Famous Quotations

This collection of popular sayings and quotations is compiled to not only improve your English but also the inspiring words of wisdom can make a positive impact on you.
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There are two great rules of life: never tell everything at once.
— Ken Venturi

The simplest way to customize is to phone members of the audience in advance and ask them what they expect from your session and why they expect it. Then use their quotes throughout your presentation.
— Alan Pease

If I went back to college again, I'd concentrate on two areas: learning to write and to speak before an audience. Nothing in life is more important than the ability to communicate effectively.
— Gerald Ford

No-one can say just how long a message should be, but you rarely hear complaints about a speech being too short. The amateur worries about what he is going to put into his speech. The expert worries about what he should take out. An artistic performance is concentrated, has a central focus.
— Edgar Dale

Before I speak, I have something important to say.
— Groucho Marx

What is the use of a book' thought Alice, 'without pictures or conversations?'
— Lewis Carroll

Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it, and, above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light.
— Joseph Pulitzer

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
— Voltaire
Topic: Questions

There are no foolish questions and no man becomes a fool until he has stopped asking questions.
— Charles Steinmetz
Topic: Questions

The wise man doesn't give us the right answers, he poses the right questions.
— Claude Levi
Topic: Questions

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