Slow down, especially at the beginning of a speech. You'll get the audience's attention by pausing.
Bob KerreyI thought dying for your country was the worst thing that could happen to you. I think killing for your country can be a lot worse. Because that's the memory that haunts.
Bob KerreyLike Jonah, the whale had swallowed me; unlike him, I believed I would spend eternity inside the belly of the beast.
Bob KerreyIf you look beyond the short term violence and instability, you do see significant activities on the part of the Iraqi people that indicate they understand the commitment necessary to govern themselves. Its not clear how they will do it, but it never is.
Bob KerreyUnexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change. Kindness that catches us by surprise brings out the best in our natures.
Bob KerreyA hero is someone who over and over does the right thing even though no one is there to witness it.
Bob KerreyThe problem is you tend to look back and identify mistakes, and as a consequence of feeling terrible about mistakes you say you bungled this so bad, let's get out of here.
Bob KerreyWhen I say be skeptical of everything I mean it. Just because someone was elected to do a job doesn't mean that person has any idea of what they're doing.
Bob KerreyThe idea that somebody who has done something horrible in a war is not willing to talk about it for 32 years is hardly a shocking idea. Quite the contrary.
Bob Kerrey