Opening Speech Quotes

#1. Vatican II and the Space/Information Age began in the same eye blink of history, with John XXIII's opening speech of Vatican II on Oct. 11, 1962, following John F. Kennedy's call for a round trip to the moon a month earlier.

Eugene Kennedy

#2. So much for a great opening speech, that sucker done tucked tail and is hiding in the deepest part of my brain, sucking its thumb.

Brandy Nacole

#3. Now, don't be angry after you've been afraid. That's the worst kind of cowardice.

Rudyard Kipling

#4. The humanitarian Carol Hegedus reminds us, Our purpose is that which we most passionately are when we pay attention to our deepest selves.

Mark Nepo

#5. He had come to know quite thoroughly the world in which he lived. His outlook was bleak and materialistic. The world as he saw it was a fierce and brutal world, a world without warmth, a world in which caresses and affection and the bright sweetness of spirit did not exist.

Jack London

#6. What teachings of Scripture do you still mainly follow out of dutiful habit, not with an eye toward honoring God or being used as a blessing to others? What has your legalistic adherence gained for you, and what has it cost you?

John F. MacArthur Jr.

#7. Regular spot to hide out and eat my lunch. I selected the book I had been

Jessica Sorensen

#8. You may think you are your best friend, but at times you you may be your worst enemy

Bangambiki Habyarimana

#9. I pray you indulge me for a space, for I am going to set out on a speech which may have some duration, but whose theme may be gleaned from its opening phrase: how dare you.

David Mamet

#10. Falling down a flight of steps with a dagger in your back is a disease caused by unwise opening of the mouth.

Terry Pratchett

#11. As amazing as you look in that tux, I haven't been able to stop thinking about seeing you out of it.

Robin Bielman

#12. The man of impure speech is a person whose lips are but an opening and a supply pipe which hell uses to vomit its impurities upon the earth.

John Vianney

#13. I do think that a minister who can preach a sermon without addressing sinners does not know how to preach.

Charles Spurgeon

#14. You should look at stocks as small pieces of business.

Warren Buffett

#15. After reading hundreds of e-mails, I have made MY decision. By pulling my opening Oct 3rd, You (ESPN) stepped on the Toes of The First Amendment
Freedom of Speech, so therefore Me, My Song, and All My Rowdy Friends are OUT OF HERE. It's been a great run.

Hank Williams Jr.

#16. Say whatever, plan whatever (I really don't care), but the action and the result is the important the other is theory.

Deyth Banger

#17. I think it is important to begin with a statement in your speech that grabs the attention of the audience. I try to make my opening line 15 words or less.

Charles R. Swindoll

#18. I wrote the script of Patton. I had this very bizarre opening where he stands up in front of an American flag and gives this speech. Ultimately, I was fired. When the script was done, they hired another writer and that script was forgotten.

Francis Ford Coppola