Katy Tur Quotes

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

I like to say whatever comes to mind when I am in the ring and work off the reaction from the crowd.

Obama isn't good off the cuff, especially when challenged; he is far better with a prepared speech.

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

In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement of the various parts of the speech.

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

I don't like planning what am I gonna say to the crowd. Sometimes the show takes a whole different twist.

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!

Wrestling was like stand-up comedy for me. Every night I had a live audience of 25,000 people to win over. My goal was never to be the loudest or the craziest. It was to be the most entertaining.

Once I'm on stage, the energy of the crowd wipes my nerves away.

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.

I'm really only happy when I'm on stage. I just feed off the energy of the audience. That's what I'm all about - people and laughter.

It's an awesome thing to be flung out onto the stage twice a weekend in front of 250 people, and you have to make it up as you go along.

Yes, it must be something that goes very well with my voice, let's say something that I understand that this would be good communication with the others, and I don't pretend for instance, to look for music that would be something that doesn't go with my personality.

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

I don't get on stage and give a social diatribe. I am a performer and an entertainer.

A campaign appearance is judged much like that of an actor. Is the performance persuasive? Not what is said, and I find that too bad.

Trump has a way of driving a message so people hear it.

There's such an adrenaline rush for me on stage and having all these people look at you. There's an adrenaline rush from not having things written down, too.

I can give a speech, and I can do a rally, and I do them, but that's not what I like to do.

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 feed off the audience a lot, their energy.

Regardless of how lyrical or rhetorically gifted they are in conveying big ideas, any candidate can do a good job of giving a speech if the goal of a speech is more than just delivering it well but achieving some end, whether it's convincing people of some issue or persuading them about you as a person.

I like that raw energy that I get from an audience.

I remember feeling the energy of people. That stuck with me. Understanding that I could stand behind a mic and captivate people. I was always obsessed with that.