Firsts Quote by Anne-Therese de Marguenat de Courcelles

“The most important step in developing skillful speech is to think before speaking.”

— Allan Lokos

We always speak well when we manage to be understood.

— Moliere

There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen.

— Christopher Morley

The best kind of conversation is that which may be called thinking aloud.

— William Hazlitt

My basic rule is to speak slowly and simply so that my audience has an opportunity to follow and think about what I am…

— Margaret Chase Smith

Always think before you speak because you never know who may be listening!

— Mschurchgirl

There's only one rule for being a good talker: learn to listen. We do not always need a mind that speaks, just a patient…

— Bakare

Think before you speak but do not speak everything that you think.

— Vikrant Parsai

When we are understood, we always speak well, and then all your fine diction serves no purpose.

— Moliere

The ability to speak well is the shortcut to distinction.

— Dale Carnegie

The first rule of my speaking is: listen!

— Larry King

A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie.

— Desiderius Erasmus