Future Orator Gifts

'Unaccustomed as I am, to public speaking...'

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

Trappist Monk Discord

"I thought your show-and-tell was really brave."

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

William Pitt the Elder

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

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

"Ambitions. . . To . . . Er. . . Um . . . Become. . . Er. . . Um. . . A. . . Er. . . Um . . . Motivational. . . Er. . . Um. . . Speaker."

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

Nice speech, but you don't have that many friends. You better add "Romans and countrymen."

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

"What Color Is Your Soapbox?"

"Doctor, your speech was certainly unabridged."

"I'm so nervous! I feel like you're all in my stomach."

"Feel free to use it. It's an emergency escape hatch if you say something controversial."

Lincoln's Gettysburg URL Address

'I've decided to study real hard so I can grow up and become a pundit.'

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

Well spoken man.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

' Pol Meeting'

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

Soap Box

Turkey missed the exit twice

"Now tell me more about your fear of speaking in front of an audience."

"I'm speaking with you this evening without the benefit of speech-writers or teleprompters. Thank you and good night."

"...and now a few words from the class know-it-all."

"We are dropping your column. Many readers think you're just to extreme."

Wake up, Don. You're TED talking in your sleep again.

Speaker

"And let me be perfectly clear when I say teleprompters are a godsend!"

'Did you teach him to speak?'

When in doubt, make it sound convincing.

'As I gaze out upon this sea of smiling faces ... albeit sleeping ... but nevertheless smiling faces ... '