Speaking Engagement Quotes

I'm always honored to be speaking alongside Deepak Chopra.

I actually spoke at the christening of the USS Minnesota - it was a really, very cool submarine in Norfolk.

I first met Jimbo Wales, the face of Wikipedia, when he came to speak at Stanford.

For me an hour-long speech is not a filibuster. It is a brief observation.

When I'm speaking in front of 15 and 20,000 people and I'm up there using a lot of motion, I guess in it's own way, it's a pretty healthy act. I really enjoy doing it. A lot of times these rooms are very hot, like saunas, and I guess that is a form of exercise and, you know?

I am a software engineer, a popular public speaker, and an expert in the Unreal engine.

He was the keynote speaker for our better angels.

I ask for personal appearance fees because I've earned them. I deserve them. My presence at events is what they need, so they ought to pay for it.

When I accept an invitation for a public speaking engagement, my purpose is to share the TOMS story and our giving mission. In no way do I believe this means I endorse every single aspect of that organization. That may be naive, and you may disagree, but it is my sincere belief.

I've gone on in front of a crowd of 10 people and 7,000 people.

Some years ago, I was invited to speak in Houston, Texas. They said I was a founder of 'postmodern theatre'. So I said to my office, 'This is ridiculous for me to go and speak about postmodern theatre when I don't know what it means, but... they're paying me a lot of money, so I'll go.'

I had been invited to speak after the lunch. But I did not go to the table until the feast ended, as I never like to eat or talk before speaking.

Somebody has to be on stage, and some people have to be in the audience. That's the only difference. Don't put any thought as to why you are on the stage or how you need to be 'better' than the people in the audience. You aren't better. You're simply the speaker.

Being the keynote speaker at the convention this year is an honor I don't take lightly. I know I've got some big shoes to fill. Two conventions ago, the keynote speaker was a guy named Barack Obama.

I have been - I have spoken in Bir Zeit a number of times.

I will gladly lecture for fifty dollars, but I'll not be a guest for less than a hundred.