Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 23) – Benjamin Franklin

“Here comes the orator with his flood of words and his drop of reason.” Benjamin Franklin

Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 22) – Ernest Hemingway

“Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? He thinks I don’t know the ten-dollar words. I know them all right. But there are older and simpler and better words, and those are the ones I use.” Ernest Hemingway

Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 21) – Jean de la Bruyère

“There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting and public speaking.” Jean de la Bruyère

Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 20) – Phil Crosby

“The audience only pays attention as long as you know where you are going.” Phil Crosby

Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 18) – Peggy Noonan

“A speech is poetry: cadence, rhythm, imagery, sweep! A speech reminds us that words, like children, have the power to make dance the dullest beanbag of a heart.” Peggy Noonan Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore

Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 17) – Dionysius of Halicarnassus

“Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.” Dionysius of Halicarnassus

Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 16) – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 14) – Cato

“Find the message first and the words will follow.” — Cato

Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 13) – Winston Churchill

“First he read his speech; second he read it badly; third it wasn’t worth reading.” Winston Churchill

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