Quotes about Presentation

The speaker, and the schoolmaster, and the third grown person present, all backed a little, and swept with their eyes the inclined plane of little vessels then and there arranged in order, ready to have imperial gallons of facts poured into them until they were full to the brim.

There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.

The first concern must, then, not be to speak as others speak, but to conceive of the word of truth with understanding and exactitude... It is not a matter of refuting the opinions of others, but of presenting one's own; not a matter of contesting some aspect of the teaching or behavior of others that seems not to be good, but of writing on behalf of truth.

Every good look needs a storyline.

Does it surprise you that God presents himself as a model for human community?

When you go onstage, the process of getting you from the dressing room to the stage is all about ego.

Art and art only, can make archaeology beautiful; and the theatric art can use it most directly and most vividly, for it can combine in one exquisite presentation the illusion of actual life with the wonder of the unreal world.

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance

We just had to stay out-of-the-way [in Fences]. [August Wilson] already wrote a masterpiece. And you really don't know how it's going to work until you get it in front of an audience.

The task, and the joy, of writing for me is that I can play with the metaphors that God has placed in the world and present them to others in a way they will accept. My goal is to allow readers their own experience of whatever discovery I have made, so that it feels new to them, but also familiar, in that it is of a piece with their own experience. It is a form of serious play.

I have stepped out upon this platform that I may see you and that you may see me, and in the arrangement I have the best of the bargain.

A salesperson who is an able showman can change the prospective buyer's mind from negative to positive.