Always Quote by Stephen Hendry

I was once very unpleasantly groped while I was broadcasting by a famous individual who shall remain nameless. When I told the staff afterwards…

— Sandi Toksvig

Audiences I speak to are often openly hostile, and I know my arguments might fall on deaf ears with 99% of the audience.

— Douglas Murray

There's something about mean-spiritedness that has a way of distancing an audience.

— Carrie Brownstein

To reach a mass audience, you have to offer more than just hostility.

— Dave Itzkoff

I love readings and my readers, but the din of voices of the audience gives me stage fright, and the din of voices inside…

— Anne Lamott

As a journalist, I know what it is like to incur the self-righteous wrath of people who denounce you for things you didn't say…

— Anne Applebaum

I think it's important to see that, as an audience member, because a lot of times you pass judgement on people, right off the…

— Megalyn Echikunwoke

What does annoy me is when critics use me to ridicule my audience. All the stuff about 'Tesco housewives' and 'the blue-rinse brigade.'

— Michael Ball

Of all the classes of men, I dislike the most those who make their livings by talking - actors, clergymen, politicians, pedagogues, and so…

— H. L. Mencken

At times, you have to maybe speak out of turn or say a little bit too much which upsets a few people.

— Steve Clarke

Every minister, lecturer and public speaker know the discouragement of pouring himself of herself out to an audience and not receiving a single ripple…

— Dale Carnegie

I used to just lose my temper and tell the audience to shut up.

— Hope Sandoval