“In the space of less than seven days, I attended a track meet in Boston, flew from there to Bowling Green for the National Jaycees, then to Rochester for the blind, Buffalo for another track meet, New York to shoot a film called The Black Athlete, Miami for Ford Motor Company, back up to New York for 45 minutes to deliver a speech, then into L. A. for another the same night.” FilmNightSportsBlackSpaceCompanyMinutesNew YorkSpeechBlindGreenSevenAthleteTrackBostonMotorFlewMiamiBowlingBuffaloSeven DaysRochesterFord Motor Author:Jesse Owens
“If I should go out of church whenever I hear a false statement I could never stay there five minutes. But why come out? The streetis as false as the church, and when I get to my house, or to my manners, or to my speech, I have not got away from the lie.” IfsShouldLyingHouseChurchFiveSocietyMinutesSpeechStatementsMannersFive Minutes Book:The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays, Lectures, Poems, and Orations Source: The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays, Lectures, Poems, and Orations
“I wouldn't mind gigging around the same era as Jesus, after he gives his speech about the meek and how blessed they are and all that type of bullshit, going up there and doing a flat 20 [minutes]. I reckon I'd have better stagecraft and presence than Jesus. Yea, I'm a better stand-up comedian than Jesus, so I reckon I could go on after him.” GivingMindJesusMinutesTypeGoes OnSpeechBlessedErasComedianFlatsBullshitMeekStand Up ComedianStagecraft Author:Jim Jefferies
“Actually, you know who gave the shortest inauguration speech in history? George Washington. It was only like three minutes long. Well, sure. George Washington couldn't tell a lie.” KnowsWellsLongLyingThreeMinutesSpeechInauguration Author:Jay Leno
“I understand what a normal political speech is. You get up there, tell a few jokes, you have the flags behind you, and you speak for 10 or 15 minutes in broad generalities.” PoliticalSpeakBehindsMinutesSpeechNormalJokesGet UpBroadsFlagsBehind YouGeneralitiesPolitical Speeches Author:Bernie Sanders
“I was asked to give a speech on the Everest swim, and during the Everest swim, I changed. I changed as a person, I honestly did. That mountain changed me, and I gave a speech about it for nine minutes.” GivingPersonsMinutesChangedMountainSpeechHonestlyNineSwimEverest Author:Lewis Pugh
“You've got to find a difierent approach. You've got to create some interest in your language, in the words and pictures you create. If a candidate can't give a 10-minute speech and have reporters reaching for their pens in the first 90 seconds, he probably shouldn't be running.” IfsGivingFirstsRunningLanguageInterestMinutesSpeechApproachCandidatesReachingPensSecondsReporters Author:Roger Ailes