A bad handwriting is as annoying to a reader … as an irritating voice is to a listener.

Nothing complements a fast mind better than a slow tongue. And nothing aggravates a slow mind better than a fast tongue.

You can speak fluently or passionately and still not be worth listening to.

More often than not, an inspirational or motivational speaker is someone who makes money from telling us that we can do all of the things that we can do … and pretty much all of the things that we cannot do.

Some people talk too much without saying a lot.

Verbosity wastes a portion of the reader’s or listener’s life.

Pronunciation’ is one of the most mispronounced words.

Half of great writing or speaking is not saying everything that you can say.

Writers and speakers whose words are usually not informative, funny, or thought-provoking are a waste of the ability to write or speak.