#speaking

Nature hath given not only to the highest, but also to the inferior, classes of the people of this nation, a boldness and confidence in speaking and answering, even in the presence of their princes and chieftains. ↗

— Giraldus Cambrensis

#answering #boldness #classes #confidence #even

I do some broadcasting and speaking as well. ↗

— Chuck Daly

#i #i do #some #speaking #well

Toward the end of his life, one can sense that he was no longer thinking his way into the minds of others, causing them to speak on his behalf, but that he was now speaking for himself. ↗

— Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

#causing #end #himself #his #his way

By the way, the secret of speaking French is confidence. Whether you are right or wrong, you don't hesitate. ↗

— Joseph Epstein

#french #hesitate #right #secret #speaking

He that has a great nose, thinks everybody is speaking of it. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

#great #nose #speaking #thinks

Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the art of speaking well rather than doing well; but their manners should be of the greatest concern. ↗

— R. Buckminster Fuller

#bestow #careful #children #concern #doing

Blacksmiths sometimes twist a rope tight around the nose of a horse, and by thus inflicting a little pain they distract his attention from the shoeing process. One way to get air out of a glass is to pour in water. Be Absorbed by Your Subject ↗

— Dale Breckenridge Carnegie

#self-consciousness #art

The first sign of greatness is when a man does not attempt to look and act great. Before you can call yourself a man at all, Kipling assures us, you must "not look too good nor talk too wise. ↗

— Dale Breckenridge Carnegie

#public-speaking #art

When a man gives his opinion, he's a man. When a woman gives her opinion, she's a bitch. ↗

— Bette Davis

#double-standards #empowerment #feminism #gender #hypocrisy

I’m bilingual, speaking English and body language. I prefer the latter, because I can speak it silently and without listening and while my back is turned.
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— Jarod Kintz

#english #ignore #ignoring #language #languages