The Duty Of A Toastmaster Is To

My Father Didn't Tell Me How To Live; He Lived, And Let Me Watch Him Do It.

Henry James Once Defined Life As That Predicament Which Precedes Death, And Certainly Nobody Owes You A Debt Of Honor Or Gratitude For Getting Him Into That Predicament. But A Child Does Owe His Father A Debt, If Dad, Having Gotten Him Into This Peck Of Trouble, Takes Off His Coat And Buckles Down To The Job Of Showing His Son How Best To Crash Through It.

I Get Up In The Morning, Torture A Typewriter Until It Screams, Then Stop.

The Duty Of A Toastmaster Is To Be So Dull That The Succeeding Speakers Will Appear Brilliant By Contrast.