Presentation Style Quotes

I say throwaway, jokey things. When you're young-looking and you are presenting something that has gravitas you can't look down your nose, but when David Dimbleby does it, it's OK.

A mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power.

What I learned is that how we present ourselves to the world is really how we get treated. So if you want to be treated really well in a restaurant, you really have to dress up. You cannot just show up.

The lavish presentation appeals to me, and I've got to convince the others.

Your message means less than the way the message is delivered, because in actuality, the way the message is delivered, IS the message.

I think by laying it out for the viewer I'm avoiding the issue of bias.

When people pitch me their ideas in a T-shirt and jeans it shows they can't be bothered.

If you want to show a picture, just show it - don't spend too much time arranging it.

I hope people know that when I'm sitting there, it's not some guy on a desk on a platform with sort of this voice-of-God approach.

If two scientists are giving their papers at a symposium, and one of them is just naturally better at talking to the public or talking to a group of people, that scientist is liable to get more attention - in fact, I'm told that they do get more attention - than the one who's a little more stiff about it. Well, that's not good for science.

I know, to some, I am always a little over the top, but that's just who I am, and I'd rather be that way than monotone or less than scintillating in my presentation.

I think Donald Trump's language and the way that he presents things oftentimes is not good.

Given the choice between trivial material brilliantly told versus profound material badly told, an audience will always choose the trivial told brilliantly.

By what he chooses to present and by how he presents it, any author expresses his fundamental, metaphysical values.

'Weekend Update' can be presented as a full 20-minute sketch, and there's a lot of room there.

I passionately believe that's it's not just what you say that counts, it's also how you say it - that the success of your argument critically depends on your manner of presenting it.

From the time I start prep to serving the food at the table, I like for the whole thing to be beautiful.

Students never think it can be the teacher's fault and so I thought I was stupid. I was frustrated and would come home and cry because I couldn't do it. Then we got a new teacher who made math accessible. That made all the difference and I learned that it's how you present it that makes it scary or friendly.

Classical music is something that we're very passionate about, but we always thought it was presented in a stuffy way.

Film is limitless, but some stage presentations on film can look too theatrical.

Most presenters are consumed with preparing their content rapidly, which makes the material about their own narrow perspective.

I had been reading magazines a lot, and I love magazines, and so I was always asking myself why is it that these gorgeous articles just don't translate well to the web? Presentation was one aspect of it.

PowerPoint presentations too often resemble a school play - very loud, very slow, and very simple.

Style is the dress of thoughts, and let them be ever so just.

Bullets on a presentation slide are too often like bullets in a gun - deadly for those on the receiving end.