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You did not see the car coming; nevertheless, someone did, and he made certain no ises to communicate his alarm to you. In other words, although your nervous syst em did not record the danger, you were unharmed because another nervous system d id. You had, for the time being, the advantage of someone else's nervous system in addition to your own. -S.I. Hayakawa, To make one's self understandable to people, one must first speak to their eyes. -Napoleon Our eyes and our stance tells so much about who we are. -Pete Wunstel It is as if the ordinary language we use every day has a hidden set of signals, a kind of secret code. -William Stafford He has everybody's approval who mixes the useful with the sweet. -Horace Speech is civilization itself. -Thomas Mann From Mozart I learnt to say important things in a conversational way. -George B ernard Shaw Conductors must give unmistakable and suggestive signals to the orchestra, not c horeography to the audience. -George Szell The eyes believe themselve s; the e ars believe other people. -German prover b Think before you speak; pronounce not imperfectly, nor bring out your words to h astily, but orderly and distinctly. -110 Rules of Civility A web developer in the 90's stated, "content is king." What is content? Content is a picture, a video, text, a graphic, an animation or any other medium that pe ople have interest. -Bent Harshbarger In Aristotelian terms, the good leader must have ethos, pathos, and logos. The e thos is his moral character, the source of his ability to persuade. The pathos i s his ability to touch feelings, to move people emotionally. The logos is his ab ility to give solid reasons for an action, to move people intellec tually. -Mort imer J. Adler The best leaders . . . almost without exception and at every level, are master u sers of stories and symbols. -Tom Peters A good presentation has as many questions as answers. -Unknown Although the tongue weighs ver y little, few people are abl e to hold it. -Unknow n If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Them come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time--a tremendous whack. -Winston Churchill Only constant repetition will finally succeed in imprinting an idea on the memor y of the crowd. -Adolf Hitler The Bible uses the natural to illustrate the supernatural. -Jim Rentz A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying. -G. K. Chesterton Our heritage and ideals, our code and standards--the things we live by and teach our children--are preserved or diminished by how freely we exchange ideas and f eelings. -Walt Disney Stop having a voice, start using your voice. -Unknown Drawing is sp eaking to the eye; talking is painting to the ear. -Joseph Joubert Remember: It is 10 times harder to command the ear than to catch the eye. -Dunc an Maxwell Anderson To be an orator, you have to use your own words and be on fire with them. -Fult on J. Sheen Every man should study conciseness in speaking; it is a sign of ignorance not to know that long speeches, though they may please the speaker, are the torture of the hearer. -Feltham It is a great mistake to think anything too profound or rich for a popular audie nce. No train of thought is too deep or subtle or grand; but the manner of prese nting it to their untutored minds should be peculiar. It should be presented in anecdote, or sparkling truism, or telling illustration, or stinging epithet, etc .; always in some concrete form, never in a logical, abstract, syllogistic shape . -Rufus Choate Comparisons are slippery. -Plato
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You did not see the car coming; nevertheless, someone did, and he made certain noises to communicate his alarm to you. In other words, although your nervous system did not record the danger, you were unharmed because another nervous system did. You had, for the time being, the advantage of someone else's nervous systemin addition to your own. -S.I. Hayakawa,To make one's self understandable to people, one must first speak to their eyes.
-NapoleonOur eyes and our stance tells so much about who we are. -Pete WunstelIt is as if the ordinary language we use every day has a hidden set of signals,a kind of secret code. -William StaffordHe has everybody's approval who mixes the useful with the sweet. -HoraceSpeech is civilization itself. -Thomas MannFrom Mozart I learnt to say important things in a conversational way. -George Bernard ShawConductors must give unmistakable and suggestive signals to the orchestra, not choreography to the audience. -George SzellThe eyes believe themselves; the ears believe other people. -German proverbThink before you speak; pronounce not imperfectly, nor bring out your words to hastily, but orderly and distinctly. -110 Rules of CivilityA web developer in the 90's stated, "content is king." What is content? Contentis a picture, a video, text, a graphic, an animation or any other medium that people have interest. -Bent HarshbargerIn Aristotelian terms, the good leader must have ethos, pathos, and logos. The ethos is his moral character, the source of his ability to persuade. The pathos i
s his ability to touch feelings, to move people emotionally. The logos is his ability to give solid reasons for an action, to move people intellectually. -Mortimer J. AdlerThe best leaders . . . almost without exception and at every level, are master users of stories and symbols. -Tom PetersA good presentation has as many questions as answers. -UnknownAlthough the tongue weighs very little, few people are able to hold it. -UnknownIf you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use apile driver. Hit the point once. Them come back and hit it again. Then hit it athird time--a tremendous whack. -Winston ChurchillOnly constant repetition will finally succeed in imprinting an idea on the memory of the crowd. -Adolf Hitler
The Bible uses the natural to illustrate the supernatural. -Jim RentzA man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying. -G.K. Chesterton
Our heritage and ideals, our code and standards--the things we live by and teachour children--are preserved or diminished by how freely we exchange ideas and f
eelings. -Walt DisneyStop having a voice, start using your voice. -UnknownDrawing is speaking to the eye; talking is painting to the ear. -Joseph JoubertRemember: It is 10 times harder to command the ear than to catch the eye. -Duncan Maxwell Anderson
To be an orator, you have to use your own words and be on fire with them. -Fulton J. Sheen
Every man should study conciseness in speaking; it is a sign of ignorance not toknow that long speeches, though they may please the speaker, are the torture ofthe hearer. -Feltham
It is a great mistake to think anything too profound or rich for a popular audience. No train of thought is too deep or subtle or grand; but the manner of presenting it to their untutored minds should be peculiar. It should be presented inanecdote, or sparkling truism, or telling illustration, or stinging epithet, etc.; always in some concrete form, never in a logical, abstract, syllogistic shape. -Rufus ChoateComparisons are slippery. -Plato
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