Top 38 Best Impromptu Quotes
#1. The very best impromptu speeches are the ones written well in advance.
Ruth Gordon
#2. God has a funny way of reminding us we're human. [About his impromptu water break during his delivery of the GOP rebuttal to President Barack Obama's State of the Union on February 12, 2013]
Marco Rubio
#3. He announced his intentions to build a spaceport by walking into the office of a local newspaper, the Van Horn Advocate, and giving an impromptu interview to its bewildered editor.
Brad Stone
#4. His face is more open than an open book, like a wall of graffiti really. I realize I'm writing wow on my thigh with my finger, decide I better open my mouth and snap us out of this impromptu staring contest.
Jandy Nelson
#5. We had an exercise in speech class in school, impromptu speaking, that I was always real good at.
John Mellencamp
#6. Bush is a very poor impromptu speaker. He does fine in small groups but when speaking without a script in front of large groups or answering questions he wasn't prepped for, he has problems.
Peter Schuyler
#9. One needs the invented, the spontaneous, the impromptu for ritual. Skepticism, that grain of salt, is inappropriate.
E. M. Broner
#10. The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.
Moliere
#11. Strange how things turn out. Two birds, one stone and all that.' McBlane chuckled at his own impromptu joke. 'But things have worked out for the best and now we all get to work together,' he said, and a smile spread across his face as easy as a politician's lie.
R.D. Ronald
#12. I like to make the odd impromptu visit. It keeps management on their toes, wives in their place. You know. He shrugs, his mouth set in an arrogant line.
E.L. James
#13. French martinis or lemon drops or cosmos and impromptu viewings of Auntie Mame (the Rosalind Russell version, not the Lucille Ball version) or Steel Magnolias.
Kristen Ashley
#14. He stepped back and threw his arms out.
"I'm always crazy around you Rose. Here, I'm going to write an impromptu poem for you."
He tipped his head back and shouted to the sky:
"Rose is in red
But never in blue
Sharp as a thorn
Fights like one too.
Richelle Mead
#15. The true touchstone of wit is the impromptu.
Moliere
#16. The cream of enjoyment in this life is always impromptu. The chance walk; the unexpected visit; the unpremeditated journey; the unsought conversation or acquaintance.
Fanny Fern
#17. TWINS by Nefesch is a fantastic piece of truly impromptu mentalism which will only be performed by fearless performers. Highly recommended!
Keith Barry
#18. My heart clenches. I still love this boy. The realization scares me. I thought I was over it. I thought I could handle something like this; an impromptu run in.
Tarryn Fisher
#19. During one of his uncannily well-timed impromptu visits to my restaurant, Union Square Cafe, Pat Cetta taught me how to manage people. Pat was the owner of a storied New York City steakhouse called Sparks, and by that time, he was an old pro at running a fine restaurant.
Danny Meyer
#20. It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
Mark Twain
#21. I was a math whiz who stunk at English, so of course I wanted to be a writer more than anything in the world. I performed impromptu plays for my grandmother's sewing circle but forced my little sister to ask for ketchup at McDonald's.
Alethea Kontis
#22. There is an innate decorum in man, and it is not fair to thrust Truth upon people when they don't expect it. Only the very generous are ready for Truth impromptu.
Christopher Morley
#23. Her pulse pounded in her ears. She didn't need to turn around to know he was standing behind her. Most likely with a smirk at catching her impromptu belly dance.
Rachel Harris
#24. The last time I went back to a girl's house for an impromptu house party I spent most of the night straightening out rugs, putting down coasters and alphabetising DVDs while all around me people got off with whoever was closest and gradually headed off to various rooms to make more mess, no doubt.
Jon Richardson
#25. J.L. Moreno was a pioneer of twentieth-century theater and psychotherapy. A remarkable work, Impromptu Man should be required reading for therapists and dramatists alike.
Jeffrey K. Zeig
#26. All I saw in his eyes during my last impromptu was visit was apathy. A healthy dose of it. It's not that he hates me; it's that he's devoid of any type of emotions toward me.
James L. Rubart
#27. to Billionaires' Quay in Port Vauban for this impromptu meeting
Camille Aubray
#28. And, finally, Lincoln was not a good impromptu speaker; he was at his best when he could read from a carefully prepared manuscript. Though maybe a teleprompter could have helped that!
David Herbert Donald
#29. Ever since I was really really little, I was just singing all the time. Like one of my favorite games when I was little would be to just have one of my sisters pick a title, and I would impromptu create that song.
Kina Grannis
#30. Some of my Arcanum bunkmates taught me a card game called dogs-breath. I returned the favor by giving an impromptu lesson in psychology, probability, and manual dexterity. I won almost two whole talents before they stopped inviting me back to their games.
Patrick Rothfuss
#32. The best and most telling speech is not the actual impromptu one but the counterfeit of it.
Mark Twain
#33. My spirituality is parochial, terrestrial. I do qualify as a W.I.T.C.H. , but my irrecular practice and impromptu rituals don't aim at producing any dramatic results except, perhaps, in me.
Stephanie Mills
#36. It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. Overnight success is a fallacy. It is preceded by a great deal of preparation. Ask any successful person how they came to this point in their lives, and they will have a story to tell.
Mark Twain
#37. I have this condition I call impromptu senility. I can't remember a damn thing when I don't want to.
Laurann Dohner
