Daniel Webster Quotes

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

Long speeches work if they’re filled with substance.

The best way to study about speech writing is to read great speeches.

Churchill has spent the best years of his life preparing impromptu remarks.

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.

There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.

Speeches are much easier if you read them. I just find when I do that, it's harder to fire up the crowd.

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

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

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

And, finally, Lincoln was not a good impromptu speaker; he was at his best when he could read from a carefully prepared manuscript. Though maybe a teleprompter could have helped that!

Most speakers speak ten minutes too long.

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.

To make a politic speech is like being carried up a flight of steps by the pressure of a crowd.

Churchill would spend as many hours practicing as there were minutes in the speech.

Go ahead, Teleprompter, Go ahead!

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

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

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

When you make as many speeches and you talk as much as I do and you get away from the text, it's always a possibility to get a few words tangled here and there.

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.

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

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.

As I've been acting since I was young it's taught me to give a good speech, and, though I say so myself, I did it pretty well.