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6. Let thy speech be better than
silence, or be silent.
Dionysius Of Halicarnassus
7. Remember not only to say
the right thing in the right
place, but far more difficult
still, to leave unsaid the
wrong thing at the tempting
moment.
Benjamin Franklin
9. If you have an important
point to make, don’t try to be
subtle or clever. Use a pile
driver. Hit the point once.
Then come back and hit it
again. Then hit it a third time
– a tremendous whack.
Winston Churchill
10. Broadly speaking, the short
words are the best, and the
old words best of all.
Winston Churchill
11. I’ve learned that people will
forget what you said, people
will forget what you did, but
people will never forget how
you made them feel
Maya Angelou
12. It usually takes me more than
three weeks to prepare a
good impromptu speech.
Mark Twain
13. There are only two types of
speakers in the world. 1. The
nervous and 2. Liars.
Mark Twain
14. Speech is power: speech is to
persuade, to convert, to
compel.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
15. 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
16. Words ought to be a little
wild for they are the assaults
of thought on the unthinking.
John Maynard Keynes
17. Be still when you have
nothing to say; when genuine
passion moves you, say what
you’ve got to say, and say it
hot.
D.H. Lawrence
18. If I went back to college
again, I’d concentrate on two
areas: learning to write and
to speak before an audience.
Nothing in life is more
important than the ability to
communicate effectively.
Gerald R. Ford
19. You can speak well if your
tongue can deliver the
message of your heart.
John Ford
20. According to most studies,
people’s number one fear is
public speaking. Number two
is death. Death is number
two. Does that sound right?
This means to the average
person, if you go to a funeral,
you’re better off in the casket
than delivering the eulogy.
Jerry Seinfeld