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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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America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week. – Evan Esar

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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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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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Few speeches which have produced an electrical effect on an audience can bear the colourless photography of a printed record. – Archibald Philip Primrose

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The nature of oratory is such that there has always been a tendency among politicians and clergymen to oversimplify complex matters. From a pulpit or a platform even the most conscientious of speakers finds it very difficult to tell the whole truth. – Aldous Huxley

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