Louis Nizer Quotes

Music and politics are in essence about communication. Without over-stretching the analogy I do feel a sense of rhythm is important in getting your message across.

Nobody has a magic lamp which can tell you in advance whether what you say will be effective in persuading an audience.

I can give a speech, and I can do a rally, and I do them, but that's not what I like to do.

I don't have any oratory skills. But I would not use them if I had.

I happen to have given lots of free speeches.

Nobody wants to hear long speeches.

There is something in the eloquence of the pulpit, when it is really eloquence, which is entitled to the highest praise and honour. The preacher who can touch and affect such an heterogeneous mass of hearers, on subjects limited, and long worn thread-bare in all common hands; who can say any thing new or striking, any thing that rouses the attention, without offending the taste, or wearing out the feelings of his hearers, is a man whom one could not (in his public capacity) honour enough.

A good talker, even more than a good orator, implies a good audience.

It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences.

When Demosthenes was asked what were the three most important aspects of oratory, he answered, 'Action, Action, Action.'

If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if an hour, I am ready now.

Of all the talents bestowed upon men, none is so precious as the gift of oratory !!

When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he answered, "Action," and which was the second, he replied, "action," and which was the third, he still answered "Action.

In oratory the will must predominate.

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things.

The writing is all done, so it's all about verbalizing everything from point A to point B, and certainly there's a bit of politics involved, so it's a different thing.

With my natural communication abilities, I could probably gather a crowd even without the Spirit.

A great speech is literature.

It is but a poor eloquence which only shows that the orator can talk.

I'm an orator, a raconteur.

Speeches are not magic and there is no great speech without great policy.

It really is true that an orator is simply a good man who speaks well.

The mark of a true politician is that he is never at a loss for words because he is always half-expecting to be asked to make a speech.

Learn the art of the pitch and of messaging.

Most speakers speak ten minutes too long.