Quotes About Articulation

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Write like you speak with the 'rhythms of human speech,' as William Zinsser said, and in as few words as possible. Use action verbs to carry water.

Being able to read well in public and talk about your work in an engaging fashion is part of most writers' job specification.

Poor or fuzzy communications are major time-wasters. Take the time to be crystal-clear in your communications with others.

who has not experienced, at some time or other, that words had all the relief of tears?

I like playing around with the words; I love it when I feel like I've picked the exact right word to describe whatever it is I'm trying to describe.

Sometimes in composition class, when I have been confronted by someone who simply cannot get the first word written on paper, I give the following advice: Say your essay into a tape recorder and then write it down.

It all means more than I can tell you. So you must not judge what I know by what I find words for." (p 114)

It all means more than I can tell you. So you must not judge what I know by what I find words for." (Gilead, p 114)

But that was how it went sometimes, the English language, when you really needed it, crumbled to clay in your mouth. That's when all the real things were said.

But that was how it went sometimes, the English language, when you really needed it, crumbled to clay in your mouth.

that was how it went sometimes, the English language, when you really needed it, crumbled to clay in your mouth. That's when all the real things were said.

Cuando un hombre desea utilizar palabras ardientes, debe usarlas mientras siguen en llamas.

There is something of value in trying to put the world into words.

A vowel is that which without impact of tongue or lip has an audible sound.

It is not easy to express the inexpressible

oh, meine Güte! Ich dachte, ich weiß, was ich sagen wollte, aber ich sage es sehr schlecht.

It was as if I had been mute all my life and only now had discovered what words sounded like.

In some respects, writing was his only form of human interaction.

Diction involves the choice of words for their precise meaning and sound, the arrangement of those words, and their selection for effect.

To speak much is one thing; to speak to the point another!

I feel as if my life had grown more outward when I can express it.

If intelligence is the triumph of life, the spoken word is the marvellous means by which this intelligence is manifested.

If you cannot describe your vision to someone in five minutes and get their interest, you have more work to do in this phase of a transformation process.