“Speakers' nerves affect them in various ways. Some tremble, some become frenzied. I lose all confidence, and suffer from a leaden oppression that makes me wonder why I ever agreed to speak at all; the Tomb and the Conqueror Worm seem preferable to delivering the stupid and piffling speech I have so carefully prepared.” WaySeemsSufferingSpeakLosesWonderStupidSpeechPreparedVariousOppressionNervesSpeakersWormsTombsConquerorDelivering Book:Selected works on the art of writing Source: Selected works on the art of writing
“It wasn't that I was stupid ... It was just that there didn't seem to be a lot to say that someone wasn't already saying.” SeemsSilenceStupidSpeechI Was Stupid Book:Chasing Redbird Source: Chasing Redbird
“A leader whose speech is prepared by others is not a leader; he is just an empty and stupid bottle! Use your own ideas and your own brain; write your own speech, just like Gandhi, Churchill or Nehru! That is indeed a good ethics and a good honour!” WritingIdeasUseBrainLeaderStupidSpeechEthicsEmptyPreparedHonourBottlesWrite Your OwnNehruGood Ethics Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“A nation orients itself by its own geniuses, and derives from them its ideas of its own ideals, but the guiding star serves also as a light to other nations. As speech has been created by a few great men, the most extraordinary wisdom lies concealed in it, a wisdom which reveals itself to a few ardent explorers but which is usually overlooked by the stupid professional philologists.” MenHas BeensIdeasLightLyingNationsStarsStupidGeniusSpeechIdealsExtraordinaryGreat MenConcealedExplorersOverlookedArdentGuiding Stars Book:Sex & Character Source: Sex & Character