Charlie Baker Quotes

I'm an orator, a raconteur.

I took a public speaking class in college and managed to make the class laugh a little bit.

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

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

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

I don't like giving speeches - I enjoy sitting on my rump.

This is unusual for me. I have given readings and not lectures. I have told people who ask for lectures that I have no lecture to give. And that is true.

What I learned most was how to tell a story in 15 seconds or 30 seconds or 60 seconds - to have some kind of goal of what to try to do and make it happen in that time.

I went to private school in Manhattan, and at a young age, they made us do public speaking. For some reason, I was good at standing in front of the class and speaking.

Public speaking? I speak to myself on the street!

Being a comfortable public speaker, which involves easily being able to go off-script, strongly signals competence.

A biggest mistake I made when I started doing a talk show was I thought you had to read the books.

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 love presentations more than fashion shows. I love speaking to people and walking them through the collection.

I am still working on patter and presentation.

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

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.

No man not inspired can make a good speech without preparation.

Making a speech on economics is a lot like pissing down your leg. It seems hot to you, but it never does to anyone else.

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

In order to make a good speech you must have something to say and you have to believe it.

If you want to be an orator, first get your great cause.

I happen to have given lots of free speeches.

I think that no one, or very few, are born as good presenters. It's a skill that you learn. The key is the 10/20/30 rule: 10 slides given in 20 minutes using no font smaller than 30 points. If people just adhered to this rule, they would double or triple the quality of their presentations.

A lot of people think that public speaking means that you are standing at a podium giving a speech, but public speaking comes in lots of different formats.