“The relationship of the toastmaster to the speaker should be the same as that of the fan to the fan dancer. It should call attention to the subject without making any particular effort to cover it.”
Adlai Stevenson“Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.”
Adlai Stevenson“To me, there is something superbly symbolic in the fact that an astronaut, sent up as assistant to a series of computers, found that he worked more accurately and more intelligently than they. Inside the capsule, man is still in charge.”
Adlai Stevenson“Man does not live by words alone despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them.”
Adlai Stevenson“What a man knows at fifty that he did not know at twenty is for the most part incommunicable.”
Adlai Stevenson“The relationship of the toastmaster to the speaker should be the same as that of the fan to the fan dancer. It should call attention to the subject without making any particular effort to cover it.”
Adlai Stevenson“Some people approach every problem with an open mouth.”
Adlai Stevenson“They pick a President and then for four years they pick on him.”
Adlai Stevenson“Flattery is all right - if you don't inhale.”
Adlai Stevenson“I have said what I meant and meant what I said. I have not done as well as I should like to have done but I have done my best frankly and forth-rightly no man can do more and you are entitled to no less.”
Adlai Stevenson“They pick a president and then for four years they pick on him.”
Adlai Stevenson