Oratory Quotes

He can best be described as one of those orators who, before they get up, do not know what they are going to say; when they are speaking, do not know what they are saying; and, when they have sat down, do not know what they have said. (Winston Churchill, 1874-1965)

When his words fell soft as snowflakes on a winter's day, then could no mortal man beside vie with Odysseus. (Homer, 9th C. b.c.)

Oratory is the power of beating down your adversary's arguments, and putting better in their place. (Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784)

If ever a woman feels proud of her lover, it is when she sees him as a successful public speaker. (Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1811-1896)

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