"We are all cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is,
knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out."
-Ray Bradbury
Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
Abraham Lincoln and Eleanor Chaffee
(... and a very effective speaking skill too!)
If you can't write your message in a sentence, you can't say it in an hour.
Dianna Booher
Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.
Sir Ralph Richardson
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Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Extemporaneous speaking should be practised and cultivated. It is the lawyer’s avenue to the public....
Abraham Lincoln
“The audience only pays attention as long as you know where you are going.”
– Phil Crosby
"A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience"
-Oliver Wendell Holmes
... and what a wonderful accomplishment if we, as speakers, can provide that moment!!
It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
~~ Mark Twain
(Thank you so much for your insight, Sir, again!!)
“No more than six words on a slide. Ever. There is no presentation so complex that this rule needs to be broken.”
– Seth Godin
