Audience Quote by Stephen Keague

No one ever complains about a speech being too short!

— Ira Hayes

“During the first few minutes of your presentation, your job is to assure the audience members that you are not going to waste their…

— Dale Ludwig and Greg Owen-Boger

No one can say just how long a message should be, but you rarely hear complaints about a speech being too short. The amateur…

— Edgar Dale

No-one can say just how long a message should be, but you rarely hear complaints about a speech being too short. The amateur worries…

— Edgar Dale

I have reached the conclusion, a bit late perhaps, that speeches should be short.

— Fidel Castro

I've never thought my speeches were too long; I've rather enjoyed them.

— Hubert H. Humphrey

“The audience are likely to remember only three things from your presentation or speech”

— Stephen Keague

“A good speech is like a woman's skirt: short enough to hold your attention, long enough to cover the subject”

— Jonathan Tropper

We worry about appearing awkward in a presentation. But up to a point, most people seem to feel more comfortable with less-than-perfect speaking abilities.…

— John P. Kotter

I'm not freakishly short. I had, on my show, used shortness as a joke subject; it didn't really bother me.

— Dick Cavett

Nobody wants to hear long speeches.

— Rick Nielsen

“You can't tell the audience — well, you can, but I don't like to tell the audience — that anything they're watching doesn't matter.”

— Dan Harmon