| Quote | Author |
| Never impose your language on people you wish to reach. | Abbie Hoffman (1936-1989) |
| Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add but when there is nothing left to take away. | Antoine de Saint Exupery (1900-1944) |
| Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it, and, above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light.
| Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911) |
| A man should speak for no longer than he can make love. | Mark Twain (1835-1910) |
| It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. | Mark Twain (1835-1910) |
| Condense some daily experience into a glowing symbol, and an audience is electrified. | Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) |
| Make visible what; without you; might perhaps never have been seen. | Robert Bresson (1901-1999) |
| There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and kissing a girl who is leaning away from you. | Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) |
| You don't get a second chance to make a first impression. | Unknown |
| It takes 72 muscles to frown and only 14 to smile. | Unknown |
| Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood. | William Penn (1644-1718) |
| Men of few words are the best. | William Shakespeare (1564-1616) |