Public Speaking Quotes
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“If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, as the old bumper sticker has it, baffle them with bullshit.
"Words Like Loaded Pistols" -- Page 99”
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"Words Like Loaded Pistols" -- Page 99”
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“This is not about public speaking.
Public speaking is a middle-aged white guy standing in front of a podium, telling you details you don鈥檛 need to know about a topic you鈥檙e not all that interested in.
He thinks he鈥檚 funny.
His mustache is funny.
This is about finding your voice and using it fearlessly.”
― I'm Speaking: Every Woman's Guide to Finding Your Voice and Using It Fearlessly
Public speaking is a middle-aged white guy standing in front of a podium, telling you details you don鈥檛 need to know about a topic you鈥檙e not all that interested in.
He thinks he鈥檚 funny.
His mustache is funny.
This is about finding your voice and using it fearlessly.”
― I'm Speaking: Every Woman's Guide to Finding Your Voice and Using It Fearlessly

“The world would be a better place if the person who鈥檚 incessantly talking started learning how to say more using less oxygen.”
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“Precision of thought comes from a tranquil mindset. A presenter can have a competitive edge if they are unmoved by the jabs and provocations that are directed at them”
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“Learn to pour your heart into your message, whether it is an audience of ten, or ten thousand, it shouldn't matter. The difference is just the numbers but the soul's demands are the same.”
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“The meal prepared for a few people ought not to be poorly done compared to that for the mass; so is the message.”
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“I don鈥檛 believe in lowering the pitch of a woman's voice so she can be heard on a microphone that was made for a man. I don't believe that the natural sound of a woman's voice makes her sound 'annoying' or 'unintelligent.' I do believe that all women are capable, by making small, specific changes, to speak in a way that both reflects who she is and commands a room.”
― I'm Speaking: Every Woman's Guide to Finding Your Voice and Using It Fearlessly
― I'm Speaking: Every Woman's Guide to Finding Your Voice and Using It Fearlessly
“The rule of thumb is that preparation has to take at least five times the time allocated to speak”
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“Do not only inform, but also challenge your audience. For every piece of information, there has to be an illustration, and every concept a story.”
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“Great preachers and effective teachers have one thing in common; two for that matter, mastery of storytelling and expertise in mental picturing”
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“What you say matters.”
― Make It Count: How to deliver high-stakes presentations to people you need to impress at work
― Make It Count: How to deliver high-stakes presentations to people you need to impress at work
“A simple way to start clarifying your presentation鈥檚 purpose is to consider your audience鈥檚 pre-presentation and post-presentation attitudes, beliefs and knowledge.
In other words:
What do they think right now?
What do they need to think after my presentation?
This will help you determine where your presentation needs to take your audience from and to.”
― Make It Count: How to deliver high-stakes presentations to people you need to impress at work
In other words:
What do they think right now?
What do they need to think after my presentation?
This will help you determine where your presentation needs to take your audience from and to.”
― Make It Count: How to deliver high-stakes presentations to people you need to impress at work
“Emotional contrast creates memories.”
― Make It Count: How to deliver high-stakes presentations to people you need to impress at work
― Make It Count: How to deliver high-stakes presentations to people you need to impress at work
“The problem with most presentations is they emotionally flatline and the audience struggles to connect with the speaker and the message as a result. A presentation needs both positive and negative moments in order for it to be an engaging and memorable experience.”
― Make It Count: How to deliver high-stakes presentations to people you need to impress at work
― Make It Count: How to deliver high-stakes presentations to people you need to impress at work
“Your audience has got a long list of things that they'd rather be doing than listening to you!”
― Make It Count: How to deliver high-stakes presentations to people you need to impress at work
― Make It Count: How to deliver high-stakes presentations to people you need to impress at work
“Your job is to make the audience care.”
― Make It Count: How to deliver high-stakes presentations to people you need to impress at work
― Make It Count: How to deliver high-stakes presentations to people you need to impress at work

“Effective speaking is about the unpredictable and uncontrollable art of connection.”
― Dare to Lead
― Dare to Lead
“For some reason, the former President failed to rise to the response of the audience to his unconscious humor. He began a phrase modestly,
"When I was in Washington," being a euphemism for
"When I was President" and the audience burst into laughter. Afterwards, he said sadly to Mrs. Coolidge:
"They seemed to be in a strange mood. I never spoke to an audience which laughed before.""
Yet a few weeks later when an enthusiastic woman Republican gurgled at him:
"Oh, Mr. Coolidge, I enjoyed your speech so much that I stood up during the whole speech. I couldn't get a seat."
Quipped Coolidge: "So did I!”
― A Puritan in Babylon: The Story of Calvin Coolidge
"When I was in Washington," being a euphemism for
"When I was President" and the audience burst into laughter. Afterwards, he said sadly to Mrs. Coolidge:
"They seemed to be in a strange mood. I never spoke to an audience which laughed before.""
Yet a few weeks later when an enthusiastic woman Republican gurgled at him:
"Oh, Mr. Coolidge, I enjoyed your speech so much that I stood up during the whole speech. I couldn't get a seat."
Quipped Coolidge: "So did I!”
― A Puritan in Babylon: The Story of Calvin Coolidge

“But don鈥檛 risk having children make a speech to the class unless you鈥檝e provided them with the tools to know with reasonable confidence that it will go well. Have kids practice with a partner and in small groups, and if they鈥檙e still too terrified, don鈥檛 force it. Experts believe that negative public speaking experiences in childhood can leave children with a lifelong terror of the podium.”
― Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
― Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

“Do you have much to share, but have a debilitating fear of public speaking? Well with practice and courage, you either have the potential to become an exceptionally great speaker or an amazing writer. Pick your gift.”
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“To all of you who suffer from stage fright agonies, take heart. You suffer because you are not a potato. Does a potato possess your abilities, your sensitivity, or richness of imagination? Do you want to present like a potato? Do people pay to hear potatoes speak? Your imagination makes your life harder but, when you have conquered your fears, it will set you apart.”
― Speak Out - Don't Freak Out
― Speak Out - Don't Freak Out

“A first recorded instance of 鈥減resentation anxiety鈥 occurred around 1300BC when God commissioned Moses to urge Pharaoh to free the Hebrew slaves. 鈥淧lease send someone else!鈥 pleaded Moses to God. 鈥淚'm a nobody. I'm not eloquent. I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.鈥 Perhaps he stuttered.
Poor Moses. As well as having to argue with God and Pharaoh 鈥 and convince the Hebrews they should follow him to the Promised Land 鈥 he had to overcome his insecurity as a speaker.
Moses鈥 story reveals an important truth 鈥 the more we speak in public, the less our fears intrude and the more we grow in confidence. If Moses, the self-confessed 鈥渘obody鈥, could surmount his fears, so too can we.”
― Speak Out - Don't Freak Out
Poor Moses. As well as having to argue with God and Pharaoh 鈥 and convince the Hebrews they should follow him to the Promised Land 鈥 he had to overcome his insecurity as a speaker.
Moses鈥 story reveals an important truth 鈥 the more we speak in public, the less our fears intrude and the more we grow in confidence. If Moses, the self-confessed 鈥渘obody鈥, could surmount his fears, so too can we.”
― Speak Out - Don't Freak Out
“The fear of public speaking 鈥 the ultimate test of nerves. It's like being on stage with a spotlight that's way too bright and an audience that's way too judgmental. But, my friend! Embrace the adrenaline rush, channel your inner stand-up comedian, and turn those nerves into fuel for a killer performance. Remember, even the smoothest speakers started somewhere, stumbling over words like a toddler learning to walk.”
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