68 Movie Quotes about Speeches with Audio – Page 5

Updated: Oct 30, 2026

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41 Why is there always someone who brings eggs and tomatoes to a speech?

Danny DeVito as The Penguin in Batman Returns (1992)

42 Now, a lot of coaches would be giving you one of those 'Win one for the Gipper' speeches. I'm not good at that stuff. Instead, I thought I'd lead you in a psalm of inspiration. Let's bow our heads.

John Candy as Irv Blitzer in Cool Runnings

43 Too much talk always spoils it.

William Holden as Commander Shears in The Bridge on the River Kwai

44 I can't get up and speak before people. The words stick in my throat. I'd rather get drunk. I do get drunk. I did get drunk.

Kirk Douglas as Walter O'Neil in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)

45 That was an excellent speech you gave us. -It certainly was. I'm sure it beefed up morale a hell of a lot.

Quote from 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

46 You're right. We could sit around here all day, talkin', passin' resolutions, makin' clever speeches. It's not gonna shift one Roman soldier!

John Cleese in Monty Python's Life of Brian

47 Good old George, he's always making a speech.

Quote from It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

48 You're an impostor, young fella! That's a pack of lies you're telling! Who wrote that speech for you?

Quote from Meet John Doe (1941)

49 Thousands of people are going to listen to him over the radio, and unless he says something sensational, it's just no good.

Barbara Stanwyck in Meet John Doe (1941)

50 That speech is right off the couch.

Jack Palance as Charlie Castle in The Big Knife (1955)