Donald Trump Quotes

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

Reading off a Teleprompter is an easy skill to do passably well and a difficult skill to do very well. I still have room for improvement there. I still talk too fast and I'm trying to slow myself down.

I am not a good cue card reader.

I am still working on patter and presentation.

You can have a five-page speech, and if the camera's not looking at you, you're not there.

I am not a speaker. The more you do it, the easier it becomes, but I always want to be prepared, and I always practice my speeches; I never do it off the cuff.

I've always loved public speaking, and that's something I definitely will pursue after the Olympics.

I didn't think I was much of a public speaker.

I always said that I wouldn't use a teleprompter, and if I start to sing real flat, I'll hang it up.

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.

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

When I give a lot of speeches, they're always on the fly. I mean, I know what I'm going to say roughly, but I do not - will not read.

I've been amazed watching people who are not ready with their scripts when they're getting a lot of attention.

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

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

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.

Some people rehearse to a point where they're robotic, and they sound like they have memorized their presentation and didn't take it to the next level. Going from sounding memorized and canned to sounding natural is a lot of work.

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.

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.

When you're working in front of an audience, you have incentive to excel.

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

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.

Long speeches work if they’re filled with substance.