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Our public men are speaking every day on something, but they ain't saying anything.
-Will Rogers
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Be sincere, be brief; be seated.
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
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People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
-Jean Jacques Rousseau
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Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care.
-William Safire
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He suffered from a rush of words to the head.
-Herbert Samuel
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Most people have to talk so they won't hear.
-May Sarton
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When ever the speech is corrupted so is the mind.
-Seneca (Seneca the Elder)
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When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people.
-Seneca (Seneca the Elder)
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It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
-Sophocles
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Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
-Baruch (_Benedict de) Spinoza
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I sometimes marvel at the extraordinary docility with which Americans submit to speeches.
-Adlai Stevenson
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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.
-Adlai Stevenson
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Some people approach every problem with an open mouth.
-Adlai Stevenson
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I would rather be guilty of talking over a person's head than behind his back.
-Adlai Stevenson
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I asked him on whom or what he had based his oratorical style. Churchill replied, It was an American statesman who inspired me and taught me how to use every note of the human voice like an organ. Winston then to my amazement started to quote long excerpts from Bourke Cockran's speeches of 60 years before. He was my model, Churchill said. I learned from him how to hold thousands in thrall.
-Adlai Stevenson
about his last meeting with Churchill
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The trouble with me is that I like to talk too much.
-William Howard Taft
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If you have nothing to say, say nothing.
-Mark Twain
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There is nothing in the world like a persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus.
-Mark Twain
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There are two kinds of people who don't say much, those who are quiet and those who talk a lot.
-Source Unknown
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He who does not say too much has too much to say.
-Source Unknown
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Too many of us speak twice before we think
-Source Unknown
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What you are doing rings so loudly in my ears that I can't hear what you're saying.
-Source Unknown
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Don't talk unless you can improve the silence
-Source Unknown
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A smart person knows what to say, a wise person knows whether or not to say it.
-Source Unknown
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An orator who is disposed to evil subverts the law.
-Source Unknown
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Books about Speeches (oratory)
