“ Why doesn't the fellow who says, "I'm no speechmaker" let it go at that instead of giving a demonstration? ”
- Kin Hubbard- Copy
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“ A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talker with a sore throat. ”
- Katharine Whitehorn- Copy
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“ Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks. ”
- Euripides- Copy
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“ There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen. ”
- Christopher Morley- Copy
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“ The passions are the only orators which always persuade. ”
- Francois De La Rochefoucauld- Copy
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“ Time will discover everything to posterity; it is a babbler, and speaks even when no question is put. ”
- Euripides- Copy
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“ 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
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“ Once I have heard the story or joke used twice by other speakers or entertainer, I avoid it. ”
- Tom Ogden- Copy
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“ Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners. ”
- Dale Carnegie- Copy
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“ The best way to conquer stage fright is to know what you're talking about. ”
- Micheal Mescon- Copy
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“ Good orators, when they are out, they will spit. - As You Like It. Act iv. Sc. 1. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ I am not accustomed to the language of eulogy. I have never studied the art of paying compliments to women. But I must say, that if all that has been said by orators and poets since the creation of the world in praise of women were applied to the women of America, it would not do them justice. ”
- Abraham Lincoln- Copy
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“ People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little. ”
- Jean Jacques Rousseau- Copy
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“ Nothing is more despicable than a professional talker who uses his words as a quack uses his remedies. ”
- Francois de Salignac Fenelon- Copy
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“ Slander-mongers and those who listen to slander, if I had my way, would all be strung up, the talkers by the tongue, the listeners by the ears. ”
- Thomas Brackett Reed- Copy
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“ They're fancy talkers about themselves, writers. If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves. ”
- Lillian Hellman- Copy
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“ A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet. ”
- Truman Capote- Copy
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