"I believe I shall never be old..." - Quote by Abraham Lincoln
I believe I shall never be old enough to speak without embarrassment when I have nothing to talk about.
More by Abraham Lincoln
“Should my administration prove to be a very wicked one...or a very foolish one, if you, the people, are true to yourselves and the Constitution, there is little harm I can do, thank God.”
“A man has not the time to spend half his life in quarrels. If any man ceases to attack me, I never remember the past against him.”
“Money powers prey upon the nation in times of peace & conspire against it in times of adversity.”
More on Public Speaking
“There are only two types of speakers in the world. 1. The nervous and 2. Liars.”
“You could be the World's greatest orator and if you don't say anything while orating, they are going to walk out on you after a while.”
“My heart goes out to anyone who is making his first appearance before an audience of human beings.”
More on Communication
“Speak the affirmative; emphasize your choice by utter ignoring of all that you reject.”
“Their task [creative artists], therefore, is to communicate directly from one inward world to another, in such a way that an actual shock of experience will have been rendered: not a mere statement for the information or persuasion of a brain, but an effective communication across the void of space and time from one center of consciousness to another.”
“All language is but a poor translation.”