Travis Fimmel Quotes

In a perfect world, I would never give another speech, address, talk, lecture or whatever as long as I live.

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

Everyone wants a whack at the speech.

Speeches in our culture are the vacuum that fills a vacuum.

I happen to have given lots of free speeches.

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

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

I used to recite my speeches walking up a hill. It gives you wind power. I could throw fifty-six pound words across the Grand Canyon.

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

This trial has developed in the most remarkable manner, the insane love of speaking among public men. We are wading knee deep in words, words, words ….

Success depends on three things: who says it, what he says, how he says it; and of these three things, what he says is the least important.

Eloquence is the essential thing in a speech, not information.

Always, with speeches, I feel like it's an opportunity to say something.

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

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.

I hate fund-raising. Haaaaate it. Hate, hate it.

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.

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

A great speech is literature.

I hate writing.

Using rhetorical questions in speeches is a great way to keep the audience involved. Don't you think those kinds of questions would keep your attention?

I hate everybody.

When a man is asked to make a speech, the first thing he has to decide is what to say.

To me, presentations are the most powerful device. You can't really name a movement that didn't start with the spoken word.