“The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public.”
– George Jessel
… so I say TG for rehearsal. It has saved me more times than I care to count!!
“In public speaking, we must appeal either to the prejudices of others, or to the love of truth and justice. If we think merely of displaying our own ability, we shall ruin every cause we undertake.”
William Hazlitt
Maybe stories are just data with a soul.
~ Brené Brown
Are you using stories to make your data more attractive and effective?
True eloquence consists in saying all that should be said, and that only.
-La Rochefoucauld
“You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.”
Anatole France
I hadn’t heard about Dan Quayle’s reputation, though at least I had heard of the man. I was researching quotations about public speaking and found this one.
Public speaking is very easy.
~ Dan Quayle
Intrigued, I had to find out more – what was the context?
Why did he say that?
Was he being arrogant?
Was he joking?
I still haven’t discovered the context, but I have discovered some amazing statements attributed to him. What a speaker he really was!!
“Of all kinds of success, that of an orator is the most pleasing.”
— Oliver Goldsmith
Speech is human nature itself, with none of the artificiality of written language.
Alfred North Whitehead
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”
Winston Churchill
