John Major Quotes

The peers just fill the air with their speeches.""And from what I've seen, vice versa.

There are two kinds of speeches: the Mother Hubbard speech, which, like the garment, covers everything but touches nothing, and the French bathing suit speech, which covers only the essential points.

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

Every man should study conciseness in speaking; it is a sign of ignorance not to know that long speeches, though they may please the speaker, are the torture of the hearer.

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

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

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

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.

What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.

Most speakers speak ten minutes too long.

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

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

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 ….

People [in politics] do go on and talk.

You could be the World's greatest orator and if you don't say anything while orating, they are going to walk out on you after a while.

Those who have few affairs to attend to are great speakers. The less men think, the more they talk.

Public Speaking is a skill that can be studied, polished, perfected. Not only can you get good at it, you can get damn good at it and it makes a heck of a difference.

I like that kind of stuff. I like doing speeches. I've been lucky because I've had a lot of characters, over the years, who will have three or four page speeches.

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.

An orator can hardly get beyond commonplaces: if he does he gets beyond his hearers.

It is the first rule in oratory that a man must appear such as he would persuade others to be: and that can be accomplished only by the force of his life.

The legal profession, politics and acting are very closely tied: the whole point is to have an idea and get it across to a listener, whether it is one person or five thousand in a hall.

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

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

A politician is a man who can be verbose in fewer words than anyone else.