Speaking Quotes

You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.

no matter the distance, the time we go without speaking, or the age i will love you just the same.

Instructions for making a speech: Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

Most presentations are horrible because they're delivered by someone who is hiding what they came to say.

The mark of a good speaker: don't digress. The mark of a great speaker: digress and come back. Let me show you.

The human brain is a wonderful thing. It starts working the moment you are born, and never stops until you stand up to speak in public.

To God I speak Spanish, to women Italian, to men French, and to my horse—German.

Let thy speech be better than thy silence, or be silent.

The Sufis advise us to speak only after our words have managed to pass through three gates.  At the first gate, we ask ouselves, 'Are these words true?'  If so, we let them pass on; if not, back they go.  At the second gate, we ask, 'Are they necessary?'  At the last gate, we ask, 'Are they kind?'