Quote of the Week
“It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.”
– Mark Twain
Me Too!
I sometimes marvel at the extraordinary docility with which Americans submit to speeches.
– Adlai E. Stevenson
SmartMouth Note: Me too, Adlai, I marvel at the very same thing. Perhaps if there were a little more civil unrest, we’d be more entertained, better informed, inspired, and even highly motivated! Alas, we Americans are amazingly passive and polite audience members. Hmmmm, interesting food for thought.
Another Yogi-ism … So, So True for Speakers
Half this game is ninety percent mental.
– Yogi Berra
Which one are you?
“There are two types of speakers: those who get nervous and those who are liars.”
– Mark Twain
Hey Presenters, Listen Up! Yogi’s Right . . .
You got to be careful if you don’t know where you’re going, because you might not get there.
– Yogi Berra
So True of Communicating . . .
“When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.”
– George Washington Carver
