Quotes of Speaking - somelinesforyou

“ There are three things to aim at in public speaking: first to get into your subject, then to get your subject into yourself, and lastly, to get your subject into your hearers. ”

- Unknown

“ Unconsciousness is one of the most important conditions of good style in speaking and writing. ”

- R. S. White

“ One concept corrupts and confuses the others. I am not speaking of the Evil whose limited sphere is ethics; I am speaking of the infinite. ”

- Jorge Luis Borges

“ Oratory is the art of making deep noises form the chest sound like important massages from the brain. ”

- H. L. Phillips

“ The secret of successful speakers? Passion and compassion with a purpose. ”

- Lily Walters

“ Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners. ”

- Dale Carnegie

“ Our public men are speaking every day on something, but they ain't saying anything. ”

- Will Rogers

“ Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the art of speaking well rather than doing well; but their manners should be of the greatest concern. ”

- R. Buckminster Fuller

“ Only the prepared speaker deserves to be confident. ”

- Dale Carnegie

“ We should speak as the populace but think as the learned. ”

- Sir Edward Coke

“ The best way to conquer stage fright is to know what you're talking about. ”

- Micheal Mescon

“ Talk is cheap, except when Congress does it. ”

- Cullen Hightower

“ Well I have a microphone and you don't so you will listen to every damn word I have to say! ”

- Adam Sandler

“ Once I have heard the story or joke used twice by other speakers or entertainer, I avoid it. ”

- Tom Ogden

“ Talk low, talk slow, and don't talk too much. ”

- John Wayne

“ Never rise to speak till you have something to say; and when you have said it, cease. ”

- John Witherspoon

“ When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself. ”

- Plato

“ Look wise say nothing and grunt, speech was given to conceal thought. ”

- Sir William Osler

“ It always takes a person much longer to tell you what he thinks than what he knows. ”

- Unknown

“ 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

“ He that speaks much, is much mistaken. ”

- Benjamin Franklin

“ Find out what's keeping them up nights and offer hope. Your theme must be an answer to their fears. ”

- Gerald C. Meyers

“ He rose without a friend and sat down without an enemy. ”

- Henry Gratton

“ All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer. ”

- Robert Louis Stevenson

“ The only language men ever speak perfectly is the one they learn in babyhood, when no one can teach them anything. ”

- Maria Montessori

“ And Hackman had really choked up when he was telling it. It was very moving. ”

- Wes Anderson

“ Grasp the subject, the words will follow. ”

- Cato the Elder

“ Some people approach every problem with an open mouth. ”

- Adlai E. Stevenson

“ Some people approach every problem with an open mouth. ”

- Adlai Stevenson

“ People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little. ”

- Jean Jacques Rousseau
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