Browse through our collection of quotes tagged with Speeches (oratory).
The first evil those who are prone to talk suffer, is that they hear nothing.
Plutarch
Find out what's keeping them up nights and offer hope. Your theme must be an answer to their fears.
Gerald C. Meyers
The best way to conquer stage fright is to know what you're talking about.
Micheal Mescon
The words of tongue should have three gate keepers.
Arabic Proverb
I didn't say the things I said.
Yogi Berra
Opening amenities are often opening inanities.
Sir Winston Churchill
Say what you have to say and first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending; sit down.
He that speaks much, is much mistaken.
Benjamin Franklin
Half wits talk much, but say little.
With all his tumid boasts, he's like the sword-fish, who only wears his weapon in his mouth.
John Madden
The trouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought of yet.
Ann Landers
I don't care how much a person talks, if they only say it in a few words.
Josh Billings
Some people approach every problem with an open mouth.
Adlai Stevenson
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.
I would rather be guilty of talking over a person's head than behind his back.
I sometimes marvel at the extraordinary docility with which Americans submit to speeches.
I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about.
Mark Victor Hansen
Look wise say nothing and grunt, speech was given to conceal thought.
William Osler
Our public men are speaking every day on something, but they ain't saying anything.
Will Rogers
Before the tongue can speak, it must have lost the power to wound.
Peace Pilgrim
