Quotes by Public Speaking I have never seen an ass who talked like a human being, but I have met many human beings who talked like asses. Heinrich Heine ass public-speaking literature I got on stage and I went, "Oh wow. No stage fright." I couldn't do public speaking, and I couldn't play the piano in front of people, but I could act. I found that being on stage, I felt, "This is home." I felt an immediate right thing, and the exchange between the audience and the actors on stage was so fulfilling. I just went, "That is the conversation I want to have." Holly Hunter public-speaking home people Never be grandiloquent when you want to drive home a searching truth. Don't whip with a switch that has the leaves on, if you want it to tingle. Henry Ward Beecher public-speaking want home To be a person is to have a story to tell. Isak Dinesen public-speaking storytelling stories When I do public speaking, I ask the audience, "Who has a family member, a neighbor, a friend with some form of disability?" Every single hand goes up. We're all connected. Jay Ruderman disability public-speaking hands There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking. Jean de la Bruyere public-speaking mediocrity painting Ah, the first rule of public speaking -- always start with a joke. Jon Stewart public-speaking jokes firsts In oratory the greatest art is to hide art. Jonathan Swift oratory public-speaking art Publicity, publicity, PUBLICITY is the greatest moral factor and force in our public life. Joseph Pulitzer publicity public-speaking moral "Why doesn't the fellow who says, "I'm no speechmaker," let it go at that instead of giving a demonstration? " Kin Hubbard public-speaking let-it-go giving I was extremely shy and had a terrible fear of public speaking. But I had fallen in love with stand-up. Kumail Nanjiani public-speaking fallen shy My activism has to do with my conscience; I cannot let certain things slide without doing something. My public speaking is part of an art form that is cultural. Lee Maracle public-speaking slides art A good orator is pointed and impassioned. Marcus Tullius Cicero orators self-improvement public-speaking Charles was most comfortable by himself or, if that wasn't possible, with his pack in the wild. Talking for hours in a crowded auditorium was not on any list of things he enjoyed—or things he was good at. At least no one had died. Yet. Patricia Briggs public-speaking lists talking When you start at catering college, nobody prepares you for a book tour or public speaking. Rene Redzepi public-speaking college book Madison lived in his head and public speaking did not come naturally to him. Richard Brookhiser madison public-speaking The people are to be taken in very small doses. Ralph Waldo Emerson public-speaking taken people Every man is eloquent once in his life. Ralph Waldo Emerson public-speaking men life Beware of the conversationalist who adds "In other words." Robert Morley public-speaking add Say what you have to say, and then stop. Rudolf Flesch fear-of-public-speaking speaking-in-public public-speaking «123»