I don't like jokes in speeches. I do like wit and humor. A joke is to humor what pornography is to erotic language in a good novel.

- James C Humes

The art of communication is the language of leadership.

- James C Humes

Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.

- James C Humes

One secret of leadership is that the mind of a leader never turns off. Leaders even when they are sightseers or spectators, are active; not passive o…

- James C Humes

Churchill wrote his own speeches. When a leader does that, he becomes emotionally invested with his utterances...If Churchill had had a speech write …

- James C Humes

Most speakers speak ten minutes too long.

- James C Humes