#peak

I had a bad experience doing public speaking at school. I had to talk about a pen for five minutes and it was really hard work. I couldn't wait to get off the stage. ↗

— Karl Pilkington

#bad #doing #experience #five #get

In some South Pacific cultures, a speaker holds a conch shell as a symbol of temporary position of authority. Leaders must understand who holds the conch that is, who should be listened to and when. ↗

— Max de Pree

#cultures #holds #leaders #listened #must

Each of us, face to face with other men, is clothed with some sort of dignity, but we know only too well all the unspeakable things that go on in the heart. ↗

— Luigi Pirandello

#dignity #each #face #go #heart

If you want people to listen, you have to have a platform to speak from, and that is excellence in what you do. ↗

— William Pollard

#listen #people #platform #speak #want

It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood. ↗

— Karl Popper

#impossible #misunderstood #speak #such #way

If I have to speak in public, I am terrified. ↗

— Kirk Douglas

#i #i am #public #speak #terrified

The men are walking. They are fifty feet apart, for dispersal. Their walk is slow, for they are dead weary, as you can tell even when looking at them from behind. Every line and sag of their bodies speaks their inhuman exhaustion. ↗

— Ernie Pyle

#behind #bodies #dead #even #every

The security of which we speak is to be attained by the development of international law through an international organization based on the principles of law and justice. ↗

— Ludwig Quidde

#based #development #international #international law #justice

My brand is a demography-breaker. It speaks to all homemakers and women from all walks of life and all across society. ↗

— Sandra Lee

#brand #life #society #speaks #walks

We have a government that, generally speaking, does not respond to the people. ↗

— Christopher Reeve

#generally #government #people #respond #speaking