Toastmasters Quotes

• A speech without a specific purpose is like a journey without a destination.

  Ralph C. Smedley

  Journey, Purpose, Speech

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• Toastmasters changed my life. They really did. Put me on the stage.
  I don’t know what I would have done without that positive boost.

  Chris Matthews

  Done, Boost, Stage

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• It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.

  Mark Twain

  Business, Communication, Skills Training

  Mark Twain (2015). “Bite-Size Twain: Wit and Wisdom from the Literary Legend”, p.76, St. Martin's Press

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• Faultfinding without suggestions for improvement is a waste of time.

  Ralph C. Smedley

  Suggestions, Waste, Faults

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• They don't need a lawyer, they need a toastmaster.

  Edward Bennett Williams

  Feet, Needs, Lawyer

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• The duty of a toastmaster is to be so dull that the succeeding speakers will appear brilliant by contrast.

  Clarence Budington Kelland

  Dull, Succeed, Brilliant

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• The relationship of the toastmaster to speaker should be the same as that of the fan to the fan dancer. It should call attention to the subject without making any particular effort to cover it.

  Adlai E. Stevenson

  Relationship, Dancer, Effort

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• Most of all, I want to thank my father, up there, the man who when I said I wanted to be an actor, he said, 'Wonderful. Just have a back-up profession like welding.'

  Robin Williams

  Father, Memorable, Men

  "Flashback: Robin Williams’ 1998 Oscar Acceptance Speech" by David Humphreys, etcanada.com. August 12, 2014.

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• This moment is so much bigger than me. It's for every nameless, faceless woman of colour that now has a chance because this door tonight has been opened.

  Halle Berry

  Doors, Tonight, Oscars

  Halle Berry's Academy Awards Acceptance Speech, aaspeechesdb.oscars.org. March 24, 2002.

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• I, uh...I have a television, so I'm going to spend some time here to tell you some things. [To orchestra conductor:] And, and...and sir, you're doing a great job, but you're so quick with that stick, so why don't you sit. 'Cause I may never be here again.'

  Julia Roberts

  Jobs, Orchestra, May

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• When they called my name, I had this feeling I could hear half of America going, 'Oh no. Come on... Her, again?' You know. But, whatever.

  Meryl Streep

  Names, America, Awards

  Oscar Acceptance Speech, www.usatoday.com. February 27, 2012.

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• She still talks to me now, only now she talks to me in my dreams. And I can't wait to go to sleep tonight because we have a lot to talk about. I love you.

  Jamie Foxx

  I Love You, Dream, Sleep

  Jamie Foxx' Academy Awards Acceptance Speech, aaspeechesdb.oscars.org. February 27, 2005.

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• A church is in a bad way when it banishes laughter from the sanctuary and leaves it to the cabaret, the nightclub and the toastmasters.

  Helmut Thielicke

  Laughter, Church, Sanctuary

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