Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 123) – George Bernard Shaw

“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” George Bernard Shaw
Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 122) – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Condense some daily experience into a glowing symbol and an audience is electrified.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 121) – Seth Godin

“The purpose of an elevator pitch isn’t to close the sale. The goal isn’t even to give a short, accurate, Wikipedia-standard description of you or your project. And the idea of using vacuous, vague words to craft a bland mission statement is dumb. “No, the purpose of an elevator pitch is to describe a situation or solution […]
Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 120) – Bill Gates

“What I do best is share my enthusiasm.” Bill Gates
Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 119) – Pablo Neruda

“All paths lead to the same goal: to convey to others what we are. And we must pass through solitude and difficulty, isolation and silence in order to reach forth to the enchanted place where we can dance our clumsy dance and sing our sorrowful song—but in this dance or in this song there are […]
Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 118) – Steve Martin

“Some people have a way with words and other people … uh … not have way.” Steve Martin Photo courtesy of Davidwbaker
Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 117) – Conor Neill

“Start strong with a ‘grabber’. A personal story, a quote from an expert or a shocking statistic—something that takes a hold of your audience and gets them hooked and opens their mind to your message. Give the audience a chance to see your personal connection to the topic.” Conor Neill
Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 116) – William Safire

“Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don’t know and I don’t care.” William Safire
Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 114) – Gardiner and Kittredge

“The effectiveness of rhetorical questions in argument comes from their dramatic quality. They suggest dialogue, especially when the speaker both asks and answers them himself, as if he were playing two parts on the stage. “They are not always impassioned; they may be mildly ironical or merely argumentative: but they are always to some extent […]
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