Audience Quote by Paul F. Tompkins

Elmer has the mentality of approximately one peanut.

— Frank Zappa

I feel like great TED Talks are ones that are a little bit subject to interpretation, that do provoke further conversation - and potentially…

— Damon Lindelof

Mr. Bean is at his best when he is not using words, but I am equally at home in both verbal and nonverbal expression.

— Rowan Atkinson

“...and since, human speech is like a cracked tin kettle, on which we hammer out tunes to make bears dance when we long to…

— Flaubert Gustave

Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music…

— Gustave Flaubert

There is only one excuse for a speaker's asking the attention of his audience: he must have either truth or entertainment for them.

— Dale Carnegie

Human speech is like a cracked cauldron on which we bang out tunes that make bears dance, when what we want is to move…

— Gustave Flaubert

“The most exaggerated speeches usually hid the weakest of feelings - as though the fullness of the soul did not overflow into the emptiest…

— Gustave Flaubert

We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to…

— Quintilian

Although Mr. Trump talks an interesting and entertaining game, rarely do I hear him lay out specifics.

— Rick Perry

“Because he did have that gift, truly he did, he was the Man of a Thousand Voices and a Voice. If you wanted to…

— Salman Rushdie

“When Musk is present, the chats tend toward the absurd and fantastic”

— Ashlee Vance