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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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Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures dont lie, but admits than under analysis some of them wont stand up either. – 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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Be sincere; be brief; be seated. – Franklin D. Roosevelt, on speechmaking

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I sometimes marvel at the extraordinary docility with which Americans submit to speeches. – Adlai E. Stevenson

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His speeches left the impression of an army of pompous phrases moving over the landscape in search of an idea. – Author Unknown

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

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