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Speakers and speaking

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

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

To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

Jonson, Ben

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

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

He suffered from a rush of words to the head.

Samuel, Herbert

With all his tumid boasts, he's like the sword-fish, who only wears his weapon in his mouth.

Madden, John

Most speakers speak ten minutes too long.

Humes, James

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

Homer

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

Meyers, Gerald C.

10.

Be sincere, be brief; be seated.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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What is uttered is finished and done with.

Mann, Thomas

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I didn't say the things I said.

Berra, Yogi

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

Montesquieu, Charles De

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One good anecdote is worth a volume of biography.

Channing, William Ellery

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An orator who is disposed to evil subverts the law.

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

White, Somers

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A man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man. The instructed man is ashamed to pronounce in an orphic manner what everybody knows, and because he is silent people think he is making fun of them. They like a man who expresses their own superficial thoughts in a manner that appears to be profound. This enables them to feel that they are themselves profound.

Brooks, Van Wyck

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

Hansen, Mark Victor

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He who knows little knows enough if he knows how to hold is tongue.

Proverb, Italian

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

Coke, Sir Edward

21.

I do not speak of what I cannot praise.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

22.

When at a loss how to go on, cough.

Proverb, Greek

23.

If you have nothing to say, say nothing.

Twain, Mark

24.

The trouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought of yet.

Landers, Ann

25.

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

Walters, Lily

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

Phillips, H. L.

27.

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

Mescon, Micheal

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Speak little and to the purpose.

Proverb

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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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Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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We talk little when we do not talk about ourselves.

Hazlitt, William

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

Proverb, Chinese

33.

Be interesting, be enthusiastic... and don't talk to much.

Peale, Norman Vincent

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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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It is delivery that makes the orators success.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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A good speaker makes a good liar.

Proverb, German

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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

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

Archbold, Ralph

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

Carnegie, Dale

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There are two kinds of people who don't say much, those who are quiet and those who talk a lot.