A closed mouth catches no flies.
A good orator is pointed and impassioned.
A good speaker is a good listener who hears what lessor speakers fail to.
A good speaker makes a good liar.
A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.
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.
A smart person knows what to say, a wise person knows whether or not to say it.
A speech should not just be a sharing of information, but a sharing of yourself.
Adlai Stevenson has a genius for saying the right thing, at the right time, to the wrong people.
All the great speakers were bad speaker at first.
An orator who is disposed to evil subverts the law.
Be ever on your guard what you say of anybody and to whom.
Be interesting, be enthusiastic… and don't talk to much.
Be sincere, be brief; be seated.
Before a man speaks, it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks it is seldom necessary to assume.
Before the tongue can speak, it must have lost the power to wound.
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.
Better never begin than never make an end.
Condense some daily experience into a glowing symbol and an audience is electrified.
Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself.