Dramatic Orator Pillows

"Of course he's smiling. He's getting $15,000 to give a lecture on free speech."

"To be or not to be."

"Oh, mournful and terrible engine of horror and crime—of agony and of death, not asparagus again!"

'We'll send you to acting class when you're older. For now, get up and get ready for school.'

Harriet Walter

'To make sure I get noticed I always talk in a big bold typeface.'

"An actor ... huh, that’s funny, because you look just like a waiter."

"‘How I Spent My Summer Vacation in a Freaking Gymnastics Camp and Nearly Broke My Neck,’ by Delia McConnell."

William Pitt the Elder

'A 'pregnant pause' is effective only if you've already said something.'

An opera singer

"Looks like a storm ahead, Captain." "I think you're being over dramatic."

'He'll be really p****d if he doesn't get nominated for an award this year.'

John Galsworthy

"In closing, let me tell you that never in the universe have I spoken before such an attentive audience."

Ventriloquism For Beginners

"He says he's a Professor of Rhetoric but I'm not persuaded."

"This is very mysterious. I can't seem to pick up anything at all about you, but I see 'Ivan the Terrible' coming to the Thalia."

'Is not the evidence of the accussed, members of the jury, a earrage of evasion and lies Do bears, or do bears not shit, in the woods'

"Doctor, your speech was certainly unabridged."

"What Color Is Your Soapbox?"

"Mother, take your time, I know this isn’t easy for you. But this is an important moment in our lives, so I will ask you one more time, what on earth did you do with my old comic books?!"

"All in favor of ending the heartache and the thousand natural shocks this firm is heir to, say aye."

'I'd like now to introduce Len who will tell slightly humourous stories in his inimicable self-serving way,'

"Imagine the treat as if you already have it."

"Pastor, we think it's time for your sabbatical."

Soap Box

"With your rhetorical skills, young man, do you realize that you could become a mogul?"

J. Dudley - Statesman, orator, philanthropist, big deficit spender.

' Pol Meeting'

Farcebook website

Mime artist - "Ok! I'll talk!"