Quotes Tagged With :openers

Response to clapping: "Thank you for ovating."

I'm an idealist: I don't know where I'm going but I'm on my way.

This gathering is what I call "intimate " which really means "Where is everybody?"

An evening like this would be empty without some reference to [politics] so let's just think of this....

Good evening ladies and gentlemen. I'm pleased to be with you. (Pause) That concludes my prepared remarks.....

I'm moving down here . . . because some of you in the back might not be able to hear my talk . . . and....

Buffet: A French word that means "get up and get it yourself."

speaker: I have only ten minutes and hardly know where to begin. voice in back: Begin at the ninth.

A speech that's full of sparkling wit will keep its hearer grinning provided its end is close to its....

My job is to talk to you and your job is to listen. If you finish first please let me know.