To be able to ask a question clearly is two-thirds of the way to getting it answered.
talking too much is a far greater social fault than talking too little.
Realize now the power that your words command if you simply choose them wisely.
Storytelling is my currency. It's my only worth. The only thing of value I have in this life is my ability to tell a story, whether in print, orating, writing it down or having people acting it out.
Whatever advice you give, be brief.
Quintus Horatius Flaccus
I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the time to make it shorter.
I feel like I'm more comfortable talking to people. I've been put in the position where I have to, and it's not something I can avoid anymore.
Playing drums is how I communicate. It's how I speak to people. That's my God-given gift.
Yet through delivery orators succeed, I feel that I am far behind indeed.
Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard.
The greatest form of expression - or, at least, the most common that we have as human beings, what separates us from the animals - is speaking: the ability to communicate.
Keep skid chains on your tongue. Say less than you think. Cultivate a pleasant voice. How you say it is often more important than what you say.
I think that God has blessed each of us with innate gifts, and if I've demonstrated any ability to not stick my foot in my mouth on air or in the written word, then I will take that and stand for liberty on the right side of God.
When younger, I thought one of the particulars of being "Homo sapiens" was to communicate. I have not learned not to, though I am cautious when I try.
It is much better when a member resumes his seat after he has made a speech for the House to have the feeling that they wish he had gone on longer instead of wondering why he did not stop sooner.
Obviously, if a director doesn't communicative a clear, relevant vision of the material, it will not succeed no matter how good the material.
Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.
I think it makes such a huge difference when the director has acting experience as well because it just means that he not only has a view of the film as a whole and the intentions of the scene in terms of the audience, he also has an actor's instinct of how to communicate something to us.
We speak naturally but spend all our lives trying to write naturally.
A skill required to be president is to explain to the American people any given thing they do.
The key to artistry is being able to say stuff the way other people can't.
What I've figured out how to do is make people feel comfortable on television and on the radio, which enables me to have access to them, which is key for what I do.
Those who write as they speak, even though they speak well, write badly.
Great eloquence we cannot get, except from human genius.
I did host the Jim Rome show with Jerry Ferrara for three hours when he was on vacation. Three hours is a long time. Think about how long that is. It was tricky, but it was a great experience.