“ Once I have heard the story or joke used twice by other speakers or entertainer, I avoid it. ”
- Tom Ogden- Copy
- 3.8K
“ Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners. ”
- Dale Carnegie- Copy
- 3K
“ The secret of successful speakers? Passion and compassion with a purpose. ”
- Lily Walters- Copy
- 3.8K
“ Why doesn't the fellow who says, "I'm no speechmaker" let it go at that instead of giving a demonstration? ”
- Kin Hubbard- Copy
- 3.9K
“ If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use the pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time; a tremendous whack. ”
- Winston Churchill- Copy
- 2.2K
“ A good speaker is a good listener who hears what lesser speakers fail to. ”
- Somers White- Copy
- 2.5K
“ What orators lack in depth, they make up to you in length. ”
- Charles de Montesquieu- Copy
- 3.5K
“ Every speaker has a mouth; An arrangement rather neat. Sometimes it's filled with wisdom. Sometimes it's filled with feet. ”
- Robert Orben- Copy
- 3K
“ If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of object in creation? ”
- Thomas Carlyle- Copy
- 3.7K
“ The relationship of the toastmaster to the speaker should be the same as that of the fan to the fan dancer. It should call attention to the subject without making any particular effort to cover it. ”
- Adlai E. Stevenson- Copy
- 161
“ The passions are the only orators which always persuade. ”
- Francois De La Rochefoucauld- Copy
- 1.9K
“ Time will discover everything to posterity; it is a babbler, and speaks even when no question is put. ”
- Euripides- Copy
- 475
“ Then, like an old-time orator impressively he rose; I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes. ”
- Sara Teasdale- Copy
- 221
“ Find out what's keeping them up nights and offer hope. Your theme must be an answer to their fears. ”
- Gerald C. Meyers- Copy
- 2.7K
“ Look wise say nothing and grunt, speech was given to conceal thought. ”
- Sir William Osler- Copy
- 1.7K
“ Never rise to speak till you have something to say; and when you have said it, cease. ”
- John Witherspoon- Copy
- 539
“ Oratory is the art of making deep noises form the chest sound like important massages from the brain. ”
- H. L. Phillips- Copy
- 2.2K
“ The best way to conquer stage fright is to know what you're talking about. ”
- Micheal Mescon- Copy
- 3.6K
“ Unconsciousness is one of the most important conditions of good style in speaking and writing. ”
- R. S. White- Copy
- 3.6K
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