Nothing, however, can be more arrogant, though nothing is commoner than to assume that of Gods there is only one, and of religions none but the speaker’s.

  Virginia Woolf

  Arrogant, Assuming, Commoners

  Virginia Woolf, Michael H. Whitworth (2014). “Orlando: A Biography”, p.102, Oxford University Press, USA

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• When we turn around & come face to face with our destiny, we discover that words (spoken) are not enough. I know so many people who are brilliant speakers but are quite incapable of practising what they preach. It's one thing to describe a situation & quite another to experience it. I realised a long time ago that a warrior in search of his dream must take his inspiration from what he actually does & not from what he imagines himself doing.

  Paulo Coelho

  Dream, Inspiration, Warrior

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• Ese único pensamiento es suficiente. El impulso se convierte en un deseo, el deseo en un deseo, el deseo en un anhelo incontrolable, y el anhelo (para profundo pesar y mortificación del hablante, y desafiando todas las consecuencias) es complacido.

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Regret, Wish, Desire

  Edgar Allan Poe, Stuart Levine, Susan Levine (1976). “The Short Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe: An Annotated Edition”, p.269, University of Illinois Press

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• In his first 100 days, Mr. Obama has put the fate of his presidency in the hands of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. He may come to regret that decision.

  Karl Rove

  Regret, Fate, Hands

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• A lo largo de mi carrera académica, había dado algunas charlas bastante buenas. Pero ser considerado el mejor orador del departamento de informática es como ser conocido como el más alto de los Siete Enanitos.

  Randy Pausch

  Careers, Computer, Academic

  Randy Pausch (2008). “The Last Lecture”, p.11, Hachette UK

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• Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.

  Baruch Spinoza

  Men, Desire, Tongue

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