Greatest Speeches Quotes

#1. Basic decisions of our society are made through the expressed will of the people. That is why when we see these liberties threatened, instead of falling apart, our nation becomes unified and our democracies come together... in spite of our varied backgrounds and many racial strains.

Eleanor Roosevelt

#2. Cobden was the greatest statesman and prophet of the century. His speeches are an inspiration. A man whose disciple I am willing to confess I am.

Richard Cobden

#3. Luck can't last a lifetime unless you die young.

Russell Banks

#4. No lifetime is long enough for those who wish to create, Raul. Or for those who simply wish to understand themselves and their lives. It is, perhaps, the curse of being human, but also a blessing.

Dan Simmons

#5. The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.

Arthur C. Clarke

#6. I think the main reason a lot of child stars don't make it is that it's hard to see someone as cute and then all of a sudden see them as having more depth.

Christina Ricci

#7. The greatest and truest models for all oratorsis Demosthenes. One who has not studied deeply and constantly all the great speeches of the great Athenian, is not prepared to speak in public. Only as the constant companion of Demosthenes, Burke, Fox, Canning and Webster, can we hope to become orators.

Woodrow Wilson

#8. Virtue and Happiness are Mother and Daughter.

Benjamin Franklin

#9. I have always been restless, had a lot of energy.

Riz Ahmed

#10. All our lives draw in toward a single point and time, not too many miles or years from this room. A point in history when the emperor will either save us or damn us. All we can do is buy him the time he needs - and the price must be paid in blood.

Mark Lawrence

#11. Chaos erupted, but Magnus's darkest imaginings had been proved wrong. When the fight was joined, there were Shadowhunters on his side, fighting with him against Shadowunters, fighting for Downworlders and the Accords of peace they had all agreed to.

Cassandra Clare

#12. As an Indian, I would like to back my government.

Kapil Dev

#13. Don't cry
Don't raise your eye
Its only teenage wasteland.

Pete Townshend

#14. She had built a safe world where love didn't matter - and now she had nothing but stuff.

Diana Holquist

#15. My students tag tables, walls, and chairs because their greatest fear is that no one will ever remember them. They do not believe they can give impassioned speeches, rally people in protest, paint masterpieces. They think they will die, small and forgotten, and it dictates their every action.

Thomm Quackenbush

#16. I'm not homophobic at all and I have a lot of gay friends.

Stephanie Rice