Gerald R. Ford Quotes

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.

Chauncy Burr ... talks well, possibly better than he thinks. But this is a common failing.

What passes out of one's mouth passes into a hundred ears. It is a great misfortune not to have sense enough to speak well.

If it is naturally in you to be a good orator, a notable orator you will be when you have acquired knowledge and practice.

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

Great orators who are not also great writers become very indistinct shadows to the generations following them. The spell vanishes with the voice.

Some of the greatest and most lasting effects of genuine oratory have gone forth from secluded lecture desks into the hearts of quiet groups of students.

Public speaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary.

English is the perfect language for preachers because it allows you to talk until you think of what to say.

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

[On George H.W. Bush:] A man who wishes to lead the Western world should be able to find the right words, string them together in coherent sentences, and steer them to an intelligible conclusion. His sentences have the stuttering start of an old car on a cold morning. They never run smoothly. The only speech part that he has mastered completely is the non sequitur.

What the people call eloquence is the facility some persons have of speaking alone and for a long time, aided by extravagant gestures, a loud voice, and powerful lungs.

Making clever speeches takes a lot of work and a lot of time.

Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.

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

Eloquence being, therefore, considered so essential, must always be a great standard of personal merit, a certain road to popular favor, and an universal passport to public honors.

I think, for me, one of the things I've been blessed with is the ability to speak with clarity.

The laurels of an orator who is not a master of literary art wither quickly.

The ability to speak well is the shortcut to distinction.

The longer I live, the more I have come to value the gift of eloquence. Every American youth, if he desires for any purpose to get influence over his countrymen in an honorable way, will seek to become a good public speaker.

Anybody who makes speeches written by someone else is just a robot.

Speech is my hammer bang the world into shape now let it fall - HUNGH

ORATORY, n. A conspiracy between speech and action to cheat the understanding. A tyranny tempered by stenography.

Cicero said loud-bawling orators were driven by their weakness to noise, as lame men to take horse.

An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.