“The worst, most insidious effect of censorship is that, in the end, it can deaden the imagination of the people. Where there is no debate, it is hard to go on remembering, every day, that there is a suppressed side to every argument.” PeopleEndsHardRememberDeathSidesImaginationWorstEffectsGoes OnSpeechArgumentDebateCensorshipInsidious Author:Salman Rushdie
“When there is a world scarcity of any commodity, whether it's food or free speech, then the whole world must go on rations in order that eventually the whole world may have it again in plenty.” WorldMayWholeOrderGoes OnSpeechResourcesWhole WorldPlentyFree SpeechCommodityScarcityRations Author:Jan Struther
“I suspect that music has qualities both of speech and writing - partly built in, partly individually constructed - and this goes on all through one's life.” WritingQualityGoes OnSpeechBuiltSuspectsSpeech And Writing Author:Oliver Sacks
“I wouldn't mind gigging around the same era as Jesus, after he gives his speech about the meek and how blessed they are and all that type of bullshit, going up there and doing a flat 20 [minutes]. I reckon I'd have better stagecraft and presence than Jesus. Yea, I'm a better stand-up comedian than Jesus, so I reckon I could go on after him.” GivingMindJesusMinutesTypeGoes OnSpeechBlessedErasComedianFlatsBullshitMeekStand Up ComedianStagecraft Author:Jim Jefferies
“One good thing about music, when it hits-you feel no pain. ... My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die. ... Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen. ... My music will go on forever. Maybe it's a fool say that, but when me know facts me can say facts. My music will go on forever.” KnowsFeelsFactsPainDiesFightingTeachForeverFoolGoes OnSpeechGood ThingsCarrieSongwritingFree SpeechReggaeNo PainReggae MusicJamaican Music Author:Bob Marley
“The great advantages of simulation and dissimulation are three. First to lay asleep opposition and to surprise. For where a man's intentions are published, it is an alarum to call up all that are against them. The second is to reserve a man's self a fair retreat: for if a man engage himself, by a manifest declaration, he must go through, or take a fall. The third is, the better to discover the mind of another. For to him that opens himself, men will hardly show themselves adverse; but will fair let him go on, and turn their freedom of speech to freedom of thought.” IfsMenMindFirstsSelfShowsTurnsFallThreeGoes OnSpeechAdvantageFairsThirdsLaysIntentionSurpriseDeceptionOppositionManifestFreedom Of SpeechReservesDeclarationRetreatFreedom Of ThoughtAdverseSimulationLet Him Go Book:Essays Source: Essays
“I get flack for saying [when I visit a college and give a speech], "This is a nice college, but the really great educator is McDonald's." They hate me for saying this and think I'm a slimy creature. But McDonald's hires people with bad work habits, trains them, and teaches them to come to work on time and have good work habits. I think a lot of what goes on there is better than at Harvard.” PeopleThinkingGivingHateTeachNiceCollegeGoes OnHabitCreaturesSpeechTrainGood WorkReally GreatHarvardEducatorHate MeMcdonaldsWork HabitsThey Hate Me Author:Charlie Munger
“Go out and make your own speeches. People need you. Go on TV. It can be done. After you speak up a few times, people say, "Hey, we got a crazy man in the community," and they'll begin talking to you.” PeopleMenNeedsDoneSpeakCommunityTalkingCrazyTvsGoes OnSpeechHeyNeed YouCrazy Man Author:Ray Bradbury