Dan Quayle Quotes

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.

For the Oscars, I had a speech in my hand, and I just knew if I opened the piece of paper, I was going to be unable to read it. So I just thought, 'I'm going to say, as coherently as I can, whatever I can.'

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

I have to make a speech tomorrow and prefer to lose my foot.

There is not alternative to speechwriters. You can’t run for president and write your own speeches.

I gave 738 Rotary Club speeches, and it was just driving me crazy, so someone said, 'Why don't you charge money?'

Nearly every politician plagiarizes their speeches, because nearly every politician has a speech writer do the work for them.

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

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

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!

I had a bad experience doing public speaking at school. I had to talk about a pen for five minutes and it was really hard work. I couldn't wait to get off the stage.

Long speeches work if they’re filled with substance.

Then there was a maiden speech, so inaudible that it was doubted whether, after all, the young orator really did lose his virginity.

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

Go ahead, Teleprompter, Go ahead!

I was very nervous about giving speeches for a long time.

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

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.

The speeches to be wary of are those that begin with I'm just going to say a few words.

I cannot write a speech. The pen is an extinguisher upon my mind and a torture to my nerves. I am the most habitual extemporaneous speaker that I have ever known.

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

Lord Chancellor, did I deliver the speech well? I am glad of that, for there was nothing in it.

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.

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