Motivational Quotes

Speakers and speaking

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.

- Stevenson, Adlai E.

Speakers and speaking Motivational Quotes

Best Quotes about Speakers and speaking

Once you get people laughing, they're listening and you can tell them almost anything.

Gardner, Herbert

The less people think the more they talk.

Proverb

Most speakers speak ten minutes too long.

Humes, James

He who does not say too much has too much to say.

Before you speak ask yourself if what you are going to say is true, is kind, is necessary, is helpful. If the answer is no, maybe what you are about to say should be left unsaid.

Meltzer, Bernard

The first evil those who are prone to talk suffer, is that they hear nothing.

Plutarch

Speak and the man shall be shown.

Proverb

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

Witherspoon

He that speaks much, is much mistaken.

Franklin, Benjamin

10.

Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

Gracian, Baltasar

11.

Say what you have to say and first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending; sit down.

Churchill, Winston

12.

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

Coke, Sir Edward

13.

I didn't say the things I said.

Berra, Yogi

14.

There is danger when a man throws his tongue into high gear before he gets his brain a-going.

Phelps, C. C.

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Every speaker has a mouth; An arrangement rather neat. Sometimes it's filled with wisdom. Sometimes it's filled with feet.

Orben, Robert

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

Mescon, Micheal

17.

A smart person knows what to say, a wise person knows whether or not to say it.

18.

Speak little and to the purpose.

Proverb

19.

I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about.

Hansen, Mark Victor

20.

What orators lack in depth, they make up to you in length.

Montesquieu, Charles De

21.

Opening amenities are often opening inanities.

Churchill, Winston

22.

A good speaker is a good listener who hears what lesser speakers fail to.

White, Somers

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A speech should not just be a sharing of information, but a sharing of yourself.

Archbold, Ralph

24.

It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.

Sophocles

25.

A good speaker makes a good liar.

Proverb, German

26.

Some people approach every problem with an open mouth.

Stevenson, Adlai E.

27.

If it requires great tact to speak to the purpose, it requires no less to know when to be silent.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

28.

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

Saying

29.

The trouble with me is that I like to talk too much.

Taft, William Howard

30.

We talk little when we do not talk about ourselves.

Hazlitt, William

31.

A closed mouth catches no flies.

Proverb, French

32.

Say not always what you know, but always know what you say.

Claudius

33.

To climb a tree to catch a fish is talking much and doing nothing.

Proverb, Chinese

34.

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

Wayne, John

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Before a man speaks, it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks it is seldom necessary to assume.

Mencken, H. L.

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Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.

Spinoza, Baruch (Benedict de)

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Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.

Humes, James

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He suffered from a rush of words to the head.

Samuel, Herbert

39.

Persuasive speech, and more persuasive sighs, Silence that spoke and eloquence of eyes.

Homer

40.

Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said.

Carnegie, Dale

41.

Two great talkers will not travel far together.

Proverb, Spanish

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It's not so much knowing when to speak, when to pause.

Benny, Jack

43.

Adlai Stevenson has a genius for saying the right thing, at the right time, to the wrong people.

Lewis, Joe E.

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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.

Stevenson, Adlai E.

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Most people have ears, but few have judgment; tickle those ears, and depend upon it, you will catch those judgments, such as they are.

Chesterfield, Lord

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He who comes from afar may lie without fear of contradiction as he is sure to be listened to with the utmost attention.

Proverb, French

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Lots of people act well, but few people talk well. This shows that talking is the more difficult of the two.

Wilde, Oscar

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One way of looking at speech is to say it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness.