If you can't write your message in a sentence, you can't say it in an hour.
Dianna Booher
Tag Archive for: quotes about public speaking
Extemporaneous speaking should be practised and cultivated. It is the lawyer’s avenue to the public....
Abraham Lincoln
“The audience only pays attention as long as you know where you are going.”
– Phil Crosby
"A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience"
-Oliver Wendell Holmes
... and what a wonderful accomplishment if we, as speakers, can provide that moment!!
Talk low, talk slow, and don't talk too much.
John Wayne
Is this about public speaking? Um ... no, probably not. It was his advice on acting. And it probably worked well for him, in his settings. It's certainly not something that would work for a speaker - all of the time. But used some of the time, it is a powerful tool. Deliberately speaking slowly in the midst of enthusiastic speed is powerful. Simplicity is powerful. Keeping to time is vital. And in those terms this is golden advice for public speakers.
Make sure you have finished speaking before your audience has finished listening.
Dorothy Sarnoff
Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.
Maya Angelou
Grasp your subject. The words will follow.
Cato the elder.
Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
~Franklin D. Roosevelt
No man not inspired can make a good speech without preparation ~
Daniel Webster
