BEST QUOTES

“The relationship of the toastmaster to the speaker should be the same as that of the fan to the fan dancer. It should…

“The only possible form of exercise is to talk, not to walk.”Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) Irish playwright, novelist, and …

“If no thoughtyour mind does visit,make your speechnot too explicit.”Piet Hein (1905 – 96) Danish poet and scientist

“The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared a…

“Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think is creation's.”E. M. Forster (1879 – 1970)…

“Words are so futile, so feeble.”Charlie Chaplin (1889 – 1977) English actor and director

“And 'tis remarkable, that theyTalk most who have the least to say.”Matthew Prior (1664 – 1721) English poet and di…

“A speech is a solemn responsibility. The man who makes a bad thirty-minute speech to two hundred people wastes only a…

“At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.”W. Somerset Maugham (1874 …

“It is a free press ... There are laws to protect the freedom of the press's speech, but none that are worth anythi…

“Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to s…

“A tart temper mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use.”Washingt…

“Better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.” [read business fable]Mark Twai…

“Speeches are like babies – easy to conceive but hard to deliver.”Aristotle (384 – 322 B.C.) Greek philosopher

“Let us say what we feel, and feel what we say; let speech harmonize with life.” [read business-fable]Lucius Annaeus…

“Nobody speaks the truth when there's something they must have.” [read business-fable]Elizabeth Bowen (1899 – 19…