Dale Carnegie

"My popularity, my happiness and sense of worth depend to no small extent upon my skill in dealing with people."

after a moment of suspended meaning, solve and clear itself.

Pause, in public speech, is not mere silence—it is silence made designedly eloquent.

pause either before or after, or both before and after, an important word or phrase.

Pause Enables the Mind of the Speaker to Gather His Forces Before Delivering the Final Volley

Your thoughts will not set fire to the minds of your hearers unless you pause to gather the force that comes by a second or two of concentration.

If you would make a thought particularly effective, pause just before its utterance, concentrate your mind–energies, and then give it expression with renewed vigor.

Out of silence comes thy strength. Speech is silvern, Silence is golden; Speech is human, Silence is divine."

Silence has been called the father of speech

Get back to the methods of nature—and pause.