Best Public Speaking Quotations
93 Public Speaking quotes by 76 unique authors
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A good speech should be like a woman's skirt: long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest
— Winston Churchill
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I never understood people who said their greatest fear was public speaking, or spiders, or any of the other minor terrors. How could you fear…
— David Benioff
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We don’t ask why God chose as his prophet a stutterer with a public speaking phobia. But we should. The book of Exodus is short…
— Susan Cain
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Right. And our first job is to teach her to give a speech on the Grand Balcony in three days.” “That does not sound too…
— Michael J. Sullivan
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Too many people spend too much time trying to perfect something before they actually do it. Instead of waiting for perfection, run with what you…
— Paul Arden
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Charles was most comfortable by himself or, if that wasn't possible, with his pack in the wild. Talking for hours in a crowded auditorium was…
— Patricia Briggs
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Death is the number two fear that people have and public speaking is the first!
— Sidney Sheldon
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Figure out what you are meant to contribute to the world and make sure you contribute it. If this requires public speaking or networking or…
— Susan Cain
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Powerful new drug-free treatments have been developed for depression and for every conceivable type of anxiety, such as chronic worrying, shyness, public speaking anxiety, test…
— David D. Burns
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I went to private school in Manhattan, and at a young age, they made us do public speaking. For some reason, I was good at…
— Paul Dano
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I took a public speaking class in college and managed to make the class laugh a little bit.
— Kevin James
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When I accept an invitation for a public speaking engagement, my purpose is to share the TOMS story and our giving mission. In no way…
— Blake Mycoskie
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What this country needs is less public speaking and more private thinking
— Unknown Author
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I was always a clown. In the eighth grade I won a city speech contest by doing an Eddie Murphy routine. I'm no good at…
— Jason Wiles
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I had a bad experience doing public speaking at school. I had to talk about a pen for five minutes and it was really hard…
— Karl Pilkington
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My biggest fear was public speaking, and then having everyone know who I was, it was definitely weird at first. When I first won, it…
— Chris Moneymaker
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I am a correspondent for her now. So Im one of her little reporters. Its been a wonderful experience, especially being able to not have…
— Danielle Fishel
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I really believe in being a role model. You're given such an enormous amount of opportunity to really impact people's lives in a positive way,…
— Danielle Fishel
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76 authors contributed a total of 93 Public Speaking Quotes, led by these top contributors: