Rob Portman Quotes

Trust me, I have never written a speech in my life, and if I have my way, I never will.

The practice of public speaking flourishes in every peaceful and free state.

What I find daunting always is to stand on a stage and talk to people, whether they agree with me or not.

Hey, I'm not a politician. I'm a ham. I love to give speeches.

I enjoy my public speaking. That's what I love doing. It's what I'm good at.

An orator is a man who says what he thinks and feels what he says.

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.

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

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.

Speech is the best show a man puts on.

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

A great speech is literature.

Pitching is the art of instilling fear.

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

The beauty of me being on stage is I have a voice.

I'm an orator, a raconteur.

I was on the speech team, we called it forensics.

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

Giving a true speech, a true, passionate speech, is old-school football.

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.

I look at myself more as a storyteller than a screenwriter, as pretentious as that may sound, but that's what really attracts me to TED Talks. For me, the really effective ones are being presented by expert storytellers.

I made lots of talks and challenged lots of people.

Extemporaneous speaking should be practiced and cultivated. It is the lawyer's avenue to the public. However able and faithful he may be in other respects, people are slow to bring him business if he cannot make a speech.

One of the areas I have a little less confidence in is giving any kind of a speech.