Dave Pelzer Quotes

I am not eloquent.

I'm not very articulate. I don't have that skill.

I'm a reasonably articulate individual.

I [Moses] am not a man of words.

Some people are very good at that, communicating with the world; I'm not sure I'm suited to it.

I'm not good at throwing around rhetoric.

I wish I had more of the hero gene, but I don't think I'd be very good at playing one.

I'm just terrible. At talking. With words.

I don't think I could be terribly demanding even if I wanted to be.

When somebody wants to interview me, I've always got something to say.

Expressive speech, with modulation in pitch and volume, and a minimum of noticeable pauses, boosts credibility and enhances the impression of intelligence.

While I was raised around churches and had gotten to know a few preachers fairly well, the thought never entered my head that I would one day stand and deliver. Not only was I not interested, I lived with a major struggle: I stuttered.

In an easy matter. Anybody can be eloquent.

Why would anyone want to read what I have to say?

I'm a good storyteller.

I could never dream of being cool.

I genuinely enjoy talking one-to-one. I have no shyness about that.

I actually think one of my strengths is my storytelling.

I'm not very articulate.

I don't see myself as a visionary at all.

I'm a horrible public speaker.

Polk...is just qualified for an eminent County Court lawyer....He has no wit, no literature, no point of argument, no gracefulness of delivery, no eloquence of language, no philosophy, no pathos, no felicitous impromptus; nothing that can constitute an orator, but confidence, fluency, and labor.

I often begin a thought with spirit and finish it with nonsense. The chain of my argument often escapes me, and when lost can seldom be retrieved. These faults are so overpowering that I should sink into perpetual silence were it not that sometimes in ardor of debate, when my feelings are wound up to a high tone, elocution pours itself along with unusual rapidity, and I have passages which would not shame a good speaker; this is the only thing that makes me tolerable to others or to myself.

William Jennings Bryan is a much better orator than I am. I have to think.

I'm not good at small talk. I'm really not. I'm not that great at any talk.