Speech Openers Quotes & Sayings

The confession of our failings is a thankless office. It savors less of sincerity or modesty than of ostentation. It seems as if we thought our weaknesses as good as other people's virtues. — William Hazlitt

We make our own whiskey and our own smoke, too. Ain't too many things these ole boys can't do. — Hank Williams Jr.

And for a price, I will pretend absolutely nothing. — Jacqueline Carey

Down to my last dime and coming apart at the seams. I'm messed up in Mexico, living on refried dreams. — Tim McGraw

I was born for Abegnation. I was planning on leaving Dauntless, and becoming factionless. But then I met 'her', and ... I felt like maybe I could make something more of my decision. — Veronica Roth

I had a job on a newspaper in Wisconsin, and I started off as most reporters did back then: writing obits and free ad giveaways. — Scott Glenn

Life is all about experiencing the full range of emotions. — Jonathan Sadowski

I was always joining and leaving different groups and fraternities, always thinking that I had finally met the person who could reveal to me the mysteries of the invisible world, but in the end I was always disappointed to discover that most of these people, however well-intentioned, were merely following this or that dogma and tended to be fanatics, because fanaticism is the only way to put an end to the doubts that constantly trouble the human soul. — Anonymous

Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness. — R.J. Palacio

Arianna, your performance will actually improve if you can commit to not only working hard, but also unplugging, recharging and renewing yourself. — Arianna Huffington

Seeing is a neglected enterprise. — Saul Leiter

The trouble with therapy is that it makes life go backwards ... — Anne Sexton

We know that babies develop as well in nonmaternal as in maternal care, as long as the care is of good quality. The issue is not who gives the care but the quality of that care, ... The guilt trip is, in my view, a hangover of another era and of unacknowledged tactics to keep women in their proper place
at home full-time. — Sandra Scarr