“He mouths a sentence as curs mouth a bone.”
“All the great speakers were bad speaker at first.”
“The more you are talked about the less powerful you are.”
“I don't care how much a man talks, if he only says it in a few words.”
“There is nothing in the world like a persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus.”
“Before a man speaks, it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks it is seldom necessary to assume.”
“I didn't say the things I said.”
“A closed mouth catches no flies.”
“Be sincere, be brief; be seated.”
“A good speaker makes a good liar.”
“When at a loss how to go on, cough.”
“Half wits talk much, but say little.”
“He that speaks much, is much mistaken.”
“I do not speak of what I cannot praise.”
“If you have nothing to say, say nothing.”
“A good orator is pointed and impassioned.”
“Most speakers speak ten minutes too long.”
“I know you will guess all I leave unsaid.”
“They talk most who have the least to say.”
“Grasp the subject, the words will follow.”
“Better never begin than never make an end.”
“What is uttered is finished and done with.”
“It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.”
“Talk is cheap, except when Congress does it.”
“Most people have to talk so they won't hear.”
“Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much.”
“He suffered from a rush of words to the head.”
“It is delivery that makes the orators success.”
“Opening amenities are often opening inanities.”
“Two great talkers will not travel far together.”