Formal Speech

Famous quotes containing the words formal and/or speech:

“Two clergymen disputing whether ordination would be valid without the imposition of both hands, the more formal one said, “Do you think the Holy Dove could fly down with only one wing?””
—Horace Walpole (1717–1797)

“Good speech need not be behind other’s backs; speech behind other’s backs is not good.”
—Chinese proverb.