Sentence examples for pretty speech from inspiring English sources

Barack Obama might be able to give a pretty speech.

"Brutus made a pretty speech, but Caesar was betrayed".

At one point he speaks a Shakespearian soliloquy then says, "What a pretty speech!

A prickly disguise and a pretty speech won the earl a week's reprieve, but they offered little protection against a cool-­headed rival like Cecil.

That's a mighty pretty speech, General Sherman, but it's hard to imagine a living human being — even one with a sharp eye on his role in history — ever delivering it.

While no one will likely yell, "you lie" in the middle of his remarks, there will be a collective sigh if all we get is a pretty speech.

Mr Obama's critics argued that he was only good at giving "pretty speeches".

But governing is not about making pretty speeches, say her supporters.

Mr. Thomas, with his glinting blue eyes and preternatural boyishness (he's pushing 60!), tends toward a silky hollowness in the pretty speeches about the heartwarming gift of giving.

The disappointing jobs numbers out Friday morning throw into relief the validity of conservatives' most resonant criticism of Obama: the difference between pretty speeches and effective policy.

What counteracts the cliché is that no big lessons about existence follow: Pretty speeches still unspoken Perfect circles in the sand Rules and promises I've broken That I still don't understand.