Dick Enberg's Humorous Quotes for All Occasions: Speaking Tips and Over 1, One-Liners

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Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2000 - Humor - 256 pages
Pearls of wisdom and downright funny lines are bountiful in Dick Enberg's Humorous Quotes for All Occasions.

Public speaking tops the list of things people fear most--above fear of snakes, falling, or even death. But Dick Enberg has the antidote. With 28 general subjects to choose from, you're bound to find just the right line to loosen your tongue and break the ice on any occasion.

As baby boomers increasingly are faced with occasion for public speaking--graduations, weddings, retirement parties, anniversaries of all sorts--Dick Enberg's book will no doubt become the book of choice. Laced with humorous personal anecdotes about Enberg's own public speaking experiences throughout the years, the book is both an entertaining read and a resource of humorous material for specific occasions. It also includes technical tips on how to quickly and efficiently put together a successful humorous talk.

Dick Enberg's Humorous Quotes for All Occasions will pave the way toward making the speaker and his or her audience perfectly at ease and ready for a good time.

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Contents

Introduction
1
General Subjects Openers and Introductions
7
Birthdays and Age
19
Births
35
Business
38
Character
44
Cities and Travel
48
Eat Drink and Be Merry
61
Health
94
Insults
102
Life and Death
107
Looks
116
Love and Marriage
121
Men and Women
142
Money
148
Mothers and Fathers
155

Education
68
Family
76
Friendship
87
Happiness
91
Perseverance
160
Politics
165
Finis 243
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About the author (2000)

Richard Alan Enberg was born in Mount Clemens, Michigan on January 9, 1935. He received a bachelor's degree from Central Michigan University and a master's degree and a doctorate in health science at Indiana University. He taught at San Fernando Valley State College and was an assistant baseball coach. He also found work in radio, moving from disc jockey to calling water polo, boxing, and horse racing. NBC hired him as a sportscaster in 1975. He later moved to CBS and then to ESPN. He called Super Bowls, baseball and basketball games, Olympic events, golf and tennis tournaments, and boxing matches. He received the Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasting excellence from the Baseball Hall of Fame. His autobiography, Oh My! written with Jim Perry, was published in 2004. He died on December 21, 2017 at the age of 82.

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