“The secret of successful speakers? Passion and compassion with a purpose.”
“A good speaker is a good listener who hears what lessor speakers fail to.”
“The best way to conquer stage fright is to know what you're talking about.”
“If you can't write your message in a sentence, you can't say it in an hour.”
“A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.”
“Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.”
“The first evil those who are prone to talk suffer, is that they hear nothing.”
“I would rather be guilty of talking over a person's head than behind his back.”
“A speech should not just be a sharing of information, but a sharing of yourself.”
“To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.”
“Our public men are speaking every day on something, but they ain't saying anything.”
“It always takes a person much longer to tell you what he thinks than what he knows.”
“Condense some daily experience into a glowing symbol and an audience is electrified.”
“Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said.”
“One way of looking at speech is to say it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness.”
“People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.”
“Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care.”
“Never rise to speak till you have something to say; and when you have said it, cease.”
“Once you get people laughing, they're listening and you can tell them almost anything.”
“The trouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought of yet.”
“Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.”
“Persuasive speech, and more persuasive sighs, Silence that spoke and eloquence of eyes.”
“What we say is important... for in most cases the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.”
“I sometimes marvel at the extraordinary docility with which Americans submit to speeches.”
“With all his tumid boasts, he's like the sword-fish, who only wears his weapon in his mouth.”
“Once I have heard the story or joke used twice by other speakers or entertainer, I avoid it.”
“There is danger when a man throws his tongue into high gear before he gets his brain a-going.”
“If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of object in creation?”
“Unconsciousness is one of the most important conditions of good style in speaking and writing.”
“Adlai Stevenson has a genius for saying the right thing, at the right time, to the wrong people.”