Evan Esar's Quote - Public speaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a tw

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Public speaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a tw

Public speaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary. – Evan Esar

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Zoo: An excellent place to study the habits of human beings. – Evan Esar

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Housework is what a woman does that nobody notices unless she hasnt done it. – Evan Esar

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Family: A social unit where the father is concerned with parking space, the children with outer space, and the mother with closet space. – Evan Esar

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A speech is poetry: cadence, rhythm, imagery, sweep! A speech reminds us that words, like children, have the power to make dance the dullest beanbag of a heart. – Peggy Noonan

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Oratory is the power to talk people out of their sober and natural opinions. – Joseph Chatfield

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There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave. – Dale Carnegie

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