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Our public men are speaking every day on something, but they ain't saying anything. — Will Rogers

A good speech should be like a woman's skirt; long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest. — Winston S. Churchill

Public speaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary. — Evan Esar

I have a fear of public speaking. It's very hard work. Words are not my skill, and because they're not my skill, I have to work doubly hard. — Kerry Stokes

Just keep in mind," Liaro said, "they're not going to remember the words. They'll remember how you made them feel. Make them feel something. — Kameron Hurley

Heartfelt communicators make such a difference in the lives of others through their authentic depth and sincere expression. — Miya Yamanouchi

When you start at catering college, nobody prepares you for a book tour or public speaking. — Rene Redzepi

Naked lions are just as dangerous as elegantly dressed ones — Susan Cain

Some will, some won't. Look for the ones who will. — Todd Stocker

Every man is eloquent once in his life. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I hated speaking in public. I would miss school just so I wouldn't have to do it. — Kristen Wiig

It's much easier to be convincing if you care about your topic. Figure out what's important to you about your message and speak from the heart. — Nicholas Boothman

Any sort of plain speaking is better than the nauseous sham good fellowship our democratic public men get up for shop use. — George Bernard Shaw

Never be grandiloquent when you want to drive home a searching truth. Don't whip with a switch that has the leaves on, if you want it to tingle. — Henry Ward Beecher

Public Speaking is very easy. — Dan Quayle

No audience ever complained about a presentation or speech being too short — Stephen Keague

Fear paralyses you - fear of flying, fear of the future, fear of leaving a rubbish marriage, fear of public speaking, or whatever it is. — Annie Lennox

Generally speaking, the public appetite for criminal justice policy is just tough talk. — Kamala Harris

A speaker should approach his preparation not by what he wants to say, but by what he wants to learn. — Todd Stocker

I failed public speaking in grade school, 'cause I was so nervous and scared. — Gary Clark Jr.

There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking. — Jean De La Bruyere

The audience are likely to remember only three things from your presentation or speech — Stephen Keague

Some introverts are perfectly comfortable with public speaking; I'm not one of them. — Susan Cain

"Why doesn't the fellow who says, "I'm no speechmaker," let it go at that instead of giving a demonstration? " — Kin Hubbard

I enjoy my public speaking. That's what I love doing. It's what I'm good at. — Terry Bradshaw

I support myself by public speaking and trying to work on as many appropriate and legitimate ventures as I can. — Jack Abramoff

I want to do public speaking and cause campaigning. I want to write a book. — Bristol Palin

I found myself doing so much public speaking, more and more and bigger and bigger. — Dani Shapiro

Madison lived in his head and public speaking did not come naturally to him. — Richard Brookhiser

Beware of the conversationalist who adds "In other words." — Robert Morley

There is only one excuse for a speaker's asking the attention of his audience: he must have either truth or entertainment for them. — Dale Carnegie

Always be shorter than anybody dared to hope. — Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess Of Reading

I took a public speaking class in college and managed to make the class laugh a little bit. — Kevin James

The speaker catches fire
looking at their faces.
His words
jump down to stand
in listener's places. — Langston Hughes

Everybody turns to look at him. It is quite frightening. — Ali Smith

Improvement is achieved by the ripple effect of a few simple changes in approach, attitude, or habit. — Dale Ludwig

My greatest fear is speaking in public. — Jennifer Love Hewitt

If you don't know what you want to achieve in your presentation your audience never will. — Harvey Diamond

A good orator is pointed and impassioned. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

A public role endures for the literary high-command, as sages and seers, speaking out on social and political issues. — Tibor Fischer

With real estate, it's location, location, location. In public speaking, it's acoustics, acoustics, acoustics. — Christopher Buckley

Good public speaking is based on good private thinking — Scott Berkun

Ah, the first rule of public speaking
always start with a joke. — Jon Stewart

Being able to read well in public and talk about your work in an engaging fashion is part of most writers' job specification. — Sara Sheridan

Oratory is the highest form of music — Agona Apell

I'm speaking of the ability of people of faith to freely express their beliefs in the public square. — John Cornyn

An orator can hardly get beyond commonplaces: if he does he gets beyond his hearers. — William Hazlitt

People think actresses find public speaking easy, and it's not easy at all; we're used to hiding behind masks. — Jane Fonda

So often our power lies not in ourselves, but in how we help others find their own strength. — Amy Lee Peine

Public speaking? I speak to myself on the street! — Eliot Spitzer

Accustomed as I am to public speaking, I know the futility of it. — Franklin P. Adams

Death is the number two fear that people have and public speaking is the first! — Sidney Sheldon

Nine SPEAKING IN TONGUES The following is based on a lecture given at the New York Public Library in December 2008. 1 — Zadie Smith

It's been a moment since I've done some public speaking. I find now-a-days it's best to keep quiet. — Drake

â‚¬7,500, first-class, everything - and all that for 40 minutes selling them some old stuff. — Slavoj Zizek

Honestly, if everyone likes what you say something is wrong with your message. — Ashley Ormon

Public speaking skills are an essential key to achieving career advancement and success. — Robert Moment

In presentations or speeches less really is more — Stephen Keague

I wanted to be a ballerina so badly. You can be seen and take over the spotlight without speaking. I had a fear of speaking in public back then. — April Bowlby

Well-designed visuals do more than provide information; they bring order to the conversation. — Dale Ludwig

Whenever people have trouble public speaking, it's because they are just thinking about themselves. — Tony Robbins

Since I am used to speaking in public, I know that it is useless. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

Fear of public speaking can be overcome with effective public speaking tips, skills and strategies. — Robert Moment

Say what you have to say, and then stop. — Rudolf Flesch

Don't wait for a huge platform before you give of your best performance — Bernard Kelvin Clive

I was extremely shy and had a terrible fear of public speaking. But I had fallen in love with stand-up. — Kumail Nanjiani

In oratory the greatest art is to hide art. — Jonathan Swift

Public speaking professionals say that you win or lose the battle to hold your audience in the first 30 seconds of a given presentation. — John Medina

Just as you can't rehearse your way to success, you can't design your way there either. — Dale Ludwig

Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent. — Dionysius I Of Syracuse

Be your own kind of brave. — H. L. Balcomb

More men feel comfortable doing "public speaking," while more women feel comfortable doing "private" speaking. — Deborah Tannen

A man never becomes an orator if he has anything to say. — Finley Peter Dunne