A good speech should be like a woman's skirt: long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest.
I don't have any oratory skills. But I would not use them if I had.
I'm usually so in control, especially for YouTube videos.
A great chef is an artist that I truly respect.
When you're just reading a note card but when you're just reading a note card and it doesn't even feel real, it's difficult at times. But I have no problem doing interviews. So I have absolutely no problem doing interviews.
When you start at catering college, nobody prepares you for a book tour or public speaking.
Making a speech on economics is a lot like pissing down your leg. It seems hot to you, but it never does to anyone else.
If you want me to speak for two minutes, it will take me three weeks of preparation. If you want me to speak for thirty minutes, it will take me a week to prepare. If you want me to speak for an hour, I am ready now.
I've been amazed watching people who are not ready with their scripts when they're getting a lot of attention.
My early years as a 'speaker' involved note cards that shook like a leaf while I held them because I was so nervous.
When I had introduced 'Kandy Floss,' I was a bundle of nerves... I had done a non-fiction programme before - 'Kosmiic Chat' with Sunita Menon. But this one I was really scared of.
You won't catch me giving clear lectures.
William Jennings Bryan is a much better orator than I am. I have to think.
Be sincere, be brief, be seated.
I wasn't trained to be in front of a camera, so there were a lot of challenges at first. But I didn't want to be fake.
There is the odd exception, like Albert Einstein, but as a breed, scientists tend not be very good at presenting themselves.
I don't completely understand why people in Aspen want to hear what I have to say.
Hey, I'm not a politician. I'm a ham. I love to give speeches.
I don't think enough people admit that there's just something fun about being in front of people. And that's not a self-centered, egotistical thing.
I'm a presenter.
The way you present your work has a lot to do with how people receive and regard it.
I think the key attributes for a good speaker are someone that's articulate and someone that puts a fair amount of humour into what they do.
Not to brag, but I do think I've gotten pretty adept on PowerPoint... except that I can't figure out how to use Excel!
Only the prepared speaker deserves to be confident.
The practice of public speaking flourishes in every peaceful and free state.
