PUBLIC SPEAKING

“The wisest thing to do with a fool is to encourage him to hire a hall and discourse to his fellow citizens. Nothing chills nonsense like exposure to the air.”

—WOODROW WILSON

“If I am to speak for ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if fifteen minutes, three days; if half an hour, two days; if an hour, I am ready now.”

—WOODROW WILSON

“If you don’t say anything, you won’t be called on to repeat it.”

—CALVIN COOLIDGE