67 Movie Quotes about Speeches (+ Sound Clips) - page 5

Updated: Mar 23, 2026

Memorable quotes about speeches, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

41 He starts monologuing. He starts this prepared speech about how feeble I am compared to him.

Craig T. Nelson as Mr. Incredible in The Incredibles

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 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)

45 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)

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

Quote from It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

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

Keir Dullea as Dr. David Bowman, Gary Lockwood (Dr. Frank Poole in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

48 Oh, well. All right. You birds want me to make a speech? Here it goes.

Edward G. Robinson as Little Caesar in Little Caesar (1931)

49 You know, it's not really required of you to make a speech.

Tim Meadows as Ron Duvall in Mean Girls (2004)

50 Seriously, most people just take the crown and go.

Tim Meadows as Ron Duvall in Mean Girls (2004)